On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Lance wrote: > Yes.. this is the problem. I'm using Python interactively and the > startup file doesn't execute. This feels familiar... http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2001-June/006414.html Hmmm... *grin* Instead of using PYTHONSTARTUP, you probably want to modify 'sitecustomize.py' file, which should make "site-specific" changes to Python. Good luck!