[Tutor] idle and version

[Luke Paireepinart]

Another where I replied off-list.  :(

On 12/26/06, Luke Paireepinart <rabidpoobear at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Python is installed just like any other program.
> If you install Counter-Strike 1.5, and then Counter-Strike 1.6 (video
> games), the shortcut on your desktop will be changed to refer to
> Counter-Strike 1.6.  Changing environment variables wouldn't change this.
>
> When you right-click something and you see shortcuts such as 'unzip with
> Win-Rar', 'edit with IDLE', etc.  It is in essence the same as such a
> shortcut would be on your desktop, except it's specific to the object you
> have selected, whereas a shortcut wouldn't be.
>
> Okay, so when you installed python 2.3, IDLE was installed with it (the
> version of IDLE that comes with python2.3 in the WIndows binaries).  When
> you installed python 2.4, IDLE (the version that comes with the python 2.4 WIndows
> binaries) was installed into your python 2.4 install path.  Now during
> each install, context menu options are added for files with .py, .pyw, etc.
> that are called 'edit with IDLE'.  the ones that were added during the
> second install ( 2.4) overwrote the context menu options of the python 2.3install.
>
> Also note that you now have 2 installs of IDLE, in each Python directory.
>
> This can be rectified (assuming you think it's a problem that the 2.4version of IDLE is being used)  by following these steps:
> open  "My Computer", press  Alt, T, O. (tools -> folder options)
> select "File Types" tab.
> scroll down to PY
> choose ADVANCED
> there should be an option that says "Edit with IDLE"
> (I don't have python on this computer, can't check.  Should be pretty
> obvious waht you want to choose here)
> select that option, and click "Edit"
> change the 'Application used to perform this action:' field from
> c:\Python2.4\whatever
> to c:\Python2.3 or wherever you instaleld python 2.3
> make sure not to change any of the parameters that IDLE gets passed here,
> though.
> I.E. don't use 'Browse' to find the python 2.3 version of IDLE because it
> may (read: probably will) delete the command line options you have set
> there.
>
> HTH,
> -Luke
>
> On 12/25/06, linda.s <samrobertsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > in my computer, there are python 2.3 and 2.4
> > Every time I right click a python code and select "edit with IDLE", it
> > goes to python2.4; I am very curious why it does not got to python 2.3
> > because I set python 23 in my PYTHONPATH in the My Computer -
> > Properties - Advanced - Environment Variables.
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