[Tutor] What's up with Python 2.5.1's IDLE?

[Alan Gauld]

"Dick Moores" <rdm at rcblue.com> wrote

> Just to make sure I understand, do you mean that the effects of 
> using
> SET do not last between rebootings?

Correct, they only work on the current environment.

Very useful if you have two environments such as development and
test. You can just swap environment values etc to toggle between them.

But any permanaent changes must be added to the
Env variables via the dialog box.

Alan G