From b2d1006272453566e3283bb277adeb74c6cbd43c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 22:46:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update the description of how to start an interpreter and determine the installation prefix and exec_prefix for Windows. --- Doc/inst/inst.tex | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex index c051e6867c1..89a4e3aa012 100644 --- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex +++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex @@ -361,12 +361,13 @@ run-time. They are always the same under Windows and MacOS, and very often the same under \UNIX. You can find out what your Python installation uses for \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix} by running Python in interactive mode and typing a few simple commands. -Under \UNIX, just type \code{python} at the shell prompt; under Windows, -run ``Python 2.0 (interpreter)'' \XXX{right?}; under MacOS, \XXX{???}. +Under \UNIX, just type \code{python} at the shell prompt. Under +Windows, choose \menuselection{Start \sub Programs \sub Python +2.1 \sub Python (command line)}. Under MacOS, \XXX{???}. Once the interpreter is started, you type Python code at the -\samp{>\code{>}> } prompt. For example, on my Linux system, I type the three -Python statements shown below, and get the output as shown, to find -out my \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix}: +prompt. For example, on my Linux system, I type the three Python +statements shown below, and get the output as shown, to find out my +\filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix}: \begin{verbatim} Python 1.5.2 (#1, Apr 18 1999, 16:03:16) [GCC pgcc-2.91.60 19981201 (egcs-1.1.1 on linux2