On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:56:53 -0700, Trent Mick <trentm@activestate.com>
wrote:

> Sridhar Ratnakumar wrote:
>> I installed ActivePython-3.1 to C:\Python31 but disabled the 
installer
>> option "Register as default Python" .. because, I use Python-2.6 by  
>> default.
>>
>> However, this disabling broke 3.1's IDLE. Clicking on 'idle.bat' or
>> 'idle.py' or 'idle.pyw' in C:\Python31\Lib\idle\ directory opens 
Python
>> 2.6's IDLE.
>>
>> Since the installer knows the path to Python - C:
\Python31\python.exe -
>> does it make sense to patch the idle.bat file to use this binary?
>
> IIRC there is a special NT batch file syntax that you can use do that
> idle.bat will look for python.exe in a relative path, so that you 
won't
> have to patch idle.bat after install (which would be a pain).
>
> Here, use this for idle.bat:
>
>    @echo off
>    set CURRDIR=%~dp0
>    start %CURRDIR%..\..\pythonw.exe idle.pyw
>
> Perhaps you could add a bug to core Python to change idle.bat to be 
that?
>
>
> Trent
>

I will try to test this sometime, though I always start IDLE through the start menu.

BTW, ActivePython (2.6 and 2.7 at the moment) includes this patched idle.bat. The start menu shortcut launches it.

I don't think this is a feature request. This batch file should always run the version of the file for which the batch is installed. For it to be generic and end up using another installed version is incorrect. With that said...

Fixed in r86651, r86652, and r86653. Thanks for the patch.

Brian,

The following line:

  start %CURRDIR%..\..\pythonw.exe %CURRDIR%idle.pyw %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

should be changed to:

  start "%CURRDIR%..\..\pythonw.exe" "%CURRDIR%idle.pyw" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

This is required if Python is installed into a directory with whitespace in its path.

True. I'll correct it.

Corrected in r86655, r86656, and r86657.

There is a bug with the patch. The first argument to the `start` command, if a quoted string, becomes the Window title, not the command to execute. Hence, idle.pyw is directly executed by Windows. Here's the correct command line:

start "IDLELAUNCH" "%CURRDIR%..\..\pythonw.exe" "%CURRDIR%idle.pyw" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

Could you make this fix part of the upcoming 3.2?

We're only a few days away from 3.2 final so it's too late. Once it goes out I'll make the adjustment and it'll be in 3.2.1.

New changeset 536ec6206584 by Kurt B. Kaiser in branch '3.1':
Issue #6378: Further adjust idle.bat to start associated Python
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/536ec6206584

New changeset cd55c6960d86 by Kurt B. Kaiser in branch '3.2':
Merge from 3.1
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cd55c6960d86

New changeset ec3e73a25d84 by Kurt B. Kaiser in branch 'default':
Merge from 3.2
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ec3e73a25d84

New changeset f3446f08187a by Kurt B. Kaiser in branch '2.7':
IDLE: #6378: Further adjust idle.bat to start associated Python
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f3446f08187a

Updated.  Thanks, srid.