> Thanks Mike!  So the first item is covered (at least for UNIX, can you 
> check the Windows docs too?), but not the second.  

http://docs.python.org/dev/using/windows.html Makes no reference to preparing a text editor. This I could help with but...

> The item you linked 
> to explains how to modify a script so that it’s possible to run 
> ./script on Unix, but does not give an actual example of running it, 
> nor does it explain “python script” or “python script.py” or “python -m 
> module”.

Some one else would have to write this part unless you can give me some info about how it should be worded.