I am trying to find out the version of Visual Studio that is used to compile the Python on my computer It says What I do not understand is this MSC V.1500 designation. Does it mean it is compiled with Visual Studio 2005? I cannot find this information on http://python.org. Answer Visual C++ version _MSC_VER V…
Tag: windows
Non-blocking console input?
I am trying to make a simple IRC client in Python (as kind of a project while I learn the language). I have a loop that I use to receive and parse what the IRC server sends me, but if I use raw_input to input stuff, it stops the loop dead in its tracks until I input something (obviously). How
fcntl substitute on Windows
I received a Python project (which happens to be a Django project, if that matters,) that uses the fcntl module from the standard library, which seems to be available only on Linux. When I try to run it on my Windows machine, it stops with an ImportError, because this module does not exist here. Is there any …
How to clear the interpreter console?
Like most Python developers, I typically keep a console window open with the Python interpreter running to test commands, dir() stuff, help() stuff, etc. Like any console, after a while the visible backlog of past commands and prints gets to be cluttered, and sometimes confusing when re-running the same comma…
Cleanest way to run/debug python programs in windows
Python for Windows by default comes with IDLE, which is the barest-bones IDE I’ve ever encountered. For editing files, I’ll stick to emacs, thank you very much. However, I want to run programs in some other shell than the crappy windows command prompt, which can’t be widened to more than 80 …
Open document with default OS application in Python, both in Windows and Mac OS
I need to be able to open a document using its default application in Windows and Mac OS. Basically, I want to do the same thing that happens when you double-click on the document icon in Explorer or Finder. What is the best way to do this in Python? Answer open and start are command-interpreter things for Ma…
Drag and drop onto Python script in Windows Explorer
I would like to drag and drop my data file onto a Python script and have it process the file and generate output. The Python script accepts the name of the data file as a command-line parameter, but Windows Explorer doesn’t allow the script to be a drop target. Is there some kind of configuration that n…
How do you run a Python script as a service in Windows?
I am sketching the architecture for a set of programs that share various interrelated objects stored in a database. I want one of the programs to act as a service which provides a higher level interface for operations on these objects, and the other programs to access the objects through that service. I am cu…