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Python in notepad

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How do you use python using notepad???
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Re: Python in notepad

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Generally you don't.

Notepad doesn't have syntax highlighting, code completion, macros, an easy was to compile or run your code, etc.

You should get Notepad++ or IDLE:
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Oh lol, that's already what I use.
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Re: Python in notepad

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So what was your intent with the above question?
Are you not happy with IDLE?

Personally I found it kind of slow so I switched to Notepad++ right away.
Was that your goal?
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I was just wondering because at school I sometimes use a different computer that doesn't have IDLE installed on it and I can't be bothered installing it on every computer I use.
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Re: Python in notepad

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Ah. So what do they expect you to use?
Or do they just leave you to your own devices? To try and figure it out alone?
How can they expect any student to study if they don't provide the tools needed for studying...

If they don't even set you up with the Python compiler, they are truly evil.

You can invoke the basic command line compiler with:

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python path/to/your/script.py
Or if it isn't even set up properly to be included in your system's PATH environmental variable, you need to know the location of python.exe as well:

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\python.exe path/to/your/script.py
but that is just ugly. Especially if it is a shared install:

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\\server1\shared\school\apps\programming\pythons\v2.7\Python\python.exe path/to/your/script.py
Ouch.

In my programming classes we always have multiple possible IDEs to choose from on every computer. For example with Haskell we got four, and I went with GHCi (Glasgow Haskell Compiler Interactive) for compiling and coded in Notepad++. For Powershell we got three choices, and I went with ISE (Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment) for both compiling and writing code, occasionally returning to Notepad++ because I'm more used to it.
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Well in my programming class all the computers in there have IDLE installed, but the school has multiple different computer labs all over the place, I was just bored in my English class and felt like screwing around with notepad.
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Ah. Then you need Python Portable. I have it on all my pendrives.
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I don't really need it, I was just curious.
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