Re: Request for help getting started on Windows XP home edition

Thomas wrote:

> I am trying to get Codeville up and running on windows
> XP home edition.  Once installing from the windows
> installer I try to execute codeville commands and the
> results puzzle me.  The python window will open
> briefly and the everything closes without taking an
> action or giving me a hint as to the problem.

Asking the obvious first: are you double-clicking the cdv.py icon? If
so, you shouldn't be. Codeville is intended to be run from a command line.

> The website says that some PATH information may not
> work properly.

You will probably have to add, as an example, "C:\Python24\Scripts" to
your PATH variable so you can use Codeville in other places on your
filesystem. On Windows you modify your environment variables by going to
Control Panel > System > Advanced. Once you've updated your PATH to
include the Scripts directory where cdv.py is kept, you can actually use
cdv.py to get things done.


Toby