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Update the description of how to start an interpreter and determine the 

installation prefix and exec_prefix for Windows.
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Fred Drake 2001-07-06 22:46:52 +00:00
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@ -361,12 +361,13 @@ run-time. They are always the same under Windows and MacOS, and very
often the same under \UNIX. You can find out what your Python
installation uses for \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix} by
running Python in interactive mode and typing a few simple commands.
Under \UNIX, just type \code{python} at the shell prompt; under Windows,
run ``Python 2.0 (interpreter)'' \XXX{right?}; under MacOS, \XXX{???}.
Under \UNIX, just type \code{python} at the shell prompt. Under
Windows, choose \menuselection{Start \sub Programs \sub Python
2.1 \sub Python (command line)}. Under MacOS, \XXX{???}.
Once the interpreter is started, you type Python code at the
\samp{>\code{>}> } prompt. For example, on my Linux system, I type the three
Python statements shown below, and get the output as shown, to find
out my \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix}:
prompt. For example, on my Linux system, I type the three Python
statements shown below, and get the output as shown, to find out my
\filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix}:
\begin{verbatim}
Python 1.5.2 (#1, Apr 18 1999, 16:03:16) [GCC pgcc-2.91.60 19981201 (egcs-1.1.1 on linux2