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Update Windows docs
- Installation overhauled - update project.rst to remove duplication - Windows paths never end with "\" except for a drive name, for example C:\ - use backslashes for paths - backslashes cannot be used for line continuation on Windows - update extra packages for Windows - Python now has a Windows launcher
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@@ -122,15 +122,20 @@ following options:
possible to invoke them from a command prompt.
To do so, search for "Environment Variables" on your computer (on Windows
- 10, it is under ``System Properties`` --> ``Advanced``) and append that
- directory to the end of the ``Path`` environment variable, separating each
- path segment with a semi-colon (;) or use the GUI to add New or Edit
- existing path segments. Example segments should look like
+ 10, it is under ``System Properties`` --> ``Advanced``) and add that
+ directory to the ``Path`` environment variable, using the GUI to edit path
+ segments.
+
+ Example segments should look like
``C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python3x-32``, where you have
- your username instead of the bracketed example, and your version of Python
- and whether it is 32- or 64-bit. Additionally ensure you have the path
- segment ending with ``\Scripts``, i.e.,
- ``C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python3x-32\Scripts``.
+ your username instead of ``<username>``, and your version of Python and
+ whether it is 32- or 64-bit. Additionally ensure you have the path segment
+ ending with ``\Scripts``, i.e.,
+ ``C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python3x-32\Scripts``, and for
+ user-installed Python programs, ``%APPDATA%\Python\Python3x\Scripts``.
+
+ You may need to restart your command prompt session to load the environment
+ variables.
.. seealso:: See `Configuring Python (on Windows)
<https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#configuring-python>`_ for
@@ -230,7 +235,7 @@ After installing Python as described previously in
.. code-block:: doscon
- c:\> cd \dir
+ c:\> cd \
c:\> set VENV=c:\env
c:\> python -m venv %VENV%
c:\> cd %VENV%