[Courses] [python] Lesson 1: Hello world

[SJ Straith]

On 6/21/2011 9:34 AM, Betsy Lundsten wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Akkana Peck<akkana at shallowsky.com>  wrote:
>> Since this is LinuxChix, I'll assume most people are on Linux. All the
>> Python examples should work on any platform, but I might make other
>> comments that you'll have to adapt for other platforms. For instance,
>> Mac or Windows users have different choices for text editor.
> anyone else using windows? i just installed python 2.7.2, and python
> -version gets me
>
2.7 in Windows XP

single dash is the problem.

It needs to be "python --version".....without the quotes, of course. :D
> "Name python is not defined"
>
> hello world works just fine, on the other hand.
>
> betsy.
     sjs