From: rgruet at ina.fr (Richard GRUET)
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:05:51 +0100
Subject: 1.5.2 install problems on NT
Message-ID: <3714D8FF.634655C5@ina.fr>
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Hi everybody

I'd like to contribute to the "best install problem contest" actually in
progress... ;-)

I've upgraded today from 1.5.1 to 1.5.2 on NT 4.0.
Python seems to work at 1st glance, but :

Registry problems:
----------------------
-Unlike stated in the "python use of registry" document (and unlike
previous releases) there is no more "CurrentVersion" key under key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore (it's not convenient for
me because some of my programs use this key!);
 Furthermore there is no key "1.5.2"  for the new release, and it seems
that a "1.5" key is used instead. Since I used to define keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\1.5.x\PythonPath for
adding dirs to the Python path (as advised in the doc), this time I had
to copy manually my PythonPath under the 1.5 key. Maybe I'm missing a
readme or something...

- File associations: when associating '.py' and '.pyw' files with
python.exe, the python.exe path lacks enclosing "",  causing troubles if
the path contains a space (as in 'program files').

Tcl problems:
---------------
shared by many ! see Hoon Yoon for instance... wish80;exe works (hence I
conclude that tcl is installed properly) but IDLE or Tkdb don't, with
insults like:
C:/PROGRA~1/PYTHON/TCL/lib/tk8.0/tk.tcl: bad event type
bad event type or keysym "MouseWheel"
    while executing
"bind Listbox <MouseWheel> {
    %W yview scroll [expr - (%D / 120) * 4] units
}"
    (file "C:/PROGRA~1/PYTHON/TCL/lib/tk8.0/listbox.tcl
    invoked from within
"source [file join $tk_library listbox.tcl]"
    (file "C:/PROGRA~1/PYTHON/TCL/lib/tk8.0/tk.tcl" lin
    invoked from within
"source C:/PROGRA~1/PYTHON/TCL/lib/tk8.0/tk.tcl"
    ("uplevel" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"uplevel #0 [list source $tkfile]"

This probably means that Tk wasn't installed properly.


Eagerly waiting for the fixes....
regards,

Richard





