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On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 10:21:25AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> OTOH, I still don't see any reason not to tell people "you have to run
> bash first if you want to use python".

This is the solution that I prefer.

> I believe that the vast majority of people who use Cygwin always
> invoke click on the cygwin icon and, so, would never even notice this.

Exactly!

On the other hand, since I have received a few requests over the years
to fix the invoking-python-from-cmd problem, I figured I should try to
be more accommadating...

Jason

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