[SPAM] New PyGrADS 1.0.8, works on Windows

[Arlindo da Silva]

2008/4/8 黄平 <ph0007 at ustc.edu>:

> Hi,Arlindo da Silva，
> I am a grads user. As your introduction, I am very interested in PyGrADS.
> But I have never known about Python.
> Today I have a try. The installation is easy. There are some question
> about the PyGrADS.
>
>

Which package exactly did you install?


> 1. PATH:
> The install package didn't add the Python PATH to the OS search PATH
> automatically.
> I added "C:\Python25;C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages;C:\Python25\Scripts" to
> the end of system's PATH. I don't know whether it is enough.
>
>

You need check a box during setup for having your PATH modified
automatically. The only thing you need is C:\Python25. Remeber, Windows
cannot start Python scripts directly.



> 2. "From your OS the command line enter: % pygrads -h"
> The windows command line can just run executable file such as .exe and
> .com. But I cannot find the executable file about pygrads . The only way
> is double-click the file "pygrads.py" in "C:\Python25\Scripts", which is the
> same as clicking the shortcut in windows start manu.
>

That is right, if you would like to run Python from the command line you
would need to run a Unix shell such as bash pr csh. Or else, you will need
to prepare bat files for starting your python scripts.



> 3. How to use other IDEs such as IDLE and Pythonwin with PyGrads?
>

There is PyGrADS and pygrads. If you write scripts that use the modules
provided by PyGrADS, start IDLE and then open yourscript.py that uses the
PyGrADS modules. Now, 'pygrads' is a frontend to ipython, a command line
environment of its own, you do not run it under it Pythonwin shell; pygrads
is actually a cover for IPython.


>
> 4. What's the relationship among Python, IPython, PyGrads and Grads?
>
>

This is explained in the Wiki:


http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?title=Python_Interface_to_GrADS#Microsoft_Windows



> 5. Could you advise a well-suited custom when using PyGrads?
>
>

Read the wiki and follow the links, specially the Win32 specific ones. Get
some basic familiarity with Pyhton, and Python under Win32 first. It will
help.

    Arlindo




-- 
Arlindo da Silva
dasilva at alum.mit.edu
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