[Geany] Simple question - Michal Olber

Matthew Brush mbrush at xxxxx
Tue Jan 10 02:02:11 UTC 2012


On 01/09/2012 05:08 PM, Colomban Wendling wrote:
> Le 10/01/2012 01:30, Ross McKay a écrit :
>> Ricardo Briceno wrote:
>>
>>> Very simple code. Maybe there is an option I need to configure:
>>>
>>> #!/usr/bin/env python
>>> print "Hello World!"
>>>
>>> When I run it in Geany I get an empty shell (command language type
>>> in linux) with just a $ prompt.
>>
>> Can you confirm that /usr/bin/env python actually gives you python? e.g.
>> just type this into a terminal and tell us what output you get:
>>
>> /usr/bin/env python
>>
>> On Fedora 16, I get the python shell. If you get an error, it's probably
>> because your computer doesn't have python set up correctly, or at least
>> /usr/bin/env doesn't know about it.
>
> Or maybe that it maps to Python 3, for which the above snippet isn't
> valid (print isn't a keyword anymore but a function -- e.g. needs
> parenthesis around the argument(s)).

I think it'd at least print a SyntaxError on the console or something, 
wouldn't it?

Cheers,
Matthew Brush



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