Re: A switch somewhere, or bug? CORRECTION

MRAB <[email protected]> Sat, 6 Dec 2025 03:33:48 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 06/12/2025 00:52, Thomas Passin wrote:
> On 12/5/2025 7:12 PM, Em wrote:
>> Ok, using "Open with Python" , the program fails on both computers.
>> Still, double-click the filename on the WIN10 computer and the program
>> works.
>> While, double-click the filename on the WIN11 computer and the program
>> fails.
>
> Then set up the file association for .py files in Settings/Default 
> apps. And write a different test program, one that will stay around so 
> you can see error messages.  Perhaps (untested)
>
> from time import sleep
> print('this is a test')
> sleep(10)  # sleep 10 seconds
> # or
> # while True:
> #     sleep(10)  # Break out of loop by closing the console that is
> # running the program
>
> This will keep the console open so you can see messages and the output 
> from the print() statement.
>
> "program fails" isn't helpful unless we can figure out what is 
> happening. I still think that your program isn't actually getting run. 
> This suggestion will make a start at finding out what's going on.
>
[snip]
Instead of 'sleep', you could just add an input line:

print('This is a test')
input('Press Enter to finish')

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