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1.1.1 How to run a Python script</A>
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Your best way to get started with Python on Mac OS X is through the PythonIDE
integrated development environment, see section <A href="IDE.html#IDE">1.2</A> and use the Help
menu when the IDE is running.

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If you want to run Python scripts from the Terminal window command line
or from the Finder you first need an editor to create your script.
Mac OS X comes with a number of standard <span class="Unix">Unix</span> command line editors,
<b class="program">vim</b> and <b class="program">emacs</b> among them. If you want a more Mac-like
editor <b class="program">BBEdit</b> or <b class="program">TextWrangler</b> from Bare Bones Software
(see <a class="url" href="http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml">http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml</a>) are
good choices.  <b class="program">AppleWorks</b> or any other
word processor that can save files in ASCII is also a possibility, including
<b class="program">TextEdit</b> which is included with OS X.

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To run your script from the Terminal window you must make sure that
<span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span> is in your shell search path.

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To run your script from the Finder you have two options:

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<LI>Drag it to <b class="program">PythonLauncher</b>
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<LI>Select <b class="program">PythonLauncher</b> as the default application
    to open your script (or any .py script) through the finder Info window
    and double-click it.
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