problems running programs using the command terminal

Question

So I'm determined to learn programming and I decided to start with Python and ChucK (audio language) but I'm having issues running things in the cmd terminal. I get Python to open in the terminal but when I try to run a program, I always get a syntax error indicating something wrong with the filename. I also encounter problems running ChucK through the command line. I can't further my learning like this and I need to resolve this. Running windows7 and python 2.7 Thanks!

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Answer 1

First of all, your link should be http://imagebin.org/163567

You're managing to run the Python interpreter, then trying to again run Python from within that interpreter. Instead of what you've done, try just C:\Python27\python democodes.py at the command line from whatever directory democodes.py is in.

Also, check out PyWin32, http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32

Latest 32-bit version: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build216/pywin32-216.win32-py2.7.exe/download

It includes a GUI python interpreter and editor called PythonWin that will be easier for you to use.