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Merge pull request #2148 from bfroehle/no_more_os_system win32 iptest: Use subprocess.Popen() instead of os.system(). The call to `os.system` in `iptest` prevents us from easily setting `$IPYTHONDIR` to a temporary directory. In theory we should be able to use `subprocess.Popen` instead of `os.system` in Windows. This would unify the code structure and make it easy to pass in a different environment. Note that Python < 2.7 does not have `os.kill`. I've attempted to work around this by using `ctypes` to kill any living processes.
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Notes for Windows Users
=======================
These are just minimal notes. The manual contains more detailed
information.
Requirements
------------
IPython runs under (as far as the Windows family is concerned):
- Windows XP (I think WinNT/2000 are ok): works well. It needs:
* Gary Bishop's readline from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uncpythontools.
* This in turn requires Tomas Heller's ctypes from
http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes.
- Windows 95/98/ME: I have no idea. It should work, but I can't test.
- CygWin environments should work, they are basically Posix.
It needs Python 2.2 or newer.
Installation
------------
Double-click the supplied .exe installer file. If all goes well, that's all
you need to do. You should now have an IPython entry in your Start Menu.
In case the automatic installer does not work for some reason, you can
download the ipython-XXX.tar.gz file, which contains the full IPython source
distribution (the popular WinZip can read .tar.gz files). After uncompressing
the archive, you can install it at a command terminal just like any other
Python module, by using python setup.py install'. After this completes, you
can run the supplied win32_manual_post_install.py script which will add
the relevant shortcuts to your startup menu.