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i am working under non-administrator account .
in fact os.path.expanduser('~') works well when as admin run .
but just got a %userprofile% when as standard account .
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 11:39 PM, patrick wai <report@bugs.python.org>wrote:
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> New submission from patrick wai:
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> #file
> idlelib/configHandler.py
>
> #code
> userDir = os.path.expanduser('~')
>
> #os
> windows 7 sp1
>
> it doesnt get final userdir path. it doesnt work correctly for userdir .
> this cause python3.3 IDLE GUI can not be opened on my pc .
> as per the docment says as follows:
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> help(os.path.expanduser)
> Help on function expanduser in module ntpath:
>
> expanduser(path)
> Expand ~ and ~user constructs.
>
> If user or $HOME is unknown, do nothing.
>
> help(os.path.expandvars)
> Help on function expandvars in module ntpath:
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> expandvars(path)
> Expand shell variables of the forms $var, ${var} and %var%.
>
> Unknown variables are left unchanged.
>
> the right code may be:
>
> userDir = os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser('~'))
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> ----------
> components: IDLE
> messages: 198210
> nosy: weizhao
> priority: normal
> severity: normal
> status: open
> title: problems with pyshell to get userdir
> type: behavior
> versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4,
> Python 3.5
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