starting Python IDLE from command line to edit scripts

Question

I\'ve tried many variations of this command: idle.py -e filepath, but it simply starts IDLE like normal, not opening any extra windows for editing, and not thro

Answer 1

Just add IDLE's path to your PATH environment variable.

For example I created an environment variable called IDLE_PATH and set the value to C:\Python27\Lib\idlelib

Then in my PATH variable I added ;%IDLE_PATH%; and open a new cmd prompt or in console2 just open a new tab and run idle to open the file, you will be able to do this from any directory. In IPython console add an ! before the command, for example !idle test.py.

Congrates, Now you're a python pimp!