From ad91f6889daa1744ad422f5e73f2494212c1b7e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Malcolm Tredinnick Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:21:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #4854 -- Recommended the use of forward slashes even in Windows configuration, to avoid having to worry about double-escaping issues. Based on a patch from adamv. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@6536 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/modpython.txt | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/modpython.txt b/docs/modpython.txt index 4a8c169a51..5b20046168 100644 --- a/docs/modpython.txt +++ b/docs/modpython.txt @@ -87,17 +87,19 @@ lived under the ``weblog/`` directory, you would *also* need to add **parent directories** of anything you import directly must be on the Python path. -.. caution:: +.. note:: - If you're using Windows, remember that the path will contain backslashes. - This string is passed through Python's string parser twice, so you need to - escape each backslash **twice**:: + If you're using Windows, it is still recommended that you use forward + slashes in the pathnames, even though Windows normally uses backslashes + for its native separator. Apache knows how to convert from the forward + slash format to the native format, so this approach is portable and easier + to read (it avoids tricky problems with having to double-escape + backslashes). - PythonPath "['c:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\project'] + sys.path" + This is valid even on a Windows system:: - Or, use raw strings:: + PythonPath "['c:/path/to/project'] + sys.path" - PythonPath "[r'c:\\path\\to\\project'] + sys.path" You can also add directives such as ``PythonAutoReload Off`` for performance. See the `mod_python documentation`_ for a full list of options.