Re: Python windows interactive.

How do I do sometihing simple like that in python?

print "hello"
print "Jim"

How do I enter line numbers, or if none, what do I do.

no line numbers needed

Can the interpreter load a text file with my program in it?

read in a text file:
data = open("something.txt").read()

How do I list a program or the parts of a program I am interested in
looking at?

say you want to know what you can do with a list....
x = [1,2,3,4,5]

dir(x)
help(x)
help(x.append)


How do I run a python program?

create a file, type some code. then to at the end of the file (put
this)...

if __name__ == "__main__":
# call your functions here

this will let you run it from command line like this:
c:> python foo.py

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