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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion Doc/tools/.nitignore
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- Description

* - ``default_tag``
- ``PYTHON_MANAGER_DEFAULT``
- .. envvar:: PYTHON_MANAGER_DEFAULT
- The preferred default version to launch or install.
By default, this is interpreted as the most recent non-prerelease version
from the CPython team.
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``python.exe`` alias is set to "Python (default)"

* - ``python`` and ``py`` don't launch the runtime I expect
- Check your ``PYTHON_MANAGER_DEFAULT`` environment variable
- Check your :envvar:`PYTHON_MANAGER_DEFAULT` environment variable
or ``default_tag`` configuration.
The ``py list`` command will show your default based on these settings.

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If an executable matching the first argument after the ``env`` command cannot
be found, but the argument starts with ``python``, it will be handled as
described for the other virtual commands.
The environment variable :envvar:`PYLAUNCHER_NO_SEARCH_PATH` may be set
The environment variable :envvar:`!PYLAUNCHER_NO_SEARCH_PATH` may be set
(to any value) to skip this search of :envvar:`PATH`.

Shebang lines that do not match any of these patterns are looked up in the
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``#!python3`` has a version qualifier which specifies only a major version.

If no version qualifiers are found in a command, the environment
variable :envvar:`PY_PYTHON` can be set to specify the default version
variable :envvar:`!PY_PYTHON` can be set to specify the default version
qualifier. If it is not set, the default is "3". The variable can
specify any value that may be passed on the command line, such as "3",
"3.7", "3.7-32" or "3.7-64". (Note that the "-64" option is only
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Diagnostics
-----------

If an environment variable :envvar:`PYLAUNCHER_DEBUG` is set (to any value), the
If an environment variable :envvar:`!PYLAUNCHER_DEBUG` is set (to any value), the
launcher will print diagnostic information to stderr (i.e. to the console).
While this information manages to be simultaneously verbose *and* terse, it
should allow you to see what versions of Python were located, why a
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Dry Run
-------

If an environment variable :envvar:`PYLAUNCHER_DRYRUN` is set (to any value),
If an environment variable :envvar:`!PYLAUNCHER_DRYRUN` is set (to any value),
the launcher will output the command it would have run, but will not actually
launch Python. This may be useful for tools that want to use the launcher to
detect and then launch Python directly. Note that the command written to
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Install on demand
-----------------

If an environment variable :envvar:`PYLAUNCHER_ALLOW_INSTALL` is set (to any
If an environment variable :envvar:`!PYLAUNCHER_ALLOW_INSTALL` is set (to any
value), and the requested Python version is not installed but is available on
the Microsoft Store, the launcher will attempt to install it. This may require
user interaction to complete, and you may need to run the command again.

An additional :envvar:`PYLAUNCHER_ALWAYS_INSTALL` variable causes the launcher
An additional :envvar:`!PYLAUNCHER_ALWAYS_INSTALL` variable causes the launcher
to always try to install Python, even if it is detected. This is mainly intended
for testing (and should be used with :envvar:`PYLAUNCHER_DRYRUN`).
for testing (and should be used with :envvar:`!PYLAUNCHER_DRYRUN`).

Return codes
------------
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