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Expand Up @@ -566,20 +566,15 @@ System variables, you need non-restricted access to your machine

.. seealso::

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/help/folder-variables
Environment variables in Windows NT
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/environment-variables
Overview of environment variables on Windows

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754250.aspx
The SET command, for temporarily modifying environment variables

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755104.aspx
The SETX command, for permanently modifying environment variables

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/310519/how-to-manage-environment-variables-in-windows-xp
How To Manage Environment Variables in Windows XP

https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~louis/software/faq/q1.html
Setting Environment variables, Louis J. Farrugia

.. _windows-path-mod:

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1163,18 +1158,6 @@ you can distribute your application without requiring your users to install
Python.


WConio
------

Since Python's advanced terminal handling layer, :mod:`curses`, is restricted to
Unix-like systems, there is a library exclusive to Windows as well: Windows
Console I/O for Python.

`WConio <http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/wconio.html>`_ is a wrapper for
Turbo-C's :file:`CONIO.H`, used to create text user interfaces.



Compiling Python on Windows
===========================

Expand All @@ -1184,21 +1167,13 @@ latest release's source or just grab a fresh `checkout
<https://devguide.python.org/setup/#getting-the-source-code>`_.

The source tree contains a build solution and project files for Microsoft
Visual Studio 2015, which is the compiler used to build the official Python
Visual Studio 2017, which is the compiler used to build the official Python
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releases. These files are in the :file:`PCbuild` directory.

Check :file:`PCbuild/readme.txt` for general information on the build process.


For extension modules, consult :ref:`building-on-windows`.

.. seealso::

`Python + Windows + distutils + SWIG + gcc MinGW <http://sebsauvage.net/python/mingw.html>`_
or "Creating Python extensions in C/C++ with SWIG and compiling them with
MinGW gcc under Windows" or "Installing Python extension with distutils
and without Microsoft Visual C++" by Sébastien Sauvage, 2003


Other Platforms
===============
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earlier are no longer supported (due to the lack of users or developers).
Check :pep:`11` for details on all unsupported platforms.

* `Windows CE <http://pythonce.sourceforge.net/>`_ is still supported.
* The `Cygwin <https://cygwin.com/>`_ installer offers to install the Python
interpreter as well (cf. `Cygwin package source
<ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/mirrors/cygnus/
release/python>`_, `Maintainer releases
<http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/python/>`_)
* `Windows CE <http://pythonce.sourceforge.net/>`_ is
`no longer supported <https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/71542>`__
since Python 3 (if it ever was).
* The `Cygwin <https://cygwin.com/>`_ installer offers to install the
`Python interpreter <https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/python3.html>`__
as well

See `Python for Windows <https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/>`_
for detailed information about platforms with pre-compiled installers.