How do I run a python interpreter in Emacs?

Question

I just downloaded GNU emacs23.4, and I already have python3.2 installed in Windows7. I have been using Python IDLE to edit python files. The problem is that I can edit python files with Emacs but I do not know how to run python interpreter in Emacs. When i click on "switch to interpreter", then it says "Searching for program: no such file or directory, python" Someone says i need to make some change on .emacs file, but i do not know where to look for. And I am very unexperienced and just started to learn programming. I am not familiar with commonly used terminologies. I have been searching for solutions but most of the articles i find on the Internet only confuse me. so the questions are: - how do i run python interpreter in Emacs? - are there different kind of python interpreter? if so, why do they have different interpreters for one language?

Accepted Answer

Place this in your `.emacs` file to set the location of your python interpreter:

```
 (setq python-shell-interpreter "path	o\your\python3.2")
```

Emacs comes with good manuals and an info mode to help read them. To learn more about `.emacs` you can use:

M-: (info "(Emacs)Init file") RET.

How do I run a python interpreter in Emacs?

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