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diff --git a/docs/easy_install.txt b/docs/easy_install.txt index 12bc73ea..92e770b7 100644 --- a/docs/easy_install.txt +++ b/docs/easy_install.txt @@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ sections below on `Command-Line Options`_ and `Configuration Files`_. You can pass command line options (such as ``--script-dir``) to ``ez_setup.py`` to control where ``easy_install.exe`` will be installed. +Setuptools also supports deferring to an external launcher such as +`pylauncher <https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pylauncher>`_ for launching scripts. +Enable this experimental functionality by setting the +``SETUPTOOLS_USE_PYLAUNCHER`` environment variable. Setuptools will then not +install its own launcher executable, but will install scripts as simple +scripts with a .py (or .pyw) extension appended. If these extensions are +associated with the pylauncher and listed in the PATHEXT environment variable, +these scripts can then be invoked simply and directly just like any other +executable. Downloading and Installing a Package |