Ticket #5907: 5907.diff

docs/install.txt

@@ -186 +186 @@
    your system's ``site-packages`` directory, as explained in the
    "Where are my ``site-packages`` stored?" section above.)
 
-   Alternatively, you can define your ``PYTHONPATH`` environment variable
-   so that it includes the ``django`` subdirectory of ``django-trunk``.
-   This is perhaps the most convenient solution on Windows systems, which
-   don't support symbolic links. (Environment variables can be defined on
-   Windows systems `from the Control Panel`_.)
+   On Windows systems, perhaps the most convenient solution is to create a
+   `path configuration file`_ that contains the path to your copy of the
+   Django source code.  For example, if ``django-trunk`` is in the directory
+   ``C:\source``, you'd create a file called ``django.pth`` in your system's
+   ``site-packages`` directory that reads::
+    
+       C:\source\django-trunk
 
+   As an alternative to both solutions above, you can define your ``PYTHONPATH``
+   environment variable so that it includes the ``django`` subdirectory of
+   ``django-trunk``.  (Environment variables can be defined on Windows systems
+   `from the Control Panel`_.)
+
    .. admonition:: What about Apache and mod_python?
 
       If you take the approach of setting ``PYTHONPATH``, you'll need to
@@ -219 +226 @@
 
 .. _`download page`: http://www.djangoproject.com/download/
 .. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/
+.. _`path configuration file`: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-site.html
 .. _from the Control Panel: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_advancd_environmnt_addchange_variable.mspx