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gh-100247: Improve documentation for custom shebang commands in py.exe launcher #101083

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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions Doc/using/windows.rst
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Expand Up @@ -880,14 +880,15 @@ The environment variable :envvar:`PYLAUNCHER_NO_SEARCH_PATH` may be set
Shebang lines that do not match any of these patterns are looked up in the
``[commands]`` section of the launcher's :ref:`.INI file <launcher-ini>`.
This may be used to handle certain commands in a way that makes sense for your
system. The name of the command must be a single argument (no spaces),
and the value substituted is the full path to the executable (no arguments
may be added).
system. The name of the command must be a single argument (no spaces in the
shebang executable), and the value substituted is the full path to the
executable (additional arguments specified in the .INI will be quoted as part
of the filename).

.. code-block:: ini

[commands]
/bin/sh=C:\Program Files\Bash\bash.exe
/bin/xpython=C:\Program Files\XPython\python.exe

Any commands not found in the .INI file are treated as **Windows** executable
paths that are absolute or relative to the directory containing the script file.
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