Oleg Broytmann wrote: >> I don't have Visual Studio and have no intention of getting it - is there any way I can get hold of the precompiled binaries for whatever Quixote is trying to do? > > You don't need to. Quixote can be installed in pure python mode. > Edit your setup.py and comment out line > > kw['ext_modules'].append(htmltext) Brilliant, that worked a treat. May I suggest adding this either to the installation documentation or to an FAQ? I'm sure I'm not the only person who has been / will be tripped up by this. Thanks, Simon