<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Good afternoon,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope you can assist. I have decided to learn some programming and have downloaded Python as it appears to offer the advantage of being logical without being over complicated.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have installed Python 3.4 on my Mac which is running OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When I open the program Idle I get the message</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">>>> WARNING: The version of Tcl/Tk (8.5.9) in use may be unstable.</div><div class="">Visit <a href="http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/" class="">http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/</a> for current information.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I tried typing in some lines of code copied from a Python tutorial I found on the Python website</div><ul style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" class=""><li style="list-style: url(https://wiki.python.org/wiki/europython/img/bullet.gif);" class=""><p class="line891" style="margin: 0.25em 0px;"><a class="http" href="http://www.afterhoursprogramming.com/tutorial/Python/Overview/" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); text-decoration: none;">After Hours Programming Python 3 Tutorial</a> (Python 3)</p></li></ul><div class="">Although the code ran OK on the tutorial website it produced errors when I typed it in Idle.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I visited the site quoted in the error message and as a result of information given there I downloaded and installed Wish 8.6 which has version Tcl 8.6 & Tk 8.6 (8.6.3)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">However I still got the same error message. I, therefore, uninstalled Python and downloaded it again from the Python website and reinstalled it in the hope that it would recognise the new version of Tcl/Tk.</div><div class="">But, the same error message still appears. The program Idle does not seem to recognise that I have Tcl8.6 &Tk 8.6.3 installed instead of Tcl/Tk 8.5.9</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There must be a simple error I am making, but I do not know what it is. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is the first time that I have tried anything like programming and I would appreciate assistance if possible.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind Regards</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Peter McCahy</div></body></html>