finally track down the problem, IDLE and scim-pinyin(A Input Method) coexist problem, still don't know how to deal with it.. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-needed-for-using-IDLE-under-Ubuntu-8.04-tp17903673p20479192.html Sent from the Python - idle-dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.