[Pythonmac-SIG] python3 on my mac

[Jack Jansen]

On 25 dec 2008, at 20:17, Dan wrote:

> Thanks everyone so far for the help.
>
> In regard to IDLE - right now when I type IDLE at the terminal I get  
> a python shell that looks like the attached image (myidle.jpg).  As  
> you can see there is no real GUI with menu, as opposed to the full  
> IDLE program (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Idle_gui.png)  
> that usually includes "File, Edit, Shell, Debug, Options, Windows,  
> Help...
>
> Any suggestions about how to get that running on my mac, especially  
> using Python 3.0 as the interpreter?
>
> Happy Holidays to everyone.
>
> <myidle.jpg>

This looks like a perfectly normal IDLE window to me...

You said in a previous message that you're a newbie (so please excuse  
me if I'm asking something ridiculous:-): are you aware of the fact  
that Mac programs have their menu bar at the top of the screen, not  
inside the window (as it is on Windows)?

The File/Edit/etc menus should be in the system menubar, at top-of- 
screen. So, either you've overlooked them, or (more probable) they're  
somehow missing in IDLE for Python 3.0. If the latter is the case:  
what do you see in the menu bar?

You may also want to try running IDLE from a Terminal window, just to  
check that it isn't giving useful output on stderr ("Error creating  
menu bar: bla bla bla").


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