[Pythonmac-SIG] Unable to run python application

[Ned Deily]

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<7122b8730904151138o3a0cb401hbfaba2d3babfd391 at mail.gmail.com>,
 beegee beegee <beegee63 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there, I am a beginner in python and I wrote a simple program
> called first.py (using aquamacs) and stored it on my desktop.
> I opened IDLE and wrote the command python first.py
> and I got a syntax error with 'first' being highlighted
> I have a mac os 10.4.11, python 2.6.1 on IDLE
> and I also used the aquamacs compiler for python

When you are in IDLE, use the Open command from the File menu bar item 
to open a python file in a new window.  With focus on the new window, 
the menu bar will change to include a Run menu.

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 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org