[Chicago] Anaconda vs. IDLE.

[JP Bader]

Doug -

>*open -a IDLE*
*>*
>That does indeed open up an IDLE shell.  Is there a better way?
That's a loaded question (is there a better way), but I use Alfred to open
up apps on OSX.

>From bash I just typed idle and it launched.

JP

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Lewit, Douglas <d-lewit at neiu.edu> wrote:

> Hi Carl,
>
> Thanks for trying to follow the messages.  I know it's gotta be
> confusing.  What you have is correct.  That's my $PATH variable.
> Unfortunately what I have in IDLE is a somewhat truncated or incomplete
> $PATH variable, and that's why Python can't access certain libraries when
> I'm running Python in IDLE.  (But in Anaconda everything is just fine.  But
> for certain things I really do have a preference for IDLE.)  I'm just not
> sure how to fix the problem.  I opened up IDLE's preferences, but there's
> nothing there about changing the $PATH variable.
>
> The way I'm opening IDLE from the Terminal prompt.... could that be the
> problem?
>
> *open -a IDLE*
>
> That does indeed open up an IDLE shell.  Is there a better way?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> trying to follow what you are doing over different messages isn't
>> easy, and likely skipping a detail that makes a difference.
>>
>> open a terminal
>> show path
>> run idle
>> show path
>>
>> cut/paste all of that.
>>
>> should look about like this:
>>
>> Douglass-MacBook-Pro-Mac-HD2:~ administrator$ echo $PATH
>>
>>
>> //anaconda/bin:/Users/administrator/anaconda/bin:/Users/administrator/anaconda/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
>>
>> (run idle from prompt)
>>
>> import os
>> print( os.getenv("PATH") )
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Lewit, Douglas <d-lewit at neiu.edu> wrote:
>> > Hey David,
>> >
>> > Your suggestions are good and logical, but unfortunately they don't
>> work.  I
>> > tried opening IDLE from within Terminal, but that didn't help.  I also
>> tried
>> > the "putenv" from the os library.  It didn't produce any error message,
>> but
>> > when I checked my $PATH with os.getenv( ) it was the same as before.
>> I'm
>> > not entirely sure this is a pure Python problem.  It could be a Mac OS-X
>> > problem too.  As I mentioned earlier, this doesn't seem to be an issue
>> on my
>> > Ubuntu machine.  As for Windows, I have no idea.  I normally do not use
>> > Windows unless I really have to.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Douglas.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Lewit, Douglas <d-lewit at neiu.edu>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hey David,
>> >>
>> >> I'll try this out.  I gotta shut down the laptop and get to work!  But
>> >> thanks for the easy solution.  I will try both suggestions can get
>> back to
>> >> you--probably tomorrow.
>> >>
>> >> Have a great day and thanks so much!
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:21 AM, David Rock <david at graniteweb.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> * Lewit, Douglas <d-lewit at neiu.edu> [2015-10-15 08:08]:
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> *//anaconda/bin:/Users/administrator/anaconda/bin:/Users/administrator/anaconda/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin*
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Now let's turn to IDLE for a moment.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > *import os*
>> >>> >
>> >>> > *print( os.getenv("PATH") )*
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > *'/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin'  ####  NOT the same as above!!!*
>> >>> >
>> >>> > If anyone can provide a solution I would be very grateful.  Is there
>> >>> > some
>> >>> > way (using "os" or "sys" functions) that I can get IDLE to "see" my
>> >>> > computer's complete path?  I tried to find a solution on Stack
>> >>> > Overflow,
>> >>> > but the stuff I found there was a little incoherent.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> How are you starting IDLE?  If you are starting it from the Terminal,
>> it
>> >>> should inherit the same $PATH.
>> >>>
>> >>> As for setting it within IDLE, you used os.getenv to see $PATH, try
>> using
>> >>> os.putenv to set it:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> os.putenv("PATH","/anaconda/bin:/Users/administrator/anaconda/bin:/Users/administrator/anaconda/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin")
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>> david at graniteweb.com
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