[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-775061 ] 2 problems with IDLE

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Bugs item #775061, was opened at 2003-07-21 10:08
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Category: IDLE
Group: Python 2.3
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Assigned to: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Summary: 2 problems with IDLE

Initial Comment:
Lib/idlelib/idle.py should use #!/usr/bin/env python

not /usr/bin/python so the user can modify their path

to execute the correct version of python.



In Lib/idlelib/rpc.py around line 623, svr.register

(svr is an RPCServer instance)  is called, but there is

no register method AFAICT.

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>Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2003-09-09 21:46

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idle.py 1.11

rpc.py 1.27

removed "idle" script



idle.py actually has the functionality to start IDLE

from any location even when python is not installed:

<path to python>/python  <path to python>/Lib/idlelib/idle.py

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Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2003-09-05 21:10

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No objection from me.

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Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2003-09-05 21:04

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My idea on how to resolve this:

remove the "idle" script from idlelib and

remove the shebang from idlelib/idle.py so

it has to be called explicitly.  Any objections?

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Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2003-09-05 18:13

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I use (from the idlelib dir):

../../python ./PyShell.py

to start an uninstalled IDLE for testing.



There is a more elaborate idle.py in IDLEfork which allows

starting an uninstalled IDLEfork from anywhere in the file

system.  Maybe something like that would be useful to

someone? It's not useful to me, I either use the above,

or call my installed version (which is the latest official

release) from outside that directory.  There is always an

installed IDLE now.



I recommend removing the idle script from 

idlelib, since it is actually installed from Tools/scripts.

The files there uniformly start with #! /usr/bin/env python.

Exceptions: gprof2html.py, parseentities.py



Without objection, I'm going to remove idlelib/idle.



As far as the RPCServer issue goes, this is defunct test

code.  I'll comment it out for now. A proper unit test of

the rpc.py module is needed.

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Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2003-07-21 21:19

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Hmmm, I do remember something about distutils rewriting the

line, but I'm not sure.  My problem was that I was running

an uninstalled version in the CVS tree:

  ./Lib/idlelib/idle



Perhaps this isn't a bug.  RPCServer still appears to be a

problem either way.

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-07-21 17:43

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I fail to see the first problem. Shouldn't distutils replace

the path in #! with sys.exec_prefix? /usr/bin/env should

*not* be used, as this might be a different python than the

one IDLE was installed for.

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