[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon Jul 12 23:43:44 CEST 2010


Am 12.07.2010 23:21, schrieb Terry Reedy:
> On 7/12/2010 5:46 AM, Kurt B. Kaiser wrote:
> 
>> On Windows, IDLE opens when you right click / edit a .py. Very useful.
> 
> On my xp machine with 3.1.2, it edit .py opens with notepad. Perhaps the
> installer just copies forward the association from long ago, before IDLE
> was available, or at least so usable. I have thought of changing that,
> but I do not know what the replacement incantation would be.

There should be an "Edit with IDLE" (sic) context menu item.

Regards,
Martin


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