Can IDLE and ActiveState 2.1 Coexist?

[David Lees]

Oops, I missed that 'idle' directory.  There is another 'idle' directory at
D:\Python21\Pythonwin\pywin\idle which is the one I was browsing.  Thanks
idle.pyw works just fine.

David Lees


Mark Hadfield wrote:

> From: "David Lees" <debl at nospamtheworld.com>
>
> > I did as suggested and removed Python 2.1 and then installed the
> > ActiveState 2.1 version.  I am unable to find how to start IDLE.  There
> > is an IDLE subdirectory, but it appears to just be extensions used by
> > the ActiveState version.  Can you tell me where how to start up IDLE?
>
> On my system either of the following files can be used to run IDLE:
>
> C:\Program Files\Python\Python21\Tools\idle\idle.py
> C:\Program Files\Python\Python21\Tools\idle\idle.pyw
>
> Note that I installed ActivePython into "C:\Program Files\Python\Python21"
> rather than the default location, which I think was "C:\Python21".
>
> Do you have either of these files?
>
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