PyGame, IDE problems

[Tom Jenkins]

Nick Perkins wrote:

> I can not run the example programs from Pygame from within either PythonWin
> or IDLE.  I am running Py 2.1 on NT4.
> ( They both freeze up )
> 
> The examples do run by themselves, (ie not from within an IDE).
> Also, curiously enough, they do run from within Boa Constructor's editor.
> 
> Does anyone know why this is so?
> Does anyone have the same problem, or is it just me?
> 
> 


I believe its a threading issue... both PythonWin and IDLE run your app 
in the same thread (and GUI event loop) as the IDE.  BOA runs your app 
in another process I believe so you won't have that problem.

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