IDLE is broken ?

[Sheila King]

On Sat, 12 May 2001 04:46:41 GMT, Courageous <jkraska1 at san.rr.com> wrote in
comp.lang.python in article <h5gpft8f6dhq694b37h5j7re6a81q5lmpo at 4ax.com>:

:On Sat, 12 May 2001 04:33:19 GMT, Sheila King <sheila at spamcop.net> wrote:
:
:>Actually, it occurs to me after posting this, that it may have been due to
:>installing VPython. :(
:
:I have several different python installations and the like. To
:compensate for this, I have scripts for py and idle which
:redefine PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH to contain values for the
:more stable install. I've used variations of this technique for a very
:long time, because applications frequently have no way of
:disambiguating multiple installs.
:

OK, I'm still not certain how I can recover from the predicament that I find
myself in. I guess I will write to the VPython people and see if they can give
me some tips.

--
Sheila King
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/
http://www.k12groups.org/


On Sat, 12 May 2001 03:19:21 GMT, Sheila King <sheila at spamcop.net> wrote in
comp.lang.python in article <ilapft069veml28qopikmrc7o0ukcaejk5 at 4ax.com>:

:I'm running Windows 98. I had installed Python 2.0 probably back in January. It
:came with IDLE 0.6. Great.
:
:Recently I got the idea to install the Win32all extensions from Active State. I
:installed Build 138, for BeOpen Python 2.0.
:
:Now, some time later, I notice that I only have IDLE 0.5 on my system. ???
:Furthermore, it seems to be broken. It runs in interactive mode, but when I open
:a script file and try to run it in IDLE I get this error message:
:"Program disconnected".
:
:I'm completely baffled by this, and not sure how to remedy it. How can I get
:IDLE 0.6 back on my system again? (I'm uncertain how to proceed.)