Trouble running programs

[Seth Jones]

Hi. I think your problem is you're trying to run the script from the wrong
window. The 'run script' menu item in idle runs the script that is in the
same window as the menu you're using. So when you open up a new
window to write a script, that window should have a menu that you can
select 'Run Script' from.  Note "working directory" of the script will not
be
the same directory the script is actually in, as I recently learned. This
means if you're
doing any file i/o, you'll need to supply the full path, which is obnoxious.
IDLEfork
does properly handle the working directory:

See http://idlefork.sourceforge.net/

You probably won't need to worry about it if you're not doing file i/o,
though.

"default_renegade" <default_renegade at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1015181645.9476.python-list at python.org...
> Just started learning Python, but having trouble running a programs.
> First, I open IDLE, then open a new window
> Then I write a program and save it, then I close the window
> When I'm back at the Python Shell and select Run Script It gives me
> an error "Not Saved - The bugger for Python Shell is not saved.
> Please save it first!"
> However, I can run the program from the DOS prompt.
>
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