Newbie Shell Editor Question

[Scott David Daniels]

Tim Roberts wrote:
> Kash <khankf at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>...However when I start idle and run a program from it; I get the
>>following types of errors....
> Idle is already running the python interpreter.  You don't need to start
> another copy.  It is just like you had typed "python" at a command line.
> If you want to run a script in a file, you have to use the IDLE menu to do
> so.  I don't know IDLE, but it's probably something like File->Run.

Just in case that's not enough of a clue:
     ctrl-O to open the file with a file chooser dialog
     F5 to run the currently open file.

Or, if you like to click:
     File -> Open (choose file)
     Run -> Run Module


--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org