[Pythonmac-SIG] IDLE and MacPython 2.5

[Ronald Oussoren]

On Wednesday, October 25, 2006, at 02:00PM, <rodneys at io.com> wrote:

>Ronald Oussoren wrote:
>> IDLE works for me. Could you tell me more about the version of OSX you're
>> using (and if 10.4, if you're on intel or  ppc).
>>
>>
>> For the record, if you are running 10.3.9: IDLE uses Tk for its GUI,
>> you'll have to download and install that seperately:
>>     http://tcltkaqua.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> This doesn't seem to be a problem for you as launching IDLE from the
>> command-line works right.
>
>I am using the latest update to Mac OS X (I believe that is 10.4.8). This
>is on a PowerBook G4 1.5, so PPC, not Intel.

That's the same as my laptop. 

>
>As you state, it doesn't appear to be Tk, since everything starts from the
>command line. When I launch the 2.4 IDLE (version 1.1.3) by
>double-clicking, I get a console window which opens in addition to the
>IDLE window. When I select this, the menus change to show that I am using
>Tk. I don't see this additional window when launching the new IDLE from
>the command line. Does this shed any light on the problem?

The console window is a Tk misfeature. The 2.5 version of IDLE contains some code to close this console window.

Could you open Console.app, clear the log and then try to start IDLE again? Hopefully IDLE runs into a problem that gets written to the console log.

Ronald