[Pythonmac-SIG] Newbie Python User Question About IDLE (File > New Window seems to disable IDLE)

[Richard Fuhr]

Thanks!  I tried Python 2.6.6 for Mac OS X via
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/
and it looks like IDLE is working properly now.

Am about to take a University of Washington Python programming class
here in Seattle, and the instructor will be focusing on the 2.x  versions
during Autumn Quarter,

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote:

> In article
> <AANLkTinrOvRM7zevgepVLRmwVaUbvyzC7a_Gihcu2FxY at mail.gmail.com>,
>  Chris Rebert <pythonmac at rebertia.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Richard Fuhr <richard.fuhr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I am a new Python user and have started to explore a few of its basic
> > > capabilities using IDLE
> > >
> > > I am running Mac OS X Snow Leopard ( version 10.6.4 )
> > > with Python Version 2.6.1
> > >                Tk Version 8.5
> > >             IDLE Version 2.6.1
> > > PS - Since first posting this question on another discussion group, I
> have
> > > been told that there are indeed problems
> > > with some versions of IDLE on the Mac, and was also urged to post this
> > > question here on the pythonmac-sig group
> > > for additional guidance.
> >
> > I can confirm that under Snow Leopard's system/Framework Python+IDLE,
> > doing File -> New Window creates a new window without any window
> > decoration and then causes IDLE to hang.
> >
> > However, there is no such problem with my Python 2.6.5 X11-based IDLE
> from
> > Fink.
> > You might consider installing another Python from Fink[1] or
> > MacPorts[2], since you don't want to muck around with the system
> > Python anyway (you'll surely want to install 3rd party Python
> > modules/packages at some point). Its IDLE ought to work.
>
> Another option is to use the python.org 2.6.6 installer for Mac OS X
> which uses the Apple-supplied Aqua Tk 8.4 or an ActiveState Tk 8.4 (if
> you install it), so it does not use X11.  It's 32-bit only but IDLE and
> Tkinter work just fine.  You can download it from here:
>
> http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/
>
> By the way, Python 2.7 is already out.  There are two OS X installers
> for 2.7.  If you want to try 2.7 and use IDLE, stick with the 32-bit
> "for 10.3 and later" installer; there are problems with the "10.5 and
> later" when used on 10.6 that will be fixed in the next release.
>
> http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/
>
> If you want to be on the cutting edge of new Python features, look at
> Python 3.  Python 3.1.2 is the most recent stable release; 3.2 is
> currently in alpha testing.  But there are some major incompatibilities
> between Python 2 and 3 and the two versions will co-exist for some time.
>
> --
>  Ned Deily,
>  nad at acm.org
>
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