[Tutor] my first (but probably not my last) questions...

Fri, 04 Feb 2000 15:01:45 -0500

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Greetings:
I am relatively new to Python (5 Days) and to programming in
general (5 Days)... so I hope the you will forgive what are
probably very elementary problems:
1st: I cannot seem to save programs in pythonwin... I hit "save
as", pick my folder, and enter a name, followed by either .py,
.pyw, or .txt extensions (I've tried all three)... but the
programs never seem to arrive in the folder. The drop down menu
only gives me the "all files *.*" option... I don't know if this
is relevant.
2nd: I can save programs using idle... but can't seem to shut it
down. I shut down the shell window, and the DOS window freezes...
it won't respond to Ctrl-z. Ctrl-d, and (alas) not always to
ctrl-alt-del.
Finally: When I double click on any of the programs with the .py
extension, the DOS Window opens for a second or two and then
closes...
I don't know if these problems are related... or if the are
related to problems with installing the programs...
Many thanks in advance for you help... and for the great language
which makes the early steps in programming so much easier...
A.R. Goldman

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Greetings:
 I am relatively new to Python (5 Days) and to programming in general
(5 Days)... so I hope the you will forgive what are probably very elementary
problems:
 1st: I cannot seem to save programs in pythonwin... I hit "save as",
pick my folder, and enter a name, followed by either .py, .pyw, or .txt
extensions (I've tried all three)... but the programs never seem to arrive
in the folder. The drop down menu only gives me the "all files *.*" option...
I don't know if this is relevant.
 2nd: I can save programs using idle... but can't seem to shut
it down. I shut down the shell window, and the DOS window freezes... it
won't respond to Ctrl-z. Ctrl-d, and (alas) not always to ctrl-alt-del.
 Finally: When I double click on any of the programs with the .py extension,
the DOS Window opens for a second or two and then closes...
 I don't know if these problems are related... or if the are related
to problems with installing the programs...
 Many thanks in advance for you help... and for the great language which
makes the early steps in programming so much easier...
 A.R. Goldman</html>

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