[Tutor] quick question

Danny Yoo dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:04:23 -0800 (PST)


On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Israel Evans wrote:

> Often, if you want your script window to stick around after it is done put a
> raw_input() call at the end.  This will cause the window to stay up until
> you hit a key.
> 
> I'd second the suggestion of using Idle, especially for learning python.
> It's a great tool that will really help you understand the language.  Using
> it you can interactively run and write you code at the same time.

Hi vip333d,

Also, you should already have IDLE installed: it comes bundled with Python
for your convenience.  If you visit:

    http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/idle_intro/

you'll see a page that shows some introductory use of IDLE.