[Tutor] Problem with python2.4.

[Danny Yoo]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Jacob S. wrote:



>     Nothing I can do can fix my problem. It appears as though
> pythonw.exe is not working properly in the python 2.4 distribution.

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> The symptoms: I click on edit with
> idle--which runs the command "C:\python24\pythonw.exe"
> "C:\python24\lib\idlelib\idle.pyw" -n -e "%1" --then the computer thinks for
> a bit and is silent.


Hi Jacob,


>From the symptom report, I would not automatically suspect pythonw: I'd
instead look at IDLE.


You might be running into the same kind of issue that Mike Hansen was
running into just a few days ago:

    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2004-December/033672.html


We were able to diagnose the problem by doing this:

    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2004-December/033726.html


Can you try the same procedure?  Even if it doesn't work, the information
that Python responses with should give us a better idea of what is going
on.  Try opening up a regular console version of Python, and see what
happens when you do:

###
>>> import idlelib.PyShell
>>> idlelib.PyShell.main()
###



Good luck to you!