[Tutor] IDLE will not appear under Win95 (Python 2.4.2) (fwd)

[Danny Yoo]

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:03:22 +1300
From: Dave Shea <skylark at fastmail.fm>
To: Danny Yoo <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: [Tutor] IDLE will not appear under Win95 (Python 2.4.2)

Hi Danny,

Thanks for your note. I tried your original suggestion of using the
C:\Python24 as the home directory but to no avail. So now I am a bit stuck
on your and Alan's next suggestion which is to use PythonWin.

I downloaded:
http://optusnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pywin32/pywin32-204.win32-py2
.4.exe

and it installed fine.

However, it is listed as "Python for Windows extensions" so I assume that
installing this whilst still having Pythin24 installed was the way to go.
The installer seemed to be OK about this but when I went to start PythonWin
I could not actually find anything to start. I think I may be missing
something here. Is PythonWin a separate installation of Python with an
IDE/GUI ? Or is PythonWin simply something to sit over the top of a (any)
Python installation.

I'm a bit lost, as you may tell so any help would be greatly accepted.

Many thanks.

Dave Shea
Wellington
New Zealand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Yoo" <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>
To: "Dave Shea" <skylark at fastmail.fm>
Cc: <tutor at python.org>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] IDLE will not appear under Win95 (Python 2.4.2)


>
>
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Dave Shea wrote:
>
> > Python installed without a complaint. However, when I fire up IDLE,
> > there is an hour glass shown for a couple of seconds, then nothing else
> > happens. When I fire up Python (command line) no problem, the DOS box
> > opens and Python starts. I've tried re-starting, using Explorer instead
> > of the Start menu, all the usual voodoo but still the IDLE refuses to
> > start.
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> According to:
>
>     http://python.org/2.4.2/bugs.html
>
> IDLE might not work well if Python has been installed into Program Files.
>
> Do you know if you've done this?  If so, try reinstalling and just leave
> the installation path at the defaults (Python should install under
> "C:\PYTHON24", I think.)
>
> IDLE has unfortunately been a bit problematic in the Python 2.4 release,
> so if you continue to run into issues, I'd second Alan's suggestion about
> trying Pythonwin instead.
>
>
> Good luck!
>
>