[Tutor] Working with IDLE in XP, Set Up for A New Program

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Thu Aug 28 01:48:45 CEST 2008


"Wayne Watson" <sierra_mtnview at sbcglobal.net> wrote 

> would like to know if there's an easier way to start it than 
> what I use? I pick on a py file, and then use the pull down menu, 
> right-click, to select IDLE. 

Yes, it should be on the Start menu possibly listed as Python GUI.

Or you can set up a shortcut to it by selecting idle.pyw in explorer 
and creating a shortcut and dragging it to your desktop.

Or you could do yourself a favour and get the Pythonwin 
extensions and use Pythonwin instead. IDLE is fine for a 
cross platform IDE but it is ugly and less feature rich than 
Pythonwin. And the pythonwin installer sets up the menus 
etc for you.

HTH

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Alan Gauld
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