[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
Author of the Learn to Program web site
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