[Tutor] Unstable IDLE

[Wayne Werner]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Timo Smieszek <timo.smieszek at daad-alumni.de
> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I use Python 2.7.2 (v2.7.2:8527427914a2, Jun 11 2011, 15:22:34) on a
> Macbook Pro (Mac OS X 10.6.7).
> Whenever I want to open a new window in the IDLE or whenever I work with
> .py file within the IDLE, it crashes either immediately (in case of opening
> a new window) or after a short time (in case of opening an existing file).
>
> I already installed Python a second time, but this also does not help.
>
> Has anybody an idea how to fix this problem?


Try launching from the command line - you should be able to open the
terminal and type idle at the prompt. You'll probably get some more useful
information from the traceback when it crashes. If you copy the last line
and search Google for "mac python idle crash " + line, then it might get you
some good information. If not, you could copy/paste the entire traceback
here and maybe someone can point you in the right direction.

HTH,
Wayne
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