[Tutor] python.py with no console

[Donald Bedsole]

Hi folks,

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> "sihong lin" <linsihong2003 at yahoo.com> wrote
>>
>> Those days the idle couldn't open in windows 7.
>> Today I found the type of file python.py(c:\Python27\lib\idlelib) is
>> "no console". what is it means? that is why the idle couldn't
>> open, right?
>
> No, that just means you don't get a black DOS window in the
> background. But since I don't have Win 7 I can't comment on
> the reason you have an IDLE problem, but I believe it should
> work OK in Windows 7.
>
> Can anyone else confirm?
>
>
> --
> Alan Gauld
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.alan-g.me.uk/


IDLE opens ok for me on Windows 7.