[Tutor] IDLE problems
Paul Douglas Grant
fedka2 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 12:45:45 CET 2012
Thanks again, I'm going to push my luck and ask you a final question
on this subject, you've been really helpful. Should I be able to
locate idle.py with a spotlight search. I can't seem to locate it...
Here is what terminal gave me
MacBook-001FF3569577-4:~ fedka2$ cd /Applications/Python\ 3.2
MacBook-001FF3569577-4:Python 3.2 fedka2$ python ./idle.py
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python:
can't open file './idle.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
MacBook-001FF3569577-4:Python 3.2 fedka2$
Thanks again, and here's to the hillwalking (I'm in the French Jura,
so it is no stranger to me)
Paul
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:30 PM, ALAN GAULD <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Sorry, I was assuming too much knowledge I suspect.
>
>> Last login: Wed Mar 7 11:27:19 on ttys000
>
>> MacBook-001FF3569577-4:~ fedka2$ /Applications/Python\ 3.2
>
>
> This line is the prompt plus the folder that you dragged :- /Applications/Python\ 3.2
>
> You needed to type cd first (no RETURN just cd) - I took that step for granted, sorry.
> then drop the folder
>
> But since we now know the folder name you could just type
>
> cd /Applications/Python\ 3.2
>
> That should give you a terminal prompt of:
>
> MacBook-001FF3569577-4: /Applications/Python 3.2$
>
>
> If that is where idle.py is? I would expect it to be lower down than that...
>
> Then you can type
>
> python ./idle.py
>
> If, as I suspect, idle.py is lower in the folder structure you will need to
> modify things by providing the path to idle.py
>
> I hope that's clearer.
> One of the barriers to programming on a Mac for most users is
> that they pretty much have to learn how to drive the Terminal. And
> that's kind of a counter-culture to Mac users.
>
> Alan G
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