On 1/6/2012 1:46 AM, Jean-Paul Roy wrote:
Hi ! I am starting an undergraduate course on Python 3.2.2 and I would like to use the IDLE IDE on Mac Lion, as IDLE is actually cool
Idle works least well on Macs
for teaching. BUT I have problems with some dead keys, for example to get the tilde char, by the sequence "Alt-n<space>", the "Alt-n" moves the cursor on top of buffer instead of displaying the ~ char !
I am not sure what you mean by 'dead keys' or 'top of buffer'. I just type the ~ key on my keyboard. On Windows and *nix, Alt-N is History: Next. On Mac, History: Next is supposed to be Cntl-N (which on open new window on Windows). On the IDLE Preferences dialog, Keys tab, there is a button for Use a Built-in Key Set with 4 choices. Is one of the Mac sets selected? What does CTRL-N do for you?
french input method seems to be ignored which is strange in the Unicode times.
The transition is still in progress. > I looked without success in the Preferences/Key menu.
Same for french circumflex e (ê) impossible to get with the keyboard, etc. IDLE is hardly usable with such behavior. It is strange that this bug seems to be known for months
Are you referring to an issue on the tracker? If so, which one?
but no remedy comes from the Python community :-(
The 'community' consists of volunteers who work on issues they care about. A solution is most likely to come from someone who uses French keyboards, Idle, and the Mac. But if Idle does not work with a French keyboard, that combination is unlikely.
Second best would be a French keyboard and Mac user who would like to use IDLE and who would work with others to help make IDLE work better.
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