> I would try to use the python executable located in /usr/bin if it is > exists, otherwise use the python executable in /usr/sfw/bin. > > casevh
lordy lord, is that where it was. i just found it now. i had been thinking that idle was the name of the python interpreter, not just the IDE, hence my emphasis on it. python itself is indeed just in /usr/sfw/bin, as you said. a thousand thanks. i've got it on command line now. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
