On Jul 29, 3:55 pm, "Russ Davis" <russ.da...@njpines.state.nj.us> wrote: > I am just getting started with Python and have installed v. 2.5.4 Idle > version 1.2.4 I can't seem to get the idle to display text. It seems as if > the install went fine. I start up the idle and the screen is blank. No > text. It seems as if I can type on the screen but I just can't see the > characters. I go to the config menu and it bombs and brings up the Visual > Studio debugger. The computer that I am trying to install it on is a windows > xp laptop serv pack 2. I have a workstation here that I am using also with > the same os and the idle works fine. Any hints as to what might be > interfering with the idle config. >
just spit balling here, but have you tried a un-install, re-install """ Bad things can happen to good installers """ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
