1. Okay, I can open the interpreter and do math. If only I needed the answer to 6*7 I'd be great. But, to your point, Python is installed and working.
2. When I went to the shortcut and hit properties, the path was Target: C:\Python26\Lib\idlelib\idle.bat Start in: C:\Python26\ I cd'd to C:\Python26\ at the command prompt and ran Lib\idlelib\idle.bat. It just reprints C:\Python26\ with no error or message. Looks like this: C:\Python26>Lib\idlelib\idle.bat C:\Python26> 3. I created a simple file in Wordpad that prints a few lines. It is called Print.py but I'm not sure where the 'code' folder is. I'm not familiar enough with Python to locate a file from the Interpreter and open it. 4. I also tried editing the PATH variable, which did have both versions in it, but with no success - same error. Thanks for your help... Grant On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Dave Angel <da...@ieee.org> wrote: > On 10/16/2010 11:27 PM, Grant Andrew wrote: > >> I hear that...God knows if I had a more complete question, I'd type it - >> basically, when I click the IDLE GUI icon from the Start Menu, there is a >> flash of a command prompt loading, then nothing happens. >> >> I've tried a number of things at the command prompt over the last two >> weeks >> and five versions. I went to ActiveState because I was thinking I had not >> configured something properly in the Python.org versions, however, the >> behavior is the same. >> >> I ran C:\>C:\python26\lib\idlelib\idle.py at the command prompt and that >> returned: >> >> <snip> >> > > You probably need to start with fundamentals. That means using a command > prompt. As you've noticed, many times a program started from the start menu > doesn't leave its command window open long enough to read the messages. > > I'm afraid I can't really help with Idle; I've never tried using it, till > today. When I start if from ActiveState's menu, it flashes and exits for me > as well. Perhaps because we both have Thinkpads. I notice the IBMTools > directory in your traceback. Perhaps there's an old version of TCL there > that's interfering with the one Idle needs. To start debugging it, figure > out what the menu shortcut is doing, and do it yourself from a command > window. In my case, StartIdle-right-click->properties->shortcut shows me: > > Target C:\Progfiles\ActivePython26\Lib\idlelib\idle.bat > Start in: c:\progfiles\activePython26 > > So you CD to the latter directory (or rather, to your equivalent one), and > type lib\idlelib\idle.bat > > When I do that, I get an error message: "IDLE's subprocess didn't make > connection. Either IDLE can't start a subprocess or personal firewall > software is blocking." > > But let's get your python itself working. ActivePython's install adds > itself to your path, so you should be able to just type > python > or python26 > > at the C: prompt, and get a Python interpreter prompt. Then do something > like > >>> print 3*4 > > to see if it's working. > > Next, write a small xxx.py program, in your code directory, and NOT in the > Python install directory. From that code directory, type > python xxx.py > > or whatever you called it. Let us know if it works. > > Only then should you worry about associations. You can check them with > assoc and ftype, but people tell me that's not reliable if there is more > than one user on the machine, or specifically if you have created > user-specific associations, which take precedence over the ones in assoc and > ftype. > > DaveA > > >
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