Re: Name of IDLE on Linux
Peter Otten wrote: and now typing e. g. pym os.path in the address bar immediately brings up that module's documentation. Peter Nice one! Thanks. S -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Name of IDLE on Linux
Joal Heagney wrote: If you're using KDE, you can set a bookmark in konqueror to the documentation and it'll bring it up in the bookmark toolbar. Only hassle is when you update python and the docs, you have to edit the bookmark. Or you can bookmark a symlink to the documentation and bookmark that. Another goodie are Konqueror's web shortcuts. I added one with the URI file:/path_to_python_docs/lib/[EMAIL PROTECTED] and the shortcut pym, and now typing e. g. pym os.path in the address bar immediately brings up that module's documentation. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Name of IDLE on Linux
What is the name of the IDLE program on Linux and where is it installed in a normal Linux distribution ? I have installed all the Python 2.3.5 RPMs on my Fedora 3 system but I have no idea where they are installed or what IDLE is called. I lloked in the Python web pages to try to find a list of the files in the various installations, but was unable to find the information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Name of IDLE on Linux
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Edward Diener wrote: What is the name of the IDLE program on Linux and where is it installed in a normal Linux distribution ? I have installed all the Python 2.3.5 RPMs on my Fedora 3 system but I have no idea where they are installed or what IDLE is called. I lloked in the Python web pages to try to find a list of the files in the various installations, but was unable to find the information. Try idle (all lower case). On my RH-9 system it is in /usr/local/bin HTH. Jim -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Name of IDLE on Linux
Jim Benson wrote: On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Edward Diener wrote: What is the name of the IDLE program on Linux and where is it installed in a normal Linux distribution ? I have installed all the Python 2.3.5 RPMs on my Fedora 3 system but I have no idea where they are installed or what IDLE is called. I lloked in the Python web pages to try to find a list of the files in the various installations, but was unable to find the information. Try idle (all lower case). On my RH-9 system it is in /usr/local/bin Thanks. The system came with Python and the development libraries but not with the latest installation and tools. Once I was able to install all the latest Python RPM for Fedora 3, 'idle' showed up. Now all I have to do is find everything else, including the latest documentation files. It is a pity the Python Linux binary installations do not create folders on the desktop or in the Gnome menu system with links to the Python to the documentation and a readme telling me what executables were installed. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Name of IDLE on Linux
Edward Diener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is a pity the Python Linux binary installations do not create folders on the desktop or in the Gnome menu system with links to the Python to the documentation and a readme telling me what executables were installed. Imagine they did, and the other 1392 packages (on my system) too :-) Documentation usually resides in /usr/share/doc/package, /usr/share/doc/packages/package or similiar. You're on an RPM-based system, so $ rpm -ql package lists all files belonging to that package. You should have little trouble spotting the documentation files there. - Thomas -- If you want to reply by mail, substitute my first and last name for 'foo' and 'bar', respectively, and remove '.invalid'. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Name of IDLE on Linux
Thomas Rast wrote: Edward Diener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is a pity the Python Linux binary installations do not create folders on the desktop or in the Gnome menu system with links to the Python to the documentation and a readme telling me what executables were installed. Imagine they did, and the other 1392 packages (on my system) too :-) I can understand that g. But I would rather have links somewhere than not know what it was a particular package does and how to use it. As a relative Linux newbie, I have found it disconcerting to have things installed on my system when I first booted the system or when I install new packages or upgrade existing ones, and not know what these packages are used for. One can always delete links, and they are cheap, so I would rather have too much to begin with than too little. Documentation usually resides in /usr/share/doc/package, /usr/share/doc/packages/package or similiar. You're on an RPM-based system, so $ rpm -ql package lists all files belonging to that package. You should have little trouble spotting the documentation files there. Thanks. That does help. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Name of IDLE on Linux
Edward Diener wrote: Thomas Rast wrote: Edward Diener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is a pity the Python Linux binary installations do not create folders on the desktop or in the Gnome menu system with links to the Python to the documentation and a readme telling me what executables were installed. Imagine they did, and the other 1392 packages (on my system) too :-) I can understand that g. But I would rather have links somewhere than not know what it was a particular package does and how to use it. As a relative Linux newbie, I have found it disconcerting to have things installed on my system when I first booted the system or when I install new packages or upgrade existing ones, and not know what these packages are used for. One can always delete links, and they are cheap, so I would rather have too much to begin with than too little. Documentation usually resides in /usr/share/doc/package, /usr/share/doc/packages/package or similiar. You're on an RPM-based system, so $ rpm -ql package lists all files belonging to that package. You should have little trouble spotting the documentation files there. Thanks. That does help. As a relative linux newbie (Aren't we all? I've been using linux for 7 years now, and the only thing that has happened is that my definition of newbie has stretched.), you might find the following useful. If you're using KDE, you can set a bookmark in konqueror to the documentation and it'll bring it up in the bookmark toolbar. Only hassle is when you update python and the docs, you have to edit the bookmark. Another approach is to type in /usr/share/doc/py into the konqueror URL and it'll pop up a list of folders containing python documentation. Joal PS: DON'T add a general bookmark to /usr/share/doc I did that when I was beginning, and every time I went document hunting, I'd have to wait a good minute and a half for konqueror to display all the folders in this directory. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
