Re: [Tutor] OT: Recommendations for a Linux distribution to dual-boot with Win7-64 bit

[Ries Rommens]

Hello boB,

On the latter I was surprised that Thunderbird did not support 
conversation views out of the box.

After opening Thunderbird you will see a listing of your emails.
Clicking on the header of the very first column of the listing will give 
you the conversation mode.
(Second column header is a star, third one the attachments. Be aware 
that you can alter the columns shown, so things may be different in your 
case).


Kind regards,

Ries


Op 03-07-16 om 07:07 schreef boB Stepp:
This is an update and a test to see if I have figured out 
Thunderbird's settings so that everything comes over as plain text 
instead of something else.  If there are any issues let me know.


Friday the Mint crew announced that they were releasing their new 
version of Mint, version 18, Sarah, so I went _bleeding edge_ and 
tried to install it.  Things did not go well in the sense that I was 
not able to make a dual-boot installation where Windows 7 was on its 
existing hard drive and Mint 18 on its own.  As far as I can tell I 
did everything correctly, but upon rebooting there was no option to go 
to Mint; instead, the boot went directly to Windows 7.  After many 
hours of effort, searching, etc. (It was after 6 AM local time when I 
gave up.) I decided to simply unplug the Windows 7 hard drive and plug 
my new hard drive in its place. I successfully installed Mint 18 and 
it booted up fine with one quirk.  My understanding is that I would be 
prompted to remove my installation USB drive prior to it rebooting, 
but it didn't and this seemed to cause issues.  On my repeat 
installation effort I removed the USB drive myself when it appeared 
that the system had just shut down.  Things have gone well since.


I guess I will save the dual-boot effort for some other day.

Now I am updating things, playing with Firefox and Thunderbird, etc.  
On the latter I was surprised that Thunderbird did not support 
conversation views out of the box.  I am currently testing an 
extension, "Thunderbird Conversations", which is a bit different in 
what I was expecting (Compared to Gmail.), but I suppose I will get 
used to it.


We will see how the Linux experiment will work!  My plan is to work my 
way through the book, "How Linux Works", by Brian Ward. So that will 
probably distract me from Python studies for a while.


Again, thanks for all of the help you've collectively given!

boB
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Re: [Tutor] Desperately need help to uninstall python from my mac

[Ries Rommens]

Hello Christian,

You don't have to uninstall python before upgrading Tcl/Tk.

Steps to follow:

Close Idle, if activated.

Browse to

http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads

and find your Mac Disk Image (DMG), it's about halfway the webpage.
I have used version 8.5.18.0.
Download and install the DMG in the Apple way. (Right click on the icon, 
and click [Open], instead of doubleclick).

Activate Idle after installing Tcl/Tk, and the warning has gone.

Hope it helps,

Ries


Op 3-6-2016 om 18:18 schreef Christian Carbone via Tutor:

Hello,
As the subject line indicates, I really need help uninstalling python on my 
mac..
Uninstalling python from a mac seems to be an absurdly overlooked topic. The 
one resource i have found addressing the issue, a stack overflow thread, 
doesn't give me the amount of direction i need to successfully uninstall.

The reason i (think i) need to uninstall python is that when i open IDLE i get this 
warning: "WARNING: The version of Tcl/Tk (8.5.9) in use may be unstable.Visit 
http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ for current information.".

I've heard i need to install a system appropriate tcl/tk (which i believe i 
have done) before reinstalling python, but seeing as i cannot uninstall python 
I do not see any way to resolve this issue. Python.org doesn't seem to have any 
information that addresses this problem, so I have come here in hopes of some 
guidance.

Thanks,-Christian
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