Thanks Alan, It seems like it was a keybinding issue. When I dragged IDLE into a terminal window I got a laundry list of errors having to do with correct keys. I switched to a built in key set "classic mac", and I'm running. I really appreciated your help with this. Paul
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > On 06/03/12 18:12, ALAN GAULD wrote: > >> OK, so from Finder. In that case can you open a Terminal window and >> drag the python folder into the Terminal - that should navigate you to >> the same folder. Then try running IDLE by typing >> >> python ./idle.py >> >> At the terminal prompt. > > > I meant to say that this will let you see any error messages > from running IDLE. If you get any, post them here. > > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor