[Python-Dev] PEP 397 and idle

2011-11-01 Thread David Bailey
python-dev I am being forced to support multiple versions of python on Windows platforms. I have been using PEP 397 and the execution of *.py files works great. Thank you!! My problem is idle. The various versions of idle have the same problem as the various versions of python. We were using an ed

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 397 and idle

2011-11-01 Thread Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
Hi, 2011/11/1 David Bailey > python-dev > > I am being forced to support multiple versions of python on Windows > platforms. I have been using PEP 397 and the execution of *.py files works > great. Thank you!! > My problem is idle. The various versions of idle have the same problem as > the vari

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 397 and idle

2011-11-01 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:25:28 +0100 "Amaury Forgeot d'Arc" wrote: > Hi, > > 2011/11/1 David Bailey > > > python-dev > > > > I am being forced to support multiple versions of python on Windows > > platforms. I have been using PEP 397 and the execution of *.py files works > > great. Thank you!! > >

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 397 and idle

2011-11-01 Thread David Bailey
Amaury, Maybe this belongs on some blog. I don't know. I was responding to PEP 397, seems to me that idle was left out. I am not being critical of what you guys are doing. I love python. As a developer, I see a problem. You are correct, I have no technical issue. I do believe it is still a develop

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 397 and idle

2011-11-01 Thread Terry Reedy
On 11/1/2011 2:20 PM, David Bailey wrote: population of windows users of python, make idle easier to use or fix print in 3.X or both. print is fixed in 3.x. This is not the place to argue otherwise. If you want to rant againt print as function, go to python-list. If one looks up 'print' in

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 397 and idle

2011-11-01 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: > Now, it would be better if the icons were labelled by version. I thought > that had been agreed on, and I intend to request it again. It has, it really just needs a patch put forward with specific installer changes in it. Cheers, Nick. -- Ni