Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-14 Thread David J. Braden
Fredrik Lundh wrote: <> .. > > or get a more convenient distribution. > > > Suggestion(s) for Windows os and cygwin? TIA DaveB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-14 Thread David J. Braden
Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * David J. Braden (2006-09-14 04:58 +0100) >> Jason Tishler wrote: >>> Dave, >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 03:33:01PM +, David J. Braden wrote: I can now confirm that, yes, IDLE pops up w/o menus under cygwin. >>> You should be able to workaround this problem by e

Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-14 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* David J. Braden (2006-09-14 04:58 +0100) > Jason Tishler wrote: >> Dave, >> >> On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 03:33:01PM +, David J. Braden wrote: >>> I can now confirm that, yes, IDLE pops up w/o menus under cygwin. >> >> You should be able to workaround this problem by executing idle with the >>

Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-14 Thread Fredrik Lundh
David J. Braden wrote: > Worked great. This "exercise" has also raised my comfort level with the > whole endeavor. To get rebaseall going, I was told to install the > *entire* cygwin package. Good time to paint a couple of rooms, clean the > gutters, ... or get a more convenient distribution.

Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-13 Thread David J. Braden
Jason Tishler wrote: > Dave, > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 03:33:01PM +, David J. Braden wrote: >> I can now confirm that, yes, IDLE pops up w/o menus under cygwin. > > You should be able to workaround this problem by executing idle with the > "-n" option: > > $ idle -n > > Jason > Work

Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-13 Thread Jason Tishler
Dave, On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 03:33:01PM +, David J. Braden wrote: > I can now confirm that, yes, IDLE pops up w/o menus under cygwin. You should be able to workaround this problem by executing idle with the "-n" option: $ idle -n Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pub

Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-13 Thread David J. Braden
Jason Tishler wrote: > Dave, > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 09:42:48AM +, David J. Braden wrote: >> Thorsten Kampe wrote: >>> * David J. Braden (2006-09-12 18:35 +0100) I can run Python in command-line mode fine from the cygwin shell; the cygwin distribution also includes IDLE, which is

Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-13 Thread Jason Tishler
Dave, On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 09:42:48AM +, David J. Braden wrote: > Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > * David J. Braden (2006-09-12 18:35 +0100) > >> I can run Python in command-line mode fine from the cygwin shell; > >> the cygwin distribution also includes IDLE, which is apparently > >> completely

Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-13 Thread David J. Braden
Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * David J. Braden (2006-09-12 18:35 +0100) >> I can run Python in command-line mode fine from the cygwin shell; the >> cygwin distribution also includes IDLE, which is apparently completely >> installed, yet I am unable to get IDLE running. When I double-click >> idle.bat

Re: Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-12 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* David J. Braden (2006-09-12 18:35 +0100) > I can run Python in command-line mode fine from the cygwin shell; the > cygwin distribution also includes IDLE, which is apparently completely > installed, yet I am unable to get IDLE running. When I double-click > idle.bat (or idle.pyw) I am prompted

Newbie - ? get IDLE going on cygwin

2006-09-12 Thread David J. Braden
Hi, (from a total newbie w/ Python. Oh well.) I can run Python in command-line mode fine from the cygwin shell; the cygwin distribution also includes IDLE, which is apparently completely installed, yet I am unable to get IDLE running. When I double-click idle.bat (or idle.pyw) I am prompted to