Re: Newbie Shell Editor Question

2005-03-31 Thread Scott David Daniels
Tim Roberts wrote: Kash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...However when I start idle and run a program from it; I get the following types of errors Idle is already running the python interpreter. You don't need to start another copy. It is just like you had typed "python" at a command line. If you

Re: Newbie Shell Editor Question

2005-03-30 Thread Tim Roberts
Kash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >I am new to python. I have just installed it. I am went to the python >website and used it to download python and a beginners tutorial. I set >the environment variables as explained in the faq. >However when I start idle and run a program from it;

Re: Newbie Shell Editor Question

2005-03-28 Thread runsun pan
whatever you type after the >>> is either a statement that command python to do something (like "print 'hello'"), or an object that might or might not contain/return a value. The 'hello' you typed (the one that caused error) is simply a word. It is not a command, it is not a variable, it is not an

Re: Newbie Shell Editor Question

2005-03-27 Thread Harlin Seritt
The Python shell you get with IDLE is actually not a system shell like cmd.exe or sh, bsh, csh etc. It is a shell that allows the Python interpreter to evaluate each line of Python code as you type. This is why when you type 'hello.py' it tells you 'hello.py' is not defined. On a higher level it s

Newbie Shell Editor Question

2005-03-27 Thread Kash
Hi Everyone, I am new to python. I have just installed it. I am went to the python website and used it to download python and a beginners tutorial. I set the environment variables as explained in the faq. However when I start idle and run a program from it; I get the following types of errors; ho