Re: [Tutor] Using Python with a Mac

2010-02-23 Thread Eric Dorsey
Not sure if this is what you're asking, but you can invoke the Python interpreter from the command line (Terminal) Open a new terminal, and at the $ prompt just type python.. $ python Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jul 7 2009, 23:51:51) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin Type help,

Re: [Tutor] Using Python with a Mac

2010-02-23 Thread Zack Jarrett
Even though it's written for kids Snake Wrangling for Kids is a good resource to get you started with writing Python code. Don't be put off by the title or the target audience; seriously. This book will have you writing and executing Python scripts by page 8. You can get it from:

[Tutor] Using Python with a Mac

2010-02-21 Thread Marco Rompré
Hi everyone, I would like to know how to use python with a mac. For now, I go to spotlight, open terminal then type IDLE and a window pops up but its like the window that opens when you run your programs already saved and I'm not able to open another window to write a script from scratch. Could

Re: [Tutor] Using Python with a Mac

2010-02-21 Thread Shashwat Anand
mac have python 2.5 and 2.6 installed by default. If you use Vi then you are up for it. If you want IDE then pydev plugin with eclipse can be tried. I had heard good things about it. Also you can try bpython(python fancy interpretor), install it via macports. ~l0nwlf On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at

Re: [Tutor] Using Python with a Mac

2010-02-21 Thread Monte Milanuk
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Marco Rompré marcodrom...@gmail.comwrote: Hi everyone, I would like to know how to use python with a mac. For now, I go to spotlight, open terminal then type IDLE and a window pops up but its like the window that opens when you run your programs already