--- Terry Kemmerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just learning Python....
>
> Running:
>
> Python 2.4.1 (#2, Aug 25 2005, 18:20:57)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (4.0.1-2mdk for Mandriva Linux
> release 2006.0)] on
> linux2
>
> Concerning: IDLE
>
> I tried several fonts, and finally changed the font
> on IDLE to courier
> size 22 bold, so that it is easier for my old eyes
> to read, and while
> the shell window still has color depicting the
> structure, the program
> window is now displaying only in black. (I also
> forgot what font IDLE
> originally was set on. A mind is such a terrible
> thing to loose...)
>
> Question: How do I get color back in my programming
> window??? (It's
> soooo pretty that way!)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Terry
Until you save the program window to a file with a
'.py' extension, IDLE doesn't realize it's Python
source code so it doesn't do any syntax highlighting.
HTH,
Don
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