you want a very brief set of vi(m) commands-- a get-you-started tutorial that's nearly painless? I'll send if "yes". jim
On Jul 16, 2007, at 9:26 PM, Sara Johnson wrote: > First off, yes, I was referring to (I guess you could say) a > non-python editor. I use an SSH editor set up by my school. If I > type python at the prompt in SSH, I get the Python shell. My problem > is, I can't open a GUI no matter what I subscribe to or purchase. I > have Python 2.3 and yes, I can access the commandline, but that does > not work the way it's been described to work. > > If this still doesn't make any sense, just ignore me... > > Sara > > > >>Not quite what we were discussing, but I think you may have given > just > enough clues that i can be of some help. Just for reference ~ which > editor > are you using? > > IDLE is both an editor and a python shell or interpreter. It is not > the same > thing as typing python.exe wherever you might be typing it. > > Typing Python into an editor should put the word "Python" into your > currently open file. I don't believe that this is what you mean. > Perhaps you > are confusing what exactly is an editor? > > You use Windows you've mentioned before. So here's what you can do. > Start -> > Programs -> Python 2.5 -> Python (commandline) > > This is the python interpreter. As you might already know. > > And then this. > Start -> Programs -> Python 2.5 -> IDLE (Python GUI) > > This is IDLE. As you probably know. > > Two windows should come up when you click IDLE. One is an editor. The > other > is the python shell, or interpreter. You can open .py files in IDLE by > right > clicking and selecting "Edit with IDLE". At any time that you wish to > run a > program that is open in the editor half of IDLE, hit F5 and the Python > shell > half of IDLE comes to the top and runs the program. > > If doing all that doesn't do what I expect it to do, or you have > something > else in mind, reply back. If it does, then great! > > Oh. And tell me which editor you are using which magically opens a > python > interpreter when you type Python into it. ;-) > > JS > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. > Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! > Games._______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor