I'm on a Mac. Using Lion. I just tried opening the terminal and typing "python." And I'm able to open several terminal windows this way. I think this should be able to run many programs simultaneously. Thanks for your help. -Ben
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Brian van den Broek < brian.van.den.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 28 Aug 2012 18:33, "Benjamin Fishbein" <bfishbei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I wrote a program that I want to have running 24/7. But the problem is > that I also want to write and run other programs. I'm using Idle and it > won't let me run more than one script at a time. Do you know if there's a > way to do this? Or do I need to buy a second computer? > > Thanks, > > Ben > > Hi Ben, > > Idle may be useful for developing with (provided you aren't making an app > with tkinter) but isn't always the best choice for running one. > > Do you know how to run python from a command prompt? (If not, post back to > the list being sure to tell us your OS and I or someone else will help > you.) If you run you 24/7 program that way, idle will be free for you to > work. There are other ways to get your program to run in the background, > but again these are OS-dependant. > > Best, > > Brian vdB >
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