Re: [Tutor] Can't start IDLE 2.6 on Mac

2008-10-20 Thread Alan Gauld
"Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Unfortunately there is a problem with the Mac release of Python 2.6 and Tkinter (which IDLE uses) does not work correctly. The only fix at this point is to use 2.5 or to build Python yourself. http://bugs.python.org/issue4017 I hope there will be an o

Re: [Tutor] Can't start IDLE 2.6 on Mac

2008-10-20 Thread Kent Johnson
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Rob Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > A slightly different question. I use python on vista but recently bought a > mac laptop running tiger so I could use garageband. > > I decided to put 2.6 on it but even though it installs fine, when I go to > Ap

Re: [Tutor] Can't start IDLE 2.6 on Mac

2008-10-20 Thread Alan Gauld
"Rob Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote I decided to put 2.6 on it but even though it installs fine, when I go to Applications / Python 2.6 and double click IDLE, nothing happens. Does basic Python work? If you open the Terminal application and type python at the prompt does it come up? And

[Tutor] Can't start IDLE 2.6 on Mac

2008-10-19 Thread Rob Stevenson
Hello, A slightly different question. I use python on vista but recently bought a mac laptop running tiger so I could use garageband. I decided to put 2.6 on it but even though it installs fine, when I go to Applications / Python 2.6 and double click IDLE, nothing happens. Am I doing something