[Tutor] Python shell wont open IDLE or an exisiting .py files

2014-01-30 Thread shangonichols
I am on Windows 8, Python 3.3.4 and 3.3.3 and all previous versions exhibit the same problem on my Windows 8 PC. This problem occurred out of nowhere overnight. It was working fine for months until today. > I tried to open a file and nothing happened. If I tried to open a .py file > (any .py fi

Re: [Tutor] Python shell wont open IDLE or an exisiting .py files

2014-01-29 Thread eryksun
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Terry Reedy writes: > >> This I do not. What is 'Python GUI'? What is 'Python Shell'? > > Those are (part of) the names of menu entries created by the Python > installer for MS Windows. I am not sure exactly what programs they > invoke. The a

Re: [Tutor] Python shell wont open IDLE or an exisiting .py files

2014-01-29 Thread Ben Finney
Terry Reedy writes: > On 1/29/2014 6:26 PM, shangonich...@sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > If I launch the Python GUI it opens a Python Shell fine. But as > > > soon as I try to open a file (including a "new" file), it closes > > > the Shell. > > This I do not. What is 'Python GUI'? What is 'Python