[Python-Dev] Fwd: IDLE on a Mac

[Ned Deily]

In article <77F954DE-354D-4D9B-8C25-54597052E0D0 at cox.net>,
 ringhome <ringhome at cox.net> wrote:
> > I am, however, having a small difficulty at home on my Mac.   Not  
> > willing to wait for a nice, pre-packaged bundle, I went and  
> > downloaded the files and built 3.0 myself.  The issue comes from  
> > launching the IDLE.app from the Mac GUI versus a Terminal Shell.   
> > From the GUI, IDLE launches fine, but the FILE dropdown menu only  
> > has "Recent Files" in it.  No way to create new one, save, etc.
> >
> > The README pages say to write to you if we're not sure if something  
> > is a feature or a bug.... So, here I am.  :)

Definitely not a feature!  There are a few known problems with 3.x IDLE 
on OS X.  I'm in the final stages of testing several patches which, 
among other things should solve that problem.  In general, the issue 
tracker at <http://bugs.python.org/> is the place to file bugs.  Check 
back in a couple of days.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org