[Q] How to use IDLE in redhat

[Stephen Boulet]

Just type in:  python idle.py if you're launching from the command line.
Otherwise double-click the idle.pyw icon. 

-- Stephen

Young-Jin Lee wrote:
> 
> Hi, I'm new to redhat. I was using Python in windows and now I was trying to
> move to Redhat.
> I thought it would be easy to use IDLE in redhat linux, but it turned out to
> be a bit difficult.
> After posting a few questions on the tutor at python.org list, I came to know
> that I should setup IDLE by
> "$ cd .../Tools/idle
> $ python2.2 ./setup.py".
> 
> When I tried the aboves, python asked me to specify the option and command,
> but I have no idea what to do.
> Here is the message I got:
> usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
> or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2]
> or: setup.py --help-commands
> or: setup.py cmd --help.
> 
> I also tried "python2 ./setup.py idle", but it didn't work, either.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> YJ