newbie question on Fredrik Lundh's simple script

[Giorgi Lekishvili]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> John Boik wrote:
>
> > Here is the problem.  The frame pops up OK, but when I press the Quit button
> > nothing happens.  When I press it twice, Python shuts down.
>
> I assume "Python" means "the IDLE environment" ?
>
> IDLE executes Python code inside it's own interpreter, and
> is also using Tkinter.  If you run a program inside IDLE that
> shuts Tkinter down, you'll also shut IDLE down.
>
> That's really IDLE's fault, not Tkinter's...
>
> I recommend running the samples in a stand-alone Python
> interpreter, from the command line.
>
> (or use an IDE that knows how to run Python programs in
> a separate process...)
>

Would you like to tell me which are such IDEs, and among them, which are freeware?

Thank you.
Giorgi



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