IDLE and Pythonwin Keep Crashing

[KrayZee--J]

I ran into a similar problem trying to run a PyOpenGL program from within
pythonwin, so I wrote this script which can be run from the Pythonwin tools
menu to execute programs in an external process.

Put the attached script in site-packages\Pythonwin\pywin\framework and add
these commands to your Pythonwin options->tools menu:
    Run Externally:                        from pywin.framework import
runextern; runextern.run_c ()
    Run Externally (no console):    from pywin.framework import runextern;
runextern.run_w ()
    Debug in IDLE:                       from pywin.framework import
runextern; runextern.debug ()


John


<sismex01 at hebmex.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1045673635.27112.python-list at python.org...
> > From: Luke McCarthy [mailto:luke at ukonline.co.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:40 AM
> >
> > When I run a program that uses wxPython from within IDLE or
> > Pythonwin, after I have closed the program and go back to the
> > editor, pressing the backspace key crashes the editor.
> > I thought it strange that it happens to both editors
> > in exactly the same way.
> >
> > Any ideas? Is this a known bug?
> >
> > Luke McCarthy
> > luke at ukonline.co.uk
> >
>
> Different GUI libraries shouldn't mix, else something
> like what you describe happens.  It isn't the backspace
> key which is triggering the crash, but when you run
> a wxWindows app from within Idle or PyWin, the process
> is left in an unstable state, so anything might make
> it die.
>
> The solution would be to run your app from without
> your preferred editor environment, so that it'll
> run in a different process space.  Another solution
> would be to use an IDE which runs applications
> in another process, and not within it's own
> (both methods have it's pros and cons).
>
> Is there a wxWindows-based IDE you might be able
> to use?
>
> Another is to keep a shortcut to your app on the
> desktop and click it when you want to run it,
> instead of using the editor's <run> facility.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -gustavo
>


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