IDLE under Cygwin - no toolbar menu. Any idea why?

Miki Tebeka miki.tebeka at zoran.com
Mon Aug 23 05:13:26 EDT 2004


Hello Porky,

> A question for those using python under Cygwin. I've just installed
> the latest distribution with python 2.3.4. One problem I have is when
> I start IDLE, it doesn't show toolbar menu (either shell window or
> edit window). Does anyone know why and if there is a workaround? TIA.
> 
> (I know I should probably ask Cygwin folks, but just want to check it
> here first)
It's a known bug.
Use "idle -n" (no subprocess) to get the menus.

HTH.
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