Name of IDLE on Linux

[Edward Diener]

Thomas Rast wrote:
> Edward Diener <eldiener_no_spam_here at earthlink.net> writes:
>
>> It is a pity the Python Linux binary installations do not
>> create folders on the desktop or in the Gnome menu system with links
>> to the Python to the documentation and a readme telling me what
>> executables were installed.
>
> Imagine they did, and the other 1392 packages (on my system) too :-)

I can understand that <g>. But I would rather have links somewhere than not
know what it was a particular package does and how to use it. As a relative
Linux newbie, I have found it disconcerting to have things installed on my
system when I first booted the system or when I install new packages or
upgrade existing ones, and not know what these packages are used for. One
can always delete links, and they are cheap, so I would rather have too much
to begin with than too little.

>
> Documentation usually resides in /usr/share/doc/<package>,
> /usr/share/doc/packages/<package> or similiar.  You're on an RPM-based
> system, so
>
> $ rpm -ql <package>
>
> lists all files belonging to that package.  You should have little
> trouble spotting the documentation files there.

Thanks. That does help.