IDLE Problem: win98\Python2.4

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kim kubik wrote:
> This sure seems like it would have been
> brought up but I checked Google Groups
> (the dejanews replacement) and saw
> nothing:  I installed Python2.4 in Win98
> and IDLE doesn't work (neither does the
> online manual even tho a 3.6KB Python24.chm
> is there, but that's a story for another
> day) - that is, clicking on the IDLE icon
> in the Start menu just gives a brief hourglass
> cursor and then nothing . . .

Are you also running Ruby? The Ruby bundle for MS Windows has caused
problems with it's TCL package conflicting with Python's.

Search comp.lang.python on Google Groups for: Ruby TCL