Learning Python

[SuperHik]

JAG CHAN wrote:
> bearophileHUGS at lycos.com wrote in
> news:1156597310.493911.241160 at i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: 
> 
>> JAG CHAN:
>>> As I had written earlier, I am trying to learn Python.
>>> I chose IDLE as an editor to learn Python.
>>> Now I find that it is an online editor.
>>> It is not possible for me to be always on online while learning.
>>> Kindly suggest me a suitable editor (for Windows XP) which does not
>>> require me to be on online.
>> Maybe your firewall tells you that IDLE asks for access to the net,
>> but it's not an online sofware. You can use a different editor, like
>> SPE, or if you want to start with something simpler you can try
>> ActivePython, or probably it's even better a normal and very fast txt
>> editor with a python grammar for colorization, with a macro added to
>> run the script being edited.
>>
>> Bye,
>> bearophile
>>
> 
> Thanks for your response.
> You are right.
> Whenever I try to open IDLE, my zone firewall tells me pythonw.exe is 
> trying to access the trusted zone.
> Whenever I try to open new IDLE window I get the following message:
> "IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection.Either IDLE can't start a 
> subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection."
> I will be grateful if you kindly suggest a way out, then, I won't have to 
> install another editor.
> Regards.

Python uses what windows call "internal loopback device" wich is 
monitored by the firewall. So yes, it's a firewall thing, not the editor 
and you would get the same message using any editor...
I suggest AcitvePython - easy, free, and comes with all the windows 
specific modules and extensions...