Python won't run

[Scott David Daniels]

Chris Rebert wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM, kevin hayes <kevinosky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, I had python 2.5 installed on my Mac osx 10.4.11 and idle stopped
>> opening and running after I ran a few programs.  I installed python 2.6
>> hoping this would allow me to open idle and start learning to program.  How
>> do I get Idle running again?
> 
> What error do you get when trying to run it from the command line?
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris
> 
Try from the command line:

     $ python -m idlelib.idle -n

If it works, do a bit and see how that goes.  Then try:

     $ python -m idlelib.idle

In both cases, you _may_ get error messages to the command window that
help diagnose.

--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org