Both Python 2.5.2 and 2.7.2 flop the same way under Win 7

ray ray040123 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 12:37:49 EST 2011


On Friday, November 18, 2011 12:55 AM, W. eWatson wrote:
> Months ago 2.5.2 stopped functioning on my Win7 PC, so a few days ago 
> I uninstalled and installed. Same problem. If one right-clicks on a py 
> file, IDLE is not shown in the menu as Edit with IDLE. After playing 
> with matters I gave up, and uninstalled 2.5.2 and turned to 2.7.2. 
> Same results.
>
> If I look at a 2.4 install on my laptop, I get the desired reference 
> to Edit with IDLE.
>
> My guess is that Win 7 is behind this. If so, it's good-bye Python.
>
> Comments?
Why not good-bye Windows ? Actually you may want to try Vim, or gVim in 
Windows. I think the people who use IDLE is with really good patient.



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