[Pythonmac-SIG] Getting Started Problem

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jul 31, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:

> Been away from Python for a while, welcoming myself back home, but  
> running into a config or misunderstanding problem.
>
> OS X 10.4.7, Python 2.3.5, downloaded MacPython 2.3 yesterday.  
> Double-clicking on PythonIDE brings up a splasher which disappears  
> and nothing appears to be running.
>
> IDLE runs fine. Launching PythonLauncher shows a setting that  
> appears to point at /usr/bin/pythonw, which is a valid directory  
> and which, when entered in a Terminal, launches Pythonw 2.3.5.
>
> So what am I not understanding?

Sounds like you may be using an Intel machine. Python IDE doesn't  
work on Intel and it never will. It's officially dead.

Download Universal Python 2.4 and use the IDLE it comes with. The  
Python 2.3.5 that ships with OS X 10.4 has a host of (mostly endian  
related) bugs on Intel and isn't suitable for any Mac-specific work.  
These bugs are not present in Universal Python 2.4, or Python 2.5  
(which is currently in beta).

-bob