[Pythonmac-SIG] IDLE and MacPython 2.5

[Rodney Somerstein]

I downloaded Python 2.5 yesterday and am having a problem with the included IDLE. If I launch IDLE by double-clicking, it shows up in the task bar, then immediately goes away. I see no windows, menus, etc. for the program. If I type IDLE at the command line, IDLE 1.2 launches with no problem. The icon in the task bar appears to be Python Launcher in that case, not IDLE.

If I launch the IDLE.app from MacPython 2.4 by double-clicking, it launches IDLE 1.1.3 with no problems.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Is IDLE.app broken under MacPython 2.5? While I can launch it from terminal, it is definitely more convenient to just double-click. I am using IDLE because I have been working my way through the O'Reilly Learning Python book at a glacial pace over the last year or more and it is nice to have a simple Python-aware interactive editor.

-Rodney
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