[Pythonmac-SIG] IDLE fixes for 2.x and 3.x

[Tom Bridgman]

Is there a reliable way to install python 3 on a Mac without damaging  
the resident installation?  Are there 10.4 vs 10.5 issues?

Tom
On Feb 16, 2009, at 3:59 AM, Ned Deily wrote:

> In article <nad-A5EF39.20391409022009 at news.gmane.org>,
>  Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote:
>> I've opened the following issues for problems with various menu, key
>> definitions, and launch problems with IDLE.app and bin/idle on OS X:
>>   <http://bugs.python.org/issue5194>
>>   <http://bugs.python.org/issue5195>
>>   <http://bugs.python.org/issue5196>
>>
>> The patches included have been tested on 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, and 3.1 as
>> indicated.  I believe that, with these patches applied, IDLE.app and
>> command line idle (bin/idle) on all of these systems will exhibit
>> the same behavior regarding menus and key definitions.[1]  In
>> particular, the often missing-in-action Preferences menu option  
>> should
>> be home for good.
>
> FYI, those fixes have been included in Python 3.0.1 which was recently
> released.  An OS X installer image for 3.0.1 is available here:
> <http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0.1/>
>
> The applicable fixes should also show up in the next 2.x releases.
>
> -- 
>  Ned Deily,
>  nad at acm.org
>
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