[Tutor] Working with IDLE in XP, Set Up for A New Program

[Samir Parikh]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Wayne Watson
<sierra_mtnview at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I use IDLE on XP, and would like to know if there's an easier way to start
> it than what I use? I pick on a py file, and then use the pull down menu,
> right-click, to select IDLE. That means I start off with some program I may
> want to erase to get started on a new program. It's easy to clear the text
> with a Ctrl-C and then delete. However, that leaves the file as abc.py,
> where abc.py is the original program. Now I need to be careful with my Save.
> I'd like to start IDLE on new programs in such a way that when I perform a
> Save the program goes into a folder of my py files, and not somewhere else.
> --

Hi Wayne,

Do you not see IDLE under Programs when you click the <Start> button?
(I'm currently on my Linux machine so I don't recall the exact path,
but that's how I access it when I'm on my laptop running XP.).  Once
you launch IDLE, then you can click File > New File and save your new
Python program to any directory.

Thanks.

Samir