[Idle-dev] Fwd: [Tutor] Help needed configuring IDLE

[Nuno Ferreira]

Hello,

Trying to use Python (3.8) + IDLE on my MAC (10.13.6 High Sierra).

Would appreciate help on this very basic issue :

When I write a script and save it, IDLE wants by default to save it in ~/Documents (as listed by File > Path Browser). Is there a way to change this default location to something different ?










The answers received so far from the Tutor maillist are somewhat helpful but I am still looking for more specific help, if available.

Can you help ?

Thanks in advance.



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> From: Mats Wichmann <mats at wichmann.us>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Help needed configuring IDLE
> Date: 23 November 2019 at 19:25:09 GMT+1
> To: tutor at python.org
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> On 11/23/19 11:10 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
>> On 23/11/2019 16:28, Nuno Ferreira wrote:
>>> Trying to use Python + IDLE on my MAC.
>>> When I write a script and save it, IDLE wants by default to save it in ~/Documents
>> I had a look at my Linux IDLE configuration files and I can't
>> see any way to change it. FWIW, On my system it targets my
>> home directory (~) rather than Documents (~/Documents).
>> You could try asking on the IDLE-dev mailing list,
>> these guys are pretty good at responding to these kinds
>> of issues.
> 
> I recall from past times that you have to actually edit the code of IDLE.  I don't even know where at this point; there's someplace it figures out a path by doing "expanduser" if I haven't forgotten the logic - the difference in paths between Linux and Mac is just what expanduser works out to.
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> [sorry, from memory]
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