IDLE window disappears on startup

[Rodney Loisel]

All the python programs fail. Just a flash of a window. There is no idle.py in
the
idle directory , just a idle.pyw with a comment (no console) . Even my 'Hello'
program won't run by clicking on the icon. All I can do with python is to use
the start-> etc. >click on Python1.5 and get a generic window with no shell
feature and do line by line scripting. Also I can do run python from the 'run'
box and that indicates that the path is okay. import Tkinter works - so that
is functional. Why would there be a missing file or library if I just dl's this
program
for the python web site. You also didn't say how to change the DOS 'close on
exit'
if that's the problem...

thanks for the reply.

Olivier Dagenais wrote:

> Your DOS window is probably set to "Close on exit" (hence you don't see the
> reason for the failure).  Open a DOS prompt, navigate to the directory where
> idle.py is, type "python idle.py" and if an exception is thrown, it should
> appear right after that command.
>
> It might be that you're missing a module, like TCL or something...
>
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Olivier A. Dagenais - Carleton University - Computer Science III
>
> "Rodney Loisel" <rloisel at helicon.net> wrote in message
> news:397A3EEA.792BDDEB at helicon.net...
> > New to Python but not script programming. W98  Python 1.5.2b
> > First tried clicking on the idle.pw and idle.pwc icons and a window
> > pops up and immediately disappears. Then tried:
> > start->run-> python idle.py and idle.pyw and the same thing
> > happened. Appreciate any suggestions. Also if there are any
> > Amiga users of python out there. I also can't get IDLE going
> > on that platform either but at least I have  the shell.
> >
> > rloisel at helicon.net (Rod Loisel Enfield NH)
> >