IDLE window disappears on startup

[Olivier Dagenais]

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)
>