IDLE window disappears - more info

[Rodney Loisel]

If I have to type the following in a dos prompt with no history or mouse support

every time I want to run a python program perhaps I'm asking the wrong
questions...

"C:\Your\Dir\Here>python  C:\Your\Dir\Here>python hello.py"

I may have in my ignorance downloaded PY5.2 which may be a beta version
that assumes that tk is already on my computer. What is the latest full
distribution
and where might I get that, and do I just need to delete the whole python
directory
before installing the version I download?
Someone please enlighten me - I've been using computers for 14+ years and am
about to give up on this project if the basic setup information isn't available.

rloisel


Olivier Dagenais wrote:

> In order to avoid having a window flash like that, you will have to use a
> DOS prompt and invoke your scripts from the command line like so:
>
> C:\Your\Dir\Here>python hello.py
>
> ...then, if there is something totally wrong that prevents programs from
> running, you'll know about it.
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Olivier A. Dagenais - Carleton University - Computer Science III
>
> "Rodney Loisel" <rloisel at helicon.net> wrote in message
> news:397B96EE.9C62A45F at helicon.net...
> > There is a _tkinter.pyd in the Python\dll\ but there is no Tk directory.
> Why
> >
> > would there be no Tk directory if Python seems to depend on it so much?
> > All I can do with this program is 'run Python' or select it from the start
> > menu
> > and I get a generic dos shell with  a >>> prompt an no shell features.
> > Clicking
> > on any *.py icon just opens and quickly closes a window before I can read
> > what's in it. I downloaded the program thru the Python web site and
> > installed
> > it by their instructions. Looks like I've wasted 25.00 on my new "Teach
> > yourself Python" book...
> > rloisel
> >
> > Sam Schulenburg wrote:
> >
> > > Usually the problem is IDLE can not find the Tk dll's. My solution has
> > > been to copy the Dll's from the Tk\bin directory to the Python\DLL
> > > directory.
> > >
> > > Sam Schulenburg
> > >
> > > In article <rcIe5.9147$Gh.74143 at news20.bellglobal.com>,
> > >   "Olivier Dagenais" <olivierS.dagenaisP at canadaA.comM> wrote:
> > > > The Python binary might be in your path, but maybe the libraries
> > > aren't?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Olivier A. Dagenais - Carleton University - Computer Science III
> > > >
> > > > "Rodney Loisel" <rloisel at helicon.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:397B0D93.6A5EE7CB at helicon.net...
> > > > > Changed the DOS properties not to close on exit
> > > > > the following is the result of
> > > > > import Tkinter
> > > > > several levels of error
> > > > > last:
> > > > > DLL load failed: one of the library files
> > > > > needed to run this application cannot be
> > > > > found.
> > > > > rloisel
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> >