How can I get python to run from a terminal window (i.e. no idle and also stdio to the terminal) and also have Tk work? I tried the not-so-obvious: cp /usr/local/bin/python pythonw ./pythonw blah.py Which almost works -- I get windows but also the "SetFrontProcess failed,-600" error when trying to interact with them... (I seem to recall this worked at some point...) -- -Jas