[Tutor] TurtleWorld Windows issue

[W W]

You could always use a linux live cd ;) Heck some of them can even
emulate linux in windows!

That's my best solution in the short time I've got.

HTH,
Wayne

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 1:26 PM,  <odispam at sonic.net> wrote:
> I am working through _Think Python_ in spare time at work on a Windows
> machine (so another OS is not an option).  I can't get TurtleWorld to run
> as described in the book
> (http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/book005.html).
>
> I'm replicating the issue described here:
>
> http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=481091
>
> Using Windows XP, Idle v. 1.2.2, Python 2.5.2, Swampy 1.1.
>
> After adding Swampy to the modules path:
>
>>>> from TurtleWorld import *
>>>> TurtleWorld()
> <TurtleWorld.TurtleWorld instance at 0x00C4C968>
>
> No new window appears, or if it appears, it closes nearly instantaneously.
>
>>>> bob = Turtle()
>>>>
>
> A new but empty window appears, titled "TurtleWorld (Not Responding)"
>
> Opening and running the TurtleWorld module through the Idle GUI menu
> produces a functioning TurtleWorld window, but this is not useful for the
> purposes of the exercises.
>
> This is probably more of an Idle/Windows issue than a python issue, but I
> won't be able to get through Think Python unless I resolve it. Does anyone
> have an answer?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Oliver
>
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