JAG CHAN wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> JAG CHAN: >>> As I had written earlier, I am trying to learn Python. >>> I chose IDLE as an editor to learn Python. >>> Now I find that it is an online editor. >>> It is not possible for me to be always on online while learning. >>> Kindly suggest me a suitable editor (for Windows XP) which does not >>> require me to be on online. >> Maybe your firewall tells you that IDLE asks for access to the net, >> but it's not an online sofware. You can use a different editor, like >> SPE, or if you want to start with something simpler you can try >> ActivePython, or probably it's even better a normal and very fast txt >> editor with a python grammar for colorization, with a macro added to >> run the script being edited. >> >> Bye, >> bearophile >> > > Thanks for your response. > You are right. > Whenever I try to open IDLE, my zone firewall tells me pythonw.exe is > trying to access the trusted zone. > Whenever I try to open new IDLE window I get the following message: > "IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection.Either IDLE can't start a > subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection." > I will be grateful if you kindly suggest a way out, then, I won't have to > install another editor. > Regards.
Python uses what windows call "internal loopback device" wich is monitored by the firewall. So yes, it's a firewall thing, not the editor and you would get the same message using any editor... I suggest AcitvePython - easy, free, and comes with all the windows specific modules and extensions... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
