Thanks guys. I'll give it a try. Brian Blais wrote: > Mark wrote: > > I'm currently running the IDLE shell under Python 2.5, on Windows XP. > > > > Every time I edit my .txt or .py file, I have to restart the IDLE shell > > for the changes to take effect. It's pretty annoying. Assuming IDLE is > > already open, here are the steps that I typically take: > > > > 1. Open .txt version of module or script using notepad > > 2. make changes > > 3. save .txt file as .txt file > > 4. save .txt file as .py file > > 5. reset IDLE > > 6. import module again > > > > why do you involve notepad, and .txt files? Instead, try this: > > 1. Run Idle > 2. Choose File/New Window > 3. Edit your .py file, and save it as a .py file > 4. Choose Run/Run Module > 5. Make changes, and save again > 6. Choose Run/Run Module > 7. etc... > > you don't need to close IDLE ever. IDLE refers to the editor, and the shell > that > runs connected to it. If you have just the shell, you can open the editor > with > File/New Window. If you have just the editor, you can choose Run/Python > Shell or > Run/Run Module depending on what you want to do, to get the shell. > > You can also take a .py file in the Windows explorer, right-click, and choose > "Open > with IDLE" to start editing it directly. > > You shouldn't save things as .txt, because then IDLE will not recognize it is > python > you are writing, and the right-click trick probably won't work either. You > should > never use Notepad, because it is just icky, and doesn't know about any > programming > languages. :) > > Hope this helps, > > Brian Blais > > > -- > ----------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais
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