On Apr 13, 10:27 am, Kevin Walzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 7stud wrote: > > Hi, > > > In the IDLE, I can't get most shortcut keys that are listed next to > > the menu items to work. For instance, under the Format menu item only > > the shortcuts for "indent region" and "undent region" work. If I > > highlight some text and use Shift+3 to comment out the region I > > highlighted, the code is erased and I get the # symbol. When I use > > the option(alt key) and type a character, I get things like this: > > > ƒ,¢,º,˚ > > > I looked under Options/Configure IDLE/Keys and tried the various built > > in key sets, and none seem to work. > > > I also can't use my mouse to copy(or cut) and paste. When I highlight > > something and right click(in an attempt to bring up the context menu > > that has copy, cut, paste, etc.), the text that is highlighted is > > doubled when I right click, e.g.: > > > some text > > > becomes: > > > some textsome text > > > And, sometimes when I try to highlight a line, the line 7 lines below > > the cursor gets highlighted. > > > intel mac, os 10.4.7, python 2.4.4 > > IDLE under 2.5 has been much improved on the Mac; all the standard Mac > keyboard shortcuts are supported, and in general it's more stable. With > 2.5, IDLE replaces the old PythonIDE that used to ship with MacPython. > Can you update to 2.5? > > -- > Kevin Walzer > Code by Kevinhttp://www.codebykevin.com
Thanks for the info. I just updated to 2.4.4 because the download said there were more packages for the mac than with 2.5. I think I'll probably just stick to vim for an editor. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
