kim kubik wrote: > This sure seems like it would have been > brought up but I checked Google Groups > (the dejanews replacement) and saw > nothing: I installed Python2.4 in Win98 > and IDLE doesn't work (neither does the > online manual even tho a 3.6KB Python24.chm > is there, but that's a story for another > day) - that is, clicking on the IDLE icon > in the Start menu just gives a brief hourglass > cursor and then nothing . . .
Are you also running Ruby? The Ruby bundle for MS Windows has caused problems with it's TCL package conflicting with Python's. Search comp.lang.python on Google Groups for: Ruby TCL -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
