> kim kubik wrote: > > I installed Python2.4 in Win98 > > and IDLE doesn't work
> Are you also running Ruby? The Ruby bundle for MS Windows has caused > problems with it's TCL package conflicting with Python's. > thanks, one of the first things I noted in the error msg (not included for brevity) was that the ruby search path in AUTOEXEC.BAT was ahead of the python path (and ruby had tcl83.lib) so I REM'd all the tcl stuff out. AND THEN (stupid me!) I put into AUTOEXEC.BAT 'set TCL_LIBRARY=c:\python23\tcl' thinking that would point python to the proper libs. What a mistake! If I take that line out (and leave the ruby stuff REM'd out as well) IDLE runs just fine. So thanks! A little knowledge is indeed a dangerous thing; forgive my stupidity - it will happen again, so I'm apologizing in advance! \kim -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
