On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:04:05 -0800, Jean Dupont wrote: > Op zaterdag 18 januari 2014 16:12:41 UTC+1 schreef Oscar Benjamin: >> On 18 January 2014 14:52, Jean Dupont <jeandupont...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Thanks Peter and Terry Jan for the useful suggestions. One thing >> > which I >> >find a bit weird: when asking for Python-help concerning raspberry pi >> >code >> > or problems, a lot of people don't seem to be interested in helping >> > out, >> > that's of course their choice, but maybe they don't seem to be aware >> > the raspberry pi is often the motivation for starting to learn to >> > program in >> >Python. And as such such a reaction is a bit disappointing. >> Hi Jean, >> What makes you say that? Did you previously ask questions about >> Rasberry Pi code on this list? > It was not about code but about python-coding in IDLE (that's the > default on raspbian): > I started a thread "[newbie] starting geany from within idle does not > work" both here and in the raspberry pi forum. I just wondered why I > never got an answer concerning that topic. > >> If you did I wouldn't have answered those questions because I've never >> used a Raspberry Pi and know nothing about them (except that they >> encourage using Python somehow). I think that there's actually a list >> that is specifically for Raspberry Pi Python questions that might be >> more helpful although I don't know what it is... > Here is the url to that forum > > http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/ > > kind regards, > jean
Personally use Geany stand alone and not under idle, pressing F5 should save & run the code you are currently editing. Would running under idle give any other benefits? -- Cheese -- milk's leap toward immortality. -- Clifton Fadiman, "Any Number Can Play" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list