On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Chris Wright <chris.g.wri...@cox.net> wrote: > I teach mathematics at a high school, and I am having our IT person set up a > Sage Notebook Server this summer for our school. In addition to using Sage > for our Calculus classes, I would like to use the turtle module for our > geometry class. > > On sagenb.org, after importing the Tkinter and turtle modules, when I try > using these modules (e.g. doing b=Tkinter.Button() or t=turtle.Turtle()), I > receive the error "_tkinter.TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY > environment variable." On the other notebook servers, such as kaist, and > the listed alpha sites, when I enter "import Tkinter,turtle" I get the error > "no module named _tkinter." I am able to use these commands without problem > when running python directly on my own computer (which is a Windows XP > machine). > > 1) I gather that kaist and the alpha servers are not set up to use Tkinter. > What needs to be done during a server installation to make Tkinter available > (I will pass this along to our IT person)? > 2) What do I need to do to be able to use the turtle module on sagenb.org > (or other servers that are set up to use Tkinter)?
Unfortunately, it doesn't make sense to use Tkinter or any other native windowing system with the Sage notebook, since the Sage notebook is a web application, which runs in a web browser. Native windowing libraries only work locally (completely avoiding the internet/web applications). William -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
