[issue21973] Can't use Idle
New submission from Thomas Kember: I am a retired programmer. I still like to write small programs for my own interest. Python is ideal for this. I prefer to use Idle rather than the command line. For some time now when I click on the Idle shortcut on the home screen, the command line screen flashes and then nothing. I am not able to do anything on Idle. I had been using Python33. So I upgraded to Python34. It was the same thing. I looked at the batch file, idle.bat. This is what it contains. @echo off rem Start IDLE using the appropriate Python interpreter set CURRDIR=%~dp0 start "IDLE" "%CURRDIR%..\..\pythonw.exe" "%CURRDIR%idle.pyw" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 I don't understand what %~dp0 means. I can't think what changes I have made to the operating system, it is Windows 7, that could cause this problem. As I say Python is great for what I do. But I am stuck with the command line if I cannot fix this. Tomk -- messages: 222916 nosy: Tomk priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Can't use Idle type: behavior versions: Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue21973> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue21973] Can't use Idle
Thomas Kember added the comment: I ran what you said. Here's what I got. C:\Python34>c:\python34\python.exe -m idlelib.idle Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\python34\lib\runpy.py", line 170, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", mod_spec) File "c:\python34\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\idle.py", line 10, in import idlelib.PyShell File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 29, in from idlelib.EditorWindow import EditorWindow, fixwordbreaks File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 22, in from idlelib.configHandler import idleConf File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\configHandler.py", line 703, in idleConf=IdleConf() File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\configHandler.py", line 171, in __init__ self.LoadCfgFiles() File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\configHandler.py", line 694, in LoadCfgFiles self.userCfg[key].Load() #same keys File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\configHandler.py", line 68, in Load self.read(self.file) File "c:\python34\lib\configparser.py", line 672, in read self._read(fp, filename) File "c:\python34\lib\configparser.py", line 1058, in _read raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fpname, lineno, line) configparser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers. file: 'C:\\Users\\Tomk\\.idlerc\\config-extensions.cfg', line: 1 '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0 0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00' From: SilentGhost To: t.kemb...@btinternet.com Sent: Sunday, 13 July 2014, 13:15 Subject: [issue21973] Can't use Idle SilentGhost added the comment: This is the normal content of idle.bat Could you run `c:\python34\python.exe -m idlelib.idle` from the command-line and post the output here? -- components: +IDLE nosy: +SilentGhost, kbk, roger.serwy, terry.reedy ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue21973> ___ -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue21973> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue21973] Can't use Idle
Thomas Kember added the comment: Thanks, I backed that file on to a memory stick and deleted it. I made a shortcut to the idle batch file on the desktop. When I click on it, Idle comes up fine. What has happened here? What is config-extensions.cfg for and why has it stopped Idle coming up? And why can Idle work without it? In any case, I am now able to work on my little programs. Thank you again. Tomk From: SilentGhost To: t.kemb...@btinternet.com made a Sent: Sunday, 13 July 2014, 15:30 Subject: [issue21973] Can't use Idle SilentGhost added the comment: If you would delete this file: C:\Users\Tomk\.idlerc\config-extensions.cfg (back it up some place else just in case). Does it start? and if not, would you mind re-running the same command again? -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue21973> ___ -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue21973> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue21981] Idle problem
New submission from Thomas Kember: Hello Terry, Thank you for your explanation of the bug in Idle. I know Idle has limitations, but it is quite adequate for the programming I want to do. I agree that when this error occurs there should only be a warning, so the user can decide what he wants to do about it. There is however one fault in Idle that would be good if it were fixed. That is, it does not show line numbers. Since errors all indicate the line number the error occured, having the line numbers on the listing would be very useful. One other thing. Now the problem is solved but it is still showing status 'open' on the problem site, how do I change the status? Regards, Thomas -- messages: 223016 nosy: Tomk priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Idle problem ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue21981> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue21981] Idle problem
Thomas Kember added the comment: Hello Eric V. Smith, I reported only one bug and it has been fixed. I can't find out how I am to reset the status of it to closed. Thomas Kember From: Eric V. Smith To: t.kemb...@btinternet.com Sent: Monday, 14 July 2014, 13:31 Subject: [issue21981] Idle problem Eric V. Smith added the comment: Please respond to the other bug. No need to open a new bug when responding to an existing issue. Thanks. -- nosy: +eric.smith resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue21981> ___ -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue21981> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
