Re: Subprocess Startup Error
Dan,
although it's been almost a year since your request, I hope my answer will
help you and anyone who needs.
In order to run properly, IDLE needs that the string returned by
os.path.expanduser("~") is an existent and writable directory, where
IDLE creates the .idlerc configuration file.
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>From Python 3.2.2 documentation:
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os.path.expanduser(path)
On Unix and Windows, return the argument with an initial
component of ~ or ~user replaced by that user‘s home directory.
On Unix, an initial ~ is replaced by the environment variable
HOME if it is set; otherwise the current user’s home directory
is looked up in the password directory through the built-in module
pwd. An initial ~user is looked up directly in the password directory.
On Windows, HOME and USERPROFILE will be used if set, otherwise a
combination of HOMEPATH and HOMEDRIVE will be used. An initial
~user is handled by stripping the last directory component from the
created user path derived above.
If the expansion fails or if the path does not begin with a tilde,
the path is returned unchanged.
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So, if you don't want IDLE to raise a connection error, make sure that
HOME, USERPROFILE or the combination of HOMEPATH and HOMEDRIVE
represent an existent and writable directory.
Best regards.
clikkeb
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Re: Subprocess Startup Error
Dan,
although it's been almost a year since your request, I hope my answer will
help you and anyone who needs.
In order to run properly, IDLE needs that the string returned by
os.path.expanduser("~") is an existent and writable directory, where
IDLE creates the .idlerc configuration file.
--
>From Python 3.2.2 documentation:
--
os.path.expanduser(path)
On Unix and Windows, return the argument with an initial
component of ~ or ~user replaced by that user‘s home directory.
On Unix, an initial ~ is replaced by the environment variable
HOME if it is set; otherwise the current user’s home directory
is looked up in the password directory through the built-in module
pwd. An initial ~user is looked up directly in the password directory.
On Windows, HOME and USERPROFILE will be used if set, otherwise a
combination of HOMEPATH and HOMEDRIVE will be used. An initial
~user is handled by stripping the last directory component from the
created user path derived above.
If the expansion fails or if the path does not begin with a tilde,
the path is returned unchanged.
--
So, if you don't want IDLE to raise a connection error, make sure that
HOME, USERPROFILE or the combination of HOMEPATH and HOMEDRIVE
represent an existent and writable directory.
Best regards.
clikkeb
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