Guilherme Polo added the comment:
>From what I read here this is not a problem caused by the sources
distributed by python.org, so I'm closing this. It seems more
appropriate to move this to Ubuntu's bug tracker.
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nosy: +gpolo
resolution: -> invalid
status: open -> closed
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Jason Gervich added the comment:
Again, thanks for your prompt explanation.
It's odd, but when I went to use Ubuntu's menu modification tool, the
command displayed in the dialog didn't show the -n option.
But when I added the Python launcher to the panel and viewed the launch
command via the p
Roger Serwy added the comment:
You'll need to modify the IDLE menu item to remove the "-n" using
Ubuntu's menu modification tool, usually found under System->Preferences.
Presently, using a subprocess only allows for one instance of IDLE
running on a machine, whereas running with no subprocess
Jason Gervich added the comment:
Thank you. I tried it from the command line and you are right. IDLE runs
with the Shell menu.
1.Do you know why this is being done in Ubuntu? That is, why are they
setting up the menu this way?
2. Is it a bug or a "feature?" Should be reported a an Ubuntu bug?
Roger Serwy added the comment:
Running IDLE from the Applications menu under Ubuntu will not have the
Shell menu. If you bring up a terminal and enter "idle", you will have
the Shell menu.
IDLE, when selected from the Application menu, is being run with the
"-n" command line by default in Ubunt
New submission from Jason Gervich :
The Shell menu is missing from the menu bar in the Edit Window of Ubuntu
Linux IDLE. It is described in the help but is not implemented. It is
there is the various windows versions I've seen.
Why is this missing and will it be fixed?
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