[issue8231] Unable to run IDLE without write-access to config directory

Andrew Svetlov added the comment: Good point. Thank you. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: htt

[issue8231] Unable to run IDLE without write-access to config directory

Brian Curtin added the comment: Please don't close it. Users in this situation can't use IDLE. We should at least try alternative locations to create this directory or perhaps prompt them for a directory they'd like to use. -- ___ Python tracker <

[issue8231] Unable to run IDLE without write-access to config directory

Andrew Svetlov added the comment: Let's close the issue next week as report doesn't make sense if issuer has no write access to own home dir. -- nosy: +asvetlov ___ Python tracker _

[issue8231] Unable to run IDLE without write-access to config directory

Changes by Roger Serwy : -- components: +IDLE -Library (Lib), Windows nosy: +serwy versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 -Python 3.1 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue8231] Unable to run IDLE without write-access to config directory

Brian Curtin added the comment: I just reproduced this by removing write access from my user for my home directory. It seems odd that you wouldn't have write access to your home directory in the first place, but that's tangent to the issue. I'll see if there are other acceptable locations to