[issue21973] Can't use Idle

2014-07-13 Thread Thomas Kember
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

[issue21973] Can't use Idle

2014-07-13 Thread Thomas Kember
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

[issue21973] Can't use Idle

2014-07-13 Thread Thomas Kember
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

[issue21981] Idle problem

2014-07-14 Thread Thomas Kember
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

[issue21981] Idle problem

2014-07-14 Thread Thomas Kember
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