Re: Python 3.2 Idle doesn't start. No error message.

2011-05-24 Thread markrrivet
On Tue, 24 May 2011 17:53:53 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: >On 5/24/2011 4:12 PM, markrri...@aol.com wrote: >> On Tue, 24 May 2011 12:50:47 -0400, Terry Reedy >>> How do you try to start it? >> >>> From start|programs|python and clicking on the idle icon. > >OK. Works fine for me on winxp desktop and

Re: Python 3.2 Idle doesn't start. No error message.

2011-05-24 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/24/2011 4:12 PM, markrri...@aol.com wrote: On Tue, 24 May 2011 12:50:47 -0400, Terry Reedy How do you try to start it? From start|programs|python and clicking on the idle icon. OK. Works fine for me on winxp desktop and win7 laptop. 3.2.1 will be out soon. Whether or not you find a fix

Re: Python 3.2 Idle doesn't start. No error message.

2011-05-24 Thread markrrivet
On Tue, 24 May 2011 12:50:47 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: >On 5/24/2011 8:01 AM, markrri...@aol.com wrote: >> Hello all. I have Python 2.71 installed on my Windows 7 laptop and it >> runs fine. I was having a problem with Python 3.2, 32bit, not starting >> with an error message saying this applicati

Re: Python 3.2 Idle doesn't start. No error message.

2011-05-24 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/24/2011 8:01 AM, markrri...@aol.com wrote: Hello all. I have Python 2.71 installed on my Windows 7 laptop and it runs fine. I was having a problem with Python 3.2, 32bit, not starting with an error message saying this application has quit abnormally. That was fixed when I took the PYTHONPATH

Python 3.2 Idle doesn't start. No error message.

2011-05-24 Thread markrrivet
Hello all. I have Python 2.71 installed on my Windows 7 laptop and it runs fine. I was having a problem with Python 3.2, 32bit, not starting with an error message saying this application has quit abnormally. That was fixed when I took the PYTHONPATH statement out of my environment variables. Howeve

Re: IDLE doesn't start

2011-03-14 Thread Gennadiy Zlobin
Hi Ceonn, Well it is obvious that these environment variables are pointing to your old Python 2.2 installation that is located in the C:\IBMTOOLS\Python22\tcl\tcl8.4 First, try to delete these variables and find out are they necessary to run IDLE. Type in console set TCL_LIBRARY = set TK_LIBRARY

Re: IDLE doesn't start

2011-03-14 Thread Ceonn Bobst
Hi Gennadiy,   Here is the output I get: C:\Documents and Settings\Ceonn>echo %TCL_LIBRARY% C:\IBMTOOLS\Python22\tcl\tcl8.4   C:\Documents and Settings\Ceonn>echo %TK_LIBRARY% C:\IBMTOOLS\Python22\tcl\tk8.4   C:\Documents and Settings\Ceonn>echo %PYTHONPATH% C:\IBMTOOLS\utils\support;C:\IBMTOOLS\ut

Re: IDLE doesn't start

2011-03-11 Thread Terry Reedy
On 3/11/2011 12:58 PM, Ceonn Bobst wrote: Someone told me: “You certainly have a TCL_LIBRARY environment variable set on your system, it should be removed”. Someone else posted this week about the same problem (though from a different cause) and solution. How do I remove TCL_LIBRARY, or do

Re: IDLE doesn't start

2011-03-11 Thread Kev Dwyer
Ceonn Bobst wrote: > > When I open a command prompt, and type: > c:\python32\python.exe -m idlelib.idle > > The message that comes is as follows: > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > C:\Documents and Settings\Ceonn>c:\python32\python.exe -m i

Re: IDLE doesn't start

2011-03-11 Thread Gennadiy Zlobin
It seems that you have already had Python 2.2 installed in the directory C:/IBMTOOLS/Python22 Can you open the console and type there next commands and provide the output? echo %TCL_LIBRARY% echo %TK_LIBRARY% echo %PYTHONPATH% You can unset environment variable in 'my computer' properties, more d

IDLE doesn't start

2011-03-11 Thread Ceonn Bobst
Hi,   I just installed Python 3.1.1 via link in the book Python Programming for the absolute beginner third edition. But IDLE won't start. When I try to open IDLE the Windows "hourglass" just flashes briefly but nothing happens after that. No error messages. My operating system is XP Profession