Re: Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function

On Aug 6, 2015 3:55 AM, "Terry Reedy" wrote: > Actually, people do a service by installing and testing pre-release software. They just need to realize that this is what they are doing ;-). Indeed. However, I was assuming (possibly rashly, and if that's the case, my apologies to Rick) that Rick i

Re: Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function

On 8/5/2015 10:43 PM, Zachary Ware wrote: C:\Users\judy\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib>idle.py ** IDLE can't import Tkinter. Your Python may not be configured for Tk. ** You hit upon a bug in 3.5.0b4, which is that the installer is broken for tkinter unless you hav

Re: Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function

Terry Reedy wrote: > On 8/5/2015 6:09 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Rick Smith wrote: >>> I also attempted to run "idle", with the following results: >>> >>> C: >> \Users\judy\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib>idle.py >>> ** IDLE can't import Tkinter. >>>

Re: Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function

Hi Rick, On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Rick Smith wrote: > I was able to install various versions of Python (3.5.0b4 32bit being the > most recent) multiple times (uninstalling in between) and they worked > ("python --version" at the command line worked). > > However pythonw.exe did not and do

Re: Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function

On 8/5/2015 6:09 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: Rick Smith wrote: I also attempted to run "idle", with the following results: C: \Users\judy\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib>idle.py ** IDLE can't import Tkinter. Your Python may not be configured for Tk

Re: Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function

On 8/5/2015 12:12 PM, Rick Smith wrote: I was able to install various versions of Python (3.5.0b4 32bit being the most recent) multiple times (uninstalling in between) and they worked ("python --version" at the command line worked). However pythonw.exe did not and does not work. I was simply re

Re: Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > > > (First hit for “pythonw” on Google with my account. I have never visited > that site before or can remember to have searched for “pythonw”.) JFTR: s/site/question/. I am rather active

Re: Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function

Rick Smith wrote: > However pythonw.exe did not and does not work. I was simply returned to > the command prompt, without ANY interaction or error. > >prompt>pythonw > >prompt> Works as designed. You are proceeding from a false assumption. pythonw.exe is not meant to provide an inter

Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function

I was able to install various versions of Python (3.5.0b4 32bit being the most recent) multiple times (uninstalling in between) and they worked ("python --version" at the command line worked). However pythonw.exe did not and does not work. I was simply returned to the command prompt, without