Re: trying idle

2014-10-10 Thread random832
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014, at 03:53, Mark H Harris wrote: > The apple mouse has only one click in the hardware... but, through the > software (settings) the apple hardware 'know' which side of the mouse > you are pushing over. It only has one physical switch (I'm not sure the latest ones have any at

Re: trying idle

2014-10-10 Thread Mark H Harris
On 10/9/14 1:52 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: > Been using emacs for over 20 years and teaching python for 10. > And getting fed up that my audience looks at me like Rip van Winkle > each time I start up emacs... (sigh) > So trying out Idle... Good for you! ... and even better for your students.

Re: trying idle

2014-10-10 Thread Mark H Harris
On 10/9/14 7:21 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: My audience consists of people having linux and windows and macbooks. Does Idle run on all these? --- No. Huh? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: trying idle

2014-10-10 Thread Mark H Harris
On 10/9/14 7:47 AM, random...@fastmail.us wrote: I believe control-click, but Macs users could say better. Control-click was the canonical way to do it when right click menus were introduced in Mac OS itself. Some programs (notably Netscape) supported them via click-hold before that. And it's

Re: trying idle

2014-10-09 Thread Rustom Mody
On Friday, October 10, 2014 2:19:53 AM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/9/2014 9:12 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: > > On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: > >> On 10/9/2014 2:52 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: > >>> My audience consists of people having linux and windows and mac

Re: trying idle

2014-10-09 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/9/2014 9:12 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: On 10/9/2014 2:52 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: My audience consists of people having linux and windows and macbooks. Does Idle run on all these? If macbook runs OSX, and the linux has rece

Re: trying idle

2014-10-09 Thread Rustom Mody
On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/9/2014 2:52 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: > > My audience consists of people having linux and windows and macbooks. > > Does Idle run on all these? > If macbook runs OSX, and the linux has recent tcl/tk installed, the > answer

Re: trying idle

2014-10-09 Thread Rustom Mody
On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: > > Specific: > > Is there a way to cut-paste a snippet from the interpreter window > > containing ">>> " "... " into the file window and auto-remove the prompts? > > [I have a vague recollection of Terry showing somethin...] > I

Re: trying idle

2014-10-09 Thread random832
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014, at 05:26, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/9/2014 2:52 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: > > Particularly with macs my knowledge is at the level: > > "How the ^%*)( do you right click without a right-click button?" > > I believe control-click, but Macs users could say better. Control-click wa

Re: trying idle

2014-10-09 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/9/2014 2:52 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: Been using emacs for over 20 years and teaching python for 10. And getting fed up that my audience looks at me like Rip van Winkle each time I start up emacs... So trying out Idle... Some specific and some general questions: My audience consists of peopl