Re: The idle gui

2015-03-14 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 12:04 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > I wasn't actually trying to pick on the OP this time, but to make a joke. > Idle could be taken two ways (if it weren't for the capitalization), or even > three (My Chevy won't idle.). Beware the Idles of March? ChrisA -- https://mail.pytho

Re: The idle gui

2015-03-14 Thread Dave Angel
's even a car. Maybe "it" is a son who refuses to get a job. In the OP's defense, we were at least told that the "idle gui" was the thing that didn't work. So unless you named your son "gui", we can safely assume that this isn't the case :)

Re: The idle gui

2015-03-14 Thread Terry Reedy
either case, what version of python and what platform? Then the idle gui stopped opening. How are you trying to open Idle? When happens when you try? In any case, try opening from a command line with 'python -m idlelib' (or idlelib.idle on 2.7 or before). > I have reinstalled

Re: The idle gui

2015-03-14 Thread Rustom Mody
w what make and model the vehicle > > is. Or whether it's even a car. Maybe "it" is a son who refuses to get a > > job. > > In the OP's defense, we were at least told that the "idle gui" was the > thing that didn't work. So unless you named yo

Re: The idle gui

2015-03-14 Thread Chris Angelico
it" is a son who refuses to get a > job. In the OP's defense, we were at least told that the "idle gui" was the thing that didn't work. So unless you named your son "gui", we can safely assume that this isn't the case :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: The idle gui

2015-03-14 Thread Dave Angel
On 03/13/2015 09:24 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote: We need more information than just "It doesn't work". You wouldn't go to a car mechanic and say "It makes a funny noise", would you? No. Actually, most likely yes.It's remarkably hard to describe noises, and often

Re: The idle gui

2015-03-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote: > We need more information than just "It doesn't work". You wouldn't go to > a car mechanic and say "It makes a funny noise", would you? No. Actually, most likely yes.It's remarkably hard to describe noises, and often difficult to pin-point where they come from. My

Re: The idle gui

2015-03-13 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 13/03/2015 20:58, lmzent...@gmail.com wrote: My python program was running for over six weeks. Then the idle gui stopped opening. I have reinstalled several times but it doesn't work. Any idea? Would you please read http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html and possibly

Re: The idle gui

2015-03-13 Thread sohcahtoa82
On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 1:58:44 PM UTC-7, lmze...@gmail.com wrote: > My python program was running for over six weeks. Then the idle gui stopped > opening. I have reinstalled several times but it doesn't work. Any idea? Not trying to be rude here, but do you really think we&#x

The idle gui

2015-03-13 Thread lmzentman
My python program was running for over six weeks. Then the idle gui stopped opening. I have reinstalled several times but it doesn't work. Any idea? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list