Re: teacher need help!

2015-11-04 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Storey, Geneva wrote: > > > > > I am having the same problem that we experienced earlier (see below). This > student was exploring random numbers in Python. She named her program random > which caused confusion for her computer. We deleted the file, but still

Re: teacher need help!

2015-11-04 Thread Storey, Geneva
esday, October 20, 2015 11:25 AM To: Tim Golden Cc: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: teacher need help! FYI-We formatted the machines, reinstalling everything, including Python. I works with no problems now. Confusing that this would happen on 3 out of 13 machines. Just letting you know, all is

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-20 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 10/20/2015 10:25 AM, Storey, Geneva wrote: >> FYI-We formatted the machines, reinstalling everything, including >> Python. I works with no problems now. Confusing that this would >> happen on 3 out of 13 machines. Just letting you kno

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-20 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/19/2015 4:23 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 10/18/2015 9:32 PM, Storey, Geneva wrote: Same issue! See attached. Can I suggest you find the turtle.py module in c:\windows\system32, move it to somewhere more suitable and try the code again? This seems strange. C:/Windows/System32

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-20 Thread Michael Torrie
On 10/20/2015 10:25 AM, Storey, Geneva wrote: > FYI-We formatted the machines, reinstalling everything, including > Python. I works with no problems now. Confusing that this would > happen on 3 out of 13 machines. Just letting you know, all is well. > Thank you for your help! Geneva Wow that se

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-20 Thread Storey, Geneva
Bulldog Academy From: Tim Golden Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 3:39 AM To: Storey, Geneva Cc: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: teacher need help! On 19/10/2015 02:32, Storey, Geneva wrote: > Same issue! See attached. > Thanks! Geneva -- please

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 4:42 AM, jmp wrote: > import turtle > > print turtle.__file__ > > may help you find the offending file. > > jm In general, yes. Sadly, that technique doesn't work when the file attempts to import itself, and then errors out; your driver script will simply get an ImportErro

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-19 Thread jmp
On 10/19/2015 03:42 PM, Storey, Geneva wrote: Our technician will be here this morning to take a look. I'll let you know what we find. Thanks again, Geneva Storey import turtle print turtle.__file__ may help you find the offending file. jm -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyt

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-19 Thread Storey, Geneva
eneva Cc: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: teacher need help! On 19/10/2015 02:32, Storey, Geneva wrote: > Same issue! See attached. > Thanks! Geneva -- please try to post text, not pictures. Just use the mouse to cut-and-paste the entirety of the text from that window into an email. Oth

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-19 Thread Tim Golden
On 19/10/2015 02:32, Storey, Geneva wrote: > Same issue! See attached. > Thanks! Geneva -- please try to post text, not pictures. Just use the mouse to cut-and-paste the entirety of the text from that window into an email. Otherwise some of the people who are trying to help you can't actually see

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-19 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/18/2015 9:32 PM, Storey, Geneva wrote: Same issue! See attached. Can I suggest you find the turtle.py module in c:\windows\system32, move it to somewhere more suitable and try the code again? This seems strange. C:/Windows/System32 should only be writable by admin users, a

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-19 Thread Storey, Geneva
Argh! I cannot find that file! I have deleted all files with Python or having the name turtle, and am in the process of reinstalling. Out of 13 computers, 10 are working perfectly and three give this error-so confused! I'll let you know how it goes. Geneva Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-18 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Storey, Geneva wrote: > Same issue! See attached. > Thanks! I can't really read it in the image. Can you copy and paste the text into the body of the email, please? But I think you still have a file called turtle.py. Avoid that name and you should be fine. Chr

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-18 Thread Storey, Geneva
: teacher need help! > Can I suggest you find the turtle.py module in c:\windows\system32, move it > to somewhere more suitable and try the code again? Or, copy it, rather than move it? It may be that for some students turtle.py is in a terrific place already. -- https://mail.python.org/m

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-18 Thread Michael Torrie
On 10/17/2015 05:46 PM, Storey, Geneva wrote: > I am teaching a coding class to students grades 7-12. We have been > using Python, which seems to be a perfect fit. Everything was going > great until this week when I began teaching turtle. Suddenly, of the > 13 computers that I have, 3 began givi

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-18 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Jason Friedman wrote: >> Can I suggest you find the turtle.py module in c:\windows\system32, move it >> to somewhere more suitable and try the code again? > > Or, copy it, rather than move it? > It may be that for some students turtle.py is in a terrific place alr

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-18 Thread Jason Friedman
> Can I suggest you find the turtle.py module in c:\windows\system32, move it > to somewhere more suitable and try the code again? Or, copy it, rather than move it? It may be that for some students turtle.py is in a terrific place already. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: teacher need help!

2015-10-17 Thread Tim Golden
On 18/10/2015 00:46, Storey, Geneva wrote: I am teaching a coding class to students grades 7-12. We have been using Python, which seems to be a perfect fit. Everything was going great until this week when I began teaching turtle. Suddenly, of the 13 computers that I have, 3 began giving the me

teacher need help!

2015-10-17 Thread Storey, Geneva
[cid:116d034a-818f-4cfe-b051-5e19107197bb] Hello there, I am teaching a coding class to students grades 7-12. We have been using Python, which seems to be a perfect fit. Everything was going great until this week when I began teaching turtle. Suddenly, of the 13 computers that I have, 3 beg