Re: python3 on mac-mavericks (was trying idle)

2014-10-16 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 16Oct2014 18:08, rusi wrote: On Friday, October 17, 2014 3:48:20 AM UTC+5:30, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 16Oct2014 06:29, rusi wrote: >On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: >> One may have to install activestate tkc/tk on mac, depending on osx >> version. This

Re: python3 on mac-mavericks (was trying idle)

2014-10-16 Thread Rustom Mody
On Friday, October 17, 2014 3:48:20 AM UTC+5:30, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 16Oct2014 06:29, rusi wrote: > >On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: > >> One may have to install activestate tkc/tk on mac, depending on osx > >> version. This page has details: > >> ht

Re: python3 on mac-mavericks (was trying idle)

2014-10-16 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 16Oct2014 06:29, rusi wrote: On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: One may have to install activestate tkc/tk on mac, depending on osx version. This page has details: https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk Ok Ive some more information: The people in the

Re: python3 on mac-mavericks (was trying idle)

2014-10-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-10-16, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:04 AM, MRAB wrote: >>> In Macland it's called the terminal emulator: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_%28OS_X%29 >> >> To be strictly correct, the "shell" would

Re: python3 on mac-mavericks (was trying idle)

2014-10-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-10-16, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:04 AM, MRAB wrote: >> In Macland it's called the terminal emulator: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_%28OS_X%29 > > To be strictly correct, the "shell" would be the thing you run that > gives you a prompt, and the "termin

Re: python3 on mac-mavericks (was trying idle)

2014-10-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:04 AM, MRAB wrote: > In Macland it's called the terminal emulator: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_%28OS_X%29 To be strictly correct, the "shell" would be the thing you run that gives you a prompt, and the "terminal emulator" would be the thing you run that giv

Re: python3 on mac-mavericks (was trying idle)

2014-10-16 Thread MRAB
On 2014-10-16 14:29, Rustom Mody wrote: On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: One may have to install activestate tkc/tk on mac, depending on osx version. This page has details: https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk Ok Ive some more information: The peopl

python3 on mac-mavericks (was trying idle)

2014-10-16 Thread Rustom Mody
On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: > One may have to install activestate tkc/tk on mac, depending on osx > version. This page has details: > https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk Ok Ive some more information: The people in the audience using macs are usin

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

trying idle

2014-10-08 Thread Rustom Mody
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 people having linux and windows and macbooks. Do