Question

I am new to the MIT (OCW), my name is Daniel Cadwell and I am living in San Luis Obispo. I just finished watching the first lecture and have installed Python 2.5.4, but can not get IDLE to start. I downloaded pyscripter also but hats an added learning curve. So how do I get the IDLE Shell to start working when I start Python?

Answer 1

IDLE doesn't start when Python starts. A Python shell starts when IDLE starts. IDLE is an IDE, and Integrated Development Environment. Fancy name for a plain text editor and a runtime shell for debugging.

IDLE's executable is probably in C:\Python2.5.4\ maybe in a bin directory. If this is a mac, /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/idlelib/idle.py . Adjust the version as needed, OSX comes with Python.

Answer 2

start C:\Python33\Lib\idlelib\idle.bat
for Phyton 3

Answer 3

welcome fellow central coaster

Windows? Mac? ???
On my computer (win7) it craeted a link in a start menu item:
Start | All Programs | Python 2.x | IDLE (Python GUI)

Answer 4

bwCA I am running win 8. But I solved my problem by installing everything for this class on my office computer which is running win (7 pro). Thank you to everybody who responded.