Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; '3.2': 0.07; 'behavior.': 0.07; 'python': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229.12': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'received:lo.gmane.org': 0.09; 'subject:Having': 0.09; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'subject:python': 0.15; "'hello": 0.16; 'ball': 0.16; 'compiling...': 0.16; 'crashes': 0.16; 'from:addr:acm.org': 0.16; 'osx': 0.16; 'received:198.144': 0.16; 'recommended.': 0.16; 'great.': 0.16; 'stuff': 0.18; 'idle': 0.19; 'working.': 0.19; 'exhibit': 0.23; 'subject:problem': 0.25; "i'm": 0.26; 'chris': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'installed': 0.29; 'problem': 0.29; 'extremely': 0.31; 'random': 0.31; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.32; 'received:198': 0.33; 'sorry': 0.33; 'using': 0.34; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.34; 'but,': 0.35; 'force': 0.35; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.35; 'put': 0.35; '2.6': 0.35; 'latter': 0.35; 'subject:getting': 0.35; 'quite': 0.36; 'response': 0.36; 'appreciated.': 0.36; 'python.org': 0.36; 'getting': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'report': 0.37; 'some': 0.37; 'but': 0.38; 'received:org': 0.38; 'help': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Mime-Version:1': 0.39; 'how': 0.39; 'would': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'simple': 0.60; 'asap': 0.68; 'kept': 0.73; 'article': 0.75; 'saving,': 0.84; 'spinning': 0.84; 'thesis': 0.84; 'beach': 0.91; 'crash': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ned Deily Subject: Re: Having a problem getting python working... Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:46:32 -0700 References: <6E09A0F4-B9A6-4C9F-874B-CB6E21EF7A45@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: baybryj.net User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1305668808 news.xs4all.nl 49184 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:39566 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:5622 In article <6E09A0F4-B9A6-4C9F-874B-CB6E21EF7A45@gmail.com>, Chris Paton wrote: > Not sure if this is the right place to put this (forgive me for my ignorance, > I'm looking everywhere!). I'm having a problem getting IDLE working. I'm > working off Mac OSX 10.6.7 with Python 3.2 installed and I installed > Activetcl 8.5.9 as recommended. IDLE is still crashing at random moments - > loading, saving, typing, compiling... I tried to do a simple 'hello world' > but it kept crashing. There's no official report; I just get the spinning > beach ball then have to force quit. I'm quite new to all of this so any help > would be extremely appreciated. Need to get into this ASAP as I need to do > some stuff for my thesis project! Sorry for the late response but if you can document how to reproduce the crashes or have a crash report that would be great. But, first, are you sure you were using IDLE 3.2 and not the Apple-supplied IDLE 2.6 in OS X 10.6? The latter will definitely exhibit that behavior. If you are installed Python 3.2 from one of the python.org installers, IDLE 3.2 will be available in /Applications/Python 3.2/ or as /usr/local/bin/idle3.2. -- Ned Deily, nad@acm.org