Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Chris Angelico Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: IDLE quits unexpectedly when about to open or creat a new file Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 22:01:17 +1100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de jbIMkrh/GfvwjwbQnpih3AXuy8IJ2vqlgJK1sGJF2DCw== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.016 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:209.85.223': 0.03; 'subject:IDLE': 0.04; 'subject:file': 0.07; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.09; 'unexpected': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'subject:when': 0.16; 'version?': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'windows': 0.20; '2015': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'please?': 0.22; 'problem:': 0.22; 'text,': 0.22; 'select': 0.23; 'this:': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'sort': 0.25; 'install': 0.25; 'command': 0.26; 'error': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'helpful.': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'window': 0.30; 'option': 0.31; 'possibly': 0.32; 'run': 0.33; 'message.': 0.33; 'hopefully': 0.33; 'idle': 0.33; 'open': 0.33; 'tue,': 0.34; 'running': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'could': 0.35; 'nov': 0.35; 'problem.': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'version': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.38; 'anything': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'some': 0.40; 'press': 0.61; 'caused': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'please,': 0.63; 'information': 0.63; 'research,': 0.76; 'sounds': 0.76; 'prompt': 0.79; '8.1': 0.84; 'chrisa': 0.84; 'quits.': 0.84; 'recognize.': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=0OwI6zpmbzVbMlUOW+A87q6SHsc9ZiGRUzb0RwF0fn4=; b=DcCxkbzamkcjGOEOQKel/tBpEtkNB+BBKzQcQJSHhyBmzz2D/dnzxw2y873w+PME1O 44aK3EosTglEZCvawLpE6R8RAKSyAtqbNBgyXpaRi7IZetVuiYVcLloUQGu0tXd2G/+p ZJTAtO05lxrkxM4/BPE2N9DV2h0EqAKm3cngL0QRX/HrMmd+dg8LW8+A9q+6Nzy3kSur ELp6NnPeR8A7wd0O6jOEvZ7x/0hhZmrdBz7tKjS4eNVt37Yj5Frc+MZ22CxFSw2vboBf 7+t7AfC+FGsimhP6mk57LlDUSapP/pMw+1WAtF8v03P0Ul6rYHMrmLmWpk9PoOlspZnI M+Ng== X-Received: by 10.107.16.84 with SMTP id y81mr2913606ioi.19.1447153277353; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 03:01:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:98588 On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 9:46 PM, wrote: > I need help to find out what's going on. I did some research, but I couldn't find anything to solve this problem: > > - I open the IDLE program; > - I go to the 'File' menu; > - I select the 'New File' option > - IDLE quits. > > I run the IDLE version 3.3.3 on Windows 8.1 Pro. > Should I install the most recent version? > That sounds like a very interesting problem. Can you try running it from the command line, please? I'm not sure how to open one up from Win 8, but it should be in the Start menu somewhere, or possibly press Windows+R and type "cmd". With that up, type this: python -m idlelib.idle That should open up the same IDLE window that you know and recognize. Do the exact same thing that caused the unexpected termination, and then you should go back to the command prompt - hopefully with some sort of error message. Copy and paste that message (as text, please, not an image) into an email; that information could be very helpful. ChrisA