Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!newsfeed.eweka.nl!eweka.nl!feeder3.eweka.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; '(python': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'python': 0.08; '(it': 0.09; '32-bit': 0.09; '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; 'shortcut': 0.09; 'target:': 0.09; '"invalid': 0.16; '(note': 0.16; '15-20': 0.16; '64-bit,': 0.16; 'bieber': 0.16; 'declaimed': 0.16; 'disagree.': 0.16; 'dlls': 0.16; 'email addr:ix.netcom.com': 0.16; 'email name:wlfraed': 0.16; 'from:addr:ix.netcom.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:wlfraed': 0.16; 'from:name:dennis lee bieber': 0.16; 'happens.': 0.16; 'python.exe': 0.16; 'received:66.245': 0.16; 'received:dsl.mindspring.com': 0.16; 'received:wlfraed': 0.16; 'referenced,': 0.16; 'subject:installing': 0.16; 'tab,': 0.16; 'url:netcom': 0.16; 'url:wlfraed': 0.16; 'win7': 0.16; 'wulfraed': 0.16; 'mon,': 0.16; 'file)': 0.18; 'possibly': 0.19; 'appears': 0.19; 'trying': 0.21; 'seconds': 0.21; 'subject:not': 0.21; 'is?': 0.21; 'url:home': 0.21; '(or': 0.22; 'versions': 0.23; 'runs': 0.23; 'appear': 0.23; '2.5,': 0.23; '64-bit': 0.23; 'itself,': 0.23; 'least,': 0.23; 'produces': 0.23; 'somehow': 0.23; 'windows': 0.26; "i'm": 0.26; 'produced': 0.28; 'lee': 0.28; 'mine': 0.28; 'bit': 0.28; 'idle': 0.29; 'nov': 0.29; 'behaves': 0.30; 'menu,': 0.30; 'solved': 0.30; '(as': 0.31; 'ok,': 0.31; 'version': 0.32; 'does': 0.32; 'in:': 0.32; 'rather': 0.33; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.33; 'instead': 0.33; 'that,': 0.33; 'there': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'but,': 0.34; 'normally': 0.34; 'file.': 0.34; '2.4': 0.34; 'executable': 0.34; 'icon': 0.34; 'puts': 0.34; 'subject:What': 0.34; 'are:': 0.35; 'sets': 0.35; 'skip:" 20': 0.35; 'response': 0.35; 'file': 0.36; 'similar': 0.36; 'core': 0.36; 'problem.': 0.36; 'properties': 0.36; 'subject:with': 0.36; 'none': 0.37; 'shows': 0.37; 'charset :us-ascii': 0.37; 'skip:" 10': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'run': 0.37; 'except': 0.37; 'problems': 0.37; 'using': 0.38; 'menu': 0.38; 'used,': 0.38; 'received:org': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'option': 0.39; "i'd": 0.39; 'files': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'happens': 0.40; 'success': 0.61; '2011': 0.61; 'your': 0.61; 'home,': 0.63; 'premium': 0.64; 'computers': 0.64; 'home': 0.65; 'here:': 0.66; 'computers,': 0.67; 'further,': 0.67; 'nothing.': 0.67; 'show': 0.67; 'dennis': 0.73; 'have.': 0.77; 'click': 0.80; 'pro': 0.81; 'pcs': 0.84; 'pro,': 0.84; 'spinning': 0.84; 'click.': 0.91; 'generations': 0.91; 'subject:know': 0.93; 'ultimate': 0.96 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: What I do and do not know about installing Python on Win 7 with regard to IDLE. Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:21:29 -0800 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: user-11fb5l5.dsl.mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES 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: 89 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1321903307 news.xs4all.nl 6922 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46340 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:16044 On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:39:37 -0800, "W. eWatson" declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > > My criterion for success is that it puts IDLE as a choice for editor on > the menu produced with a right-click on a py file. So far no response on > this has solved the problem. > > I know it sets up that way on a 2.5 and 2.4 on other PCs I have. > I have three computers here: -=-=-=-=-=- Desktop WinXP Pro 32-bit, 3.4GHz hyper-threaded P4 ActiveState ActivePython 2.5.2.2 (Python 2.5.2) Right click menu has "open" (run with python.exe if .py, run with pythonw.exe if .pyw), and "edit" (opens PythonWin) NO IDLE option on right click. No IDLE option in "start/programs/activestate activepython 2.5" -=-=-=-=-=- Old laptop WinXP Home 32-bit, 2.66GHz P4 ActiveState ActivePython 2.5.5.7 (Python 2.5.5) Right click menu has "open" (as above) and "edit with PythonWin". NO IDLE option on right click. Did not check "start/programs/..." -=-=-=-=-=- New laptop Win7 Home Premium 64-bit, 2.2GHz i7-2720QM (quad core hyperthreaded) ActiveState ActivePython 2.7.1.4 for 64-bit (Python 2.7.1) NO IDLE option on right click. IDLE shortcut found as "start/all programs/activepython (64-bit)/idle", and it runs properly (it did take some 15-20 seconds though to bring up the IDLE Tk window). The shortcut properties are: Target: c:\python27_64\lib\idlelib\idle.bat Start in: c:\python27_64 (Note that it is a .bat file that is referenced, and such is a "native" windows executable file) ALSO have ActiveState Active Python 2.7.1.4 for 32-bit IDLE shortcut found at "start/all programs/activepython/idle". Properties are similar to above except instead of "python27_64" they have "python27" only -=-=-=-=-=- So, out of two generations of 32-bit Python 2.5, and 64 and 32 bit versions of Python 2.7, on three computers, NONE of mine have a right-click option for IDLE. > I do know that IDLE appears on the Win 7 Start menu, but, when used, > nothing happens. Well, OK, for about 3 seconds the Win 7 "working" icon > spins around then zip, nothing. Further, right-clicking on Properties > of IDLE (GUI) produces a tabbed dialog. It shows Start in: > c:\Python32\, and None for shortcut. There is a compatibility tab, But what does it show for TARGET! > Going directly to ...\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw produces the spinning icon. > At least, that's what happens in 3.2.2, but in the 32-bit versions I > tried, I would get "invalid Win 32 app". > Possibly because you are trying to start a 32-bit version with a default "open" for .pyw files that runs the 64-bit Python.exe; so the DLLs are mixed architecture. > Some have suggested a registry problem, but I don't have a clue how to > play with that, or somehow clean it up, if there is a problem. My PC > behaves normally > Since none of your problems appear to be related to Python itself, but rather to the Windows configuration of the Python system, I'd have to disagree. > I'm using Win 7 Premium. Home, Pro, Ultimate (or whatever the top level is? -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/