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Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> writes:

> On 1/29/2014 6:26 PM, shangonichols@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> >  > If I launch the Python GUI it opens a Python Shell fine. But as
> >  > soon as I try to open a file (including a "new" file), it closes
> >  > the Shell.
>
> This I do not. What is 'Python GUI'? What is 'Python Shell'?

Those are (part of) the names of menu entries created by the Python
installer for MS Windows. I am not sure exactly what programs they
invoke.

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