Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!bcyclone03.am1.xlned.com!bcyclone03.am1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.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; 'python.': 0.02; 'that?': 0.05; 'python3': 0.07; 'subject:trying': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'url:download': 0.12; 'from:addr:mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:python': 0.16; 'from:name:mrab': 0.16; 'macs': 0.16; 'message-id:@mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'received:192.168.1.4': 0.16; 'received:84.93': 0.16; 'received:84.93.230': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:python3': 0.16; 'tradeoffs': 0.16; 'url:mac': 0.16; 'url:tcltk': 0.16; 'thursday,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'version.': 0.19; 'shell': 0.22; 'install': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'question': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'related': 0.29; 'asked': 0.31; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'url:wikipedia': 0.31; 'another': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'mac': 0.33; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'received:84': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'called': 0.40; 'is.': 0.60; 'tell': 0.60; 'more': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'dont': 0.67; 'default': 0.69; 'url:%1': 0.72; 'information:': 0.72; 'audience': 0.74; 'details:': 0.80; 'answer:': 0.84 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=Ar9g3YNP c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:117 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=aoAcgTy3oA8A:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=8AHkEIZyAAAA:8 a=8pif782wAAAA:8 a=dcRLSYKsoYoPM_QrQXgA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-AUTH: mrabarnett:2500 Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:04:43 +0100 From: MRAB User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: python3 on mac-mavericks (was trying idle) References: <86ae9246-1b3f-427b-921f-10b8b416e507@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: 29 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1413468286 news.xs4all.nl 2973 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35430 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl X-Received-Body-CRC: 3502922236 X-Received-Bytes: 4372 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:79211 On 2014-10-16 14:29, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:56:56 PM UTC+5:30, Terry Reedy wrote: > >> One may have to install activestate tkc/tk on mac, depending on osx >> version. This page has details: >> https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk > > Ok Ive some more information: > The people in the audience using macs are using mavericks > > Whats the best way to setup python3 for that? > > I remember seeing some two different repos (if that what they are called > in mac-land) for python. With some different tradeoffs which I dont understand. > > Another related question for mac-python usage: > > I asked one of the mac-users: > Please start your default python in a shell and tell me what version it is. > > Answer: Mac has no shell. > > I find this hard to believe. Is a shell called something else > in mac-maverick?? Where/how to find it? > In Macland it's called the terminal emulator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_%28OS_X%29