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IDLE does not open too #48299
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IDLE just won't open in 2.6 for me. The command line works but not the |
What operating system are you using? |
Hi! Chris, I am assuming that you are using Vista. If you are..then you need to Thanks, Raj |
This bug does not just affect Vista. I am running Windows XP Professional x64 and encountered the same When I read Raj's coment, I realized that I had only installed it for This seems like a pretty serious bug, because users (like me) are Thanks for the workaround! |
It's normal that there are no errors. They get to stderr, and there is Can you please try these steps, and report results?
Report any output that this produces.
I don't think it's pretty serious. It has a workaround; a "pretty |
Maybe it would make sense putting the main() function into a try/except |
would you help me to open IDLE it can't open in 2.6 version but can use |
Giampaolo: I'm skeptical that the patch helps. If you can't start IDLE |
I have this problem too but I am running Python 2.5.2 on Windows XP C:\Python25>python.exe lib\idlelib\idle.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "lib\idlelib\idle.py", line 6, in <module>
import PyShell
File "C:\Python25\Lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 14, in <module>
import macosxSupport
File "C:\Python25\Lib\idlelib\macosxSupport.py", line 6, in <module>
import Tkinter
ImportError: No module named Tkinter |
That is most definitely a different problem from the one reported here
Make sure you select Tkinter in the feature selection window of Python. |
This still seems to be happening in python 3.0 as well. Here is the
C:\Program Files\Python>python.exe Lib\idlelib\idle.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Lib\idlelib\idle.py", line 22, in <module>
idlelib.PyShell.main()
File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 1385, in main
shell = flist.open_shell()
File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 276, in
open_shell self.pyshell = PyShell(self)
File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 800, in
__init__
OutputWindow.__init__(self, flist, None, None)
File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\idlelib\OutputWindow.py", line 16,
in __init
__
EditorWindow.__init__(self, *args)
File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 243,
in __ini
t__
self.update_recent_files_list()
File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 761,
in updat
e_recent_files_list
rf_file = open(self.recent_files_path, 'w')
File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\io.py", line 278, in __new__
return open(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\io.py", line 222, in open
closefd)
File "C:\Program Files\Python\lib\io.py", line 615, in __init__
_fileio._FileIO.__init__(self, name, mode, closefd)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'C:\\Users\\Isaac\\.idlerc\\recent-files.
lst' |
I fixed this by copying the tcl8.4 and tk8.4 directories into |
bpo-4598 created. |
Since there was no feedback from the OP, I'm closing this as "works for me". |
Hi, I'm running Windows XP Professional and just installed Python 2.6. I I opened a command shell and tried running idle that way. I will paste C:\Python26>python Lib\idlelib\idle.py Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Lib\idlelib\idle.py", line 21, in <module>
idlelib.PyShell.main()
File "C:\Python26\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 1400, in main
shell = flist.open_shell()
File "C:\Python26\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 279, in open_shell
self.pyshell = PyShell(self)
File "C:\Python26\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 820, in __init__
OutputWindow.__init__(self, flist, None, None)
File "C:\Python26\lib\idlelib\OutputWindow.py", line 16, in __init__
EditorWindow.__init__(self, *args)
File "C:\Python26\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 234, in __init__
self.update_recent_files_list()
File "C:\Python26\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 755, in
update_recent_fil
es_list
rf_file = open(self.recent_files_path, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Documents and
Settings\\Tricia\\.idl
erc\\recent-files.lst' |
Patricia, if you want to report a bug, please don't follow up to an If you are just asking for help: delete the folder .idlerc and all of |
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