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kbk> There are no error messages in the
kbk> shell window?

No, the shell window just looks like the following:

Python 2.3 (#1, Aug  5 2003, 09:49:11) 
[GCC 3.2 20020927 (prerelease)] on cygwin
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

    
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    Personal firewall software may warn about the connection 
IDLE
    makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal 
loopback
    interface.  This connection is not visible on any external
    interface and no data is sent to or received from the 
Internet.
    
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IDLE 1.0      
>>>

And appears to work, until one types "^D", then it hangs.