IDLE for Python

only-trouble · June 30, 2008, 3:31am

Hello All

I am new to openSUSE 10.3
Learning Python on my own I learned that the system has installed a Python-IDLE (looking in YaST), the only problem is that I cannot invoke it in anyway
Not from the terminal or the python prompt.
Any ideas?

Thanks

Only-Trouble:)

user · June 30, 2008, 6:55am

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:36:04 GMT
only-trouble <only-trouble@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>Hello All
>
>I am new to openSUSE 10.3
>Learning Python on my own I learned that the system has installed a
>Python-IDLE (looking in YaST), the only problem is that I cannot invoke
>it in anyway
>Not from the terminal or the python prompt.
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>Only-Trouble:)
>
>

Here’s a way to find out where the executable files are installed for
any RPM:

rpm -qil python-idle | grep bin/

and to see all the files:

rpm -qil python-idle

You will see from this that the program is called ‘idle’ . . .

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Jonathan_R · July 1, 2008, 5:58am

Type “python” at the command line.

It looks like this.

> python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jun 6 2008, 23:32:27)
[GCC 4.3.1 20080507 (prerelease) [gcc-4_3-branch revision 135036]] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>>

The triple > is the prompt for python.

BenKrishman · December 10, 2008, 6:09am

I’ve just installed the python idle and I’m able to launch it fine by typing ‘idle’ into a console window, which I don’t mind, but it could be handy to be able to make an icon for it to put in my applications or favorites menu. Is this possible? My main issue with launching from konsole is that I need to leave it open in order to keep the idle open, which isn’t a huge deal I would just prefer to open and close the konsole as I need it.

Monex · December 10, 2008, 5:58pm

Hi,

you have to create a link to idle just right click on the gecko (k-menu) and open the menu editor. Select the category where you want to add the link for example development and add a new element. Enter a name and the command which should be executed. That’s all.

By the way, there are much more powerful editors for python out there maybe you want to have a look at eric which also supports syntax completion and much more

hope this helps

BenKrishman · December 10, 2008, 6:17pm

Thank you for taking the time to answer such a simple question, it is much appreciated.

I grabbed the python IDLE because it is what I was used to, but eric looks pretty cool, I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks for the reccomendation!

iateyourgranny · January 17, 2012, 10:07pm

It seems that, at the application launcher, you can type in “IDLE3.2” to launch it

martin_helm · January 17, 2012, 10:29pm

Am 17.01.2012 22:16, schrieb iateyourgranny:
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> It seems that, at the application launcher, you can type in “IDLE3.2” to
> launch it
>
>
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