To get the Shell menu in Ubuntu, open a terminal and at the command line prompt type "idle". The IDLE shell will appear with the Shell menu in the menu bar. Click Shell-->Restart Shell. This only works if no other instances of the Python Shell are running. If you want to run more that one instance on the same machine or network, start IDLE as "idle -n". You can run multiple versions but you won't have the Shell/Restart menu.
This from the Python team: Running IDLE from the Applications menu under Ubuntu will not have the Shell menu. If you bring up a terminal and enter "idle", you will have the Shell menu. IDLE, when selected from the Application menu, is being run with the "-n" command line by default in Ubuntu. You can remove this option by editing the menu item for IDLE. ---------- nosy: +serwy Hope this helps, Jason Gervich
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