2) In which case, it's not a framework install. Fink puts everything into /sw/; there's nothing to do with pyton in /Library/Frameworks. Thanks for the clarification; I'm tempted to get Python from source and try this...
-dw On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Michiel de Hoon <mjldeh...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > 1)The problem does manifest in the same manner through the normal python > prompt. > > OK that is good to know. > > > > 2) I'm not sure what is meant by a "framework install." Everything > (except MPL 99.1.1) > > was installed through fink. > > This is important. Check where python is installed. If 'which python' shows > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python or something > similar, you have a framework version. If on the other hand it shows > /usr/bin/python, /usr/local/bin/python, or something similar, you don't have > a framework version. I don't know what fink installs by default. If you > don't have Python installed as a framework, some backends (including the > MacOSX backend) will not interact properly with the window manager. This is > a Mac peculiarity. If you build Python from source, you can specify to > install a framework version by passing the --enable-framework option to the > configure script. > > > > 6) Although I use x11 and not the native Mac terminal, I'm not sure if > this requires me to > install different packages for the gui stuff. Could > you guys expand on this, please? > > Some backends go make use of X11 (e.g., the gtkcairo backend), others do > not (e.g., the MacOSX backend). The MacOSX backend should work with both the > native Mac terminal and with an X11 terminal. > > --Michiel. > >
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