Hi I am trying to use python from inside of the idle (IDLE) IDE that is part of the MacPython 2.5.2 additional packages as IDLE.app. The reason I want to do this is because I really want to get an IDE ( integrated development environment ) with good code completion on all modules including maybe pymol.
In any case when I do the following (see attached png<http://code-itch.s3.amazonaws.com/images/idle_pymol_how.jpg> ) 1) Start IDLE and then in the IDLE shell I do 2) Import my fink python after adding it to my path import sys sys.path.append("/sw/lib/pymol-py25/modules") import pymol After that command I see that the idle Python shell waits for a little bit and then I see =====restart==== .and no pymol window appears Also when I try running pymol.finish_launching() It says pymol is not defined. I have tried reading some of the posts about how the import pymol method is the least supported method for launching pymol. I should add that on my setup i.e Leopard 10.5.2 with fink pymol-py25 the above approach works from a standalone script as well as from a python interactive shell from terminal.app or Item.app . Sadly both of these dont have popup code completion.. But I was wondering if there is some way to have my cake and eat it too and interact with pymol from within an IDLE shell window. Hari Jayaram
