Ramchandra Apte added the comment: On 22 February 2013 22:56, Raymond Hettinger <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote:
> > Raymond Hettinger added the comment: > > The issue is usually with firewalls, security software, socket issues, > etc. While the root problem lies outside IDLE, often the simplest way to > get someone up and running is to use the -n option. > > This is one of many annoyances that arise when teaching students Python > using IDLE: > * Preferences window crashing > * Default font-size on a retina mac is tiny > * Inability to shutoff the prominent warning messages > * Control-A goes to the beginning of the line, past the >>> prompt. > * On Windows, IDLE sometimes has a two second delay before it runs scripts > * Students find that IDLE mysteriously pastes a clipboard into the > interactive prompt unintentionally > * It is a common complaint that IDLE hangs > * Getting the correct Tcl/Tk setup on Macs is problematic. > * Starting IDLE from the command line emits messages about "setCanCycle is > deprecated" > > ---------- > > _______________________________________ > Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> > <http://bugs.python.org/issue16123> > _______________________________________ > Not experienced any of the problems on Linux. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16123> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
