In article <77e831100901270950i6b0b510chf80a495a65ca9...@mail.gmail.com>, Vincent Davis <vinc...@vincentdavis.net> wrote: > I am using mac with python 2.5.2 and IDLE verison 1.2.2. in the help it > states I can change he text coloring by using "Configure IDLE" but I not > sure what this is. It's not sn the menu, running Configure does nothing. How > do I change the color (text and background)
There is supposed to be a Preferences menu option for IDLE on OS X but, depending on the Python version and how IDLE is launched, it may or may not appear due to various bugs. (I'm working on some patches for these.) If you have been launching IDLE via /Applications/MacPython 2.5/IDLE.app, try launching it via the shell command line: /usr/local/bin/idle2.5. There may now be a working Preferences menu item under the Python item in the menu bar; there may also be an Options -> Configure IDLE... . If that doesn't work, it should be possible to copy the default def files from idlelib in the python installation to your .idlerc directory and manually edit them there - ugh!. Something like: $ cd `python2.5 -c 'import sys; print sys.prefix'` $ cd lib/python2.5/idlelib $ ls *.def config-extensions.def config-highlight.def config-keys.def config-main.def $ cp -i *.def ~/.idlerc $ cd ~/.idlerc $ vi ... -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
