using terminal and opening"In Vincent's case (EPD), this would be /Library/Frameworks/Python/Versions/Current/bin/idle2.5"
Worked!! Thanks for the help. Vincent Davis On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2009-01-27 13:40, Ned Deily wrote: > >> 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.) >> > > I'd love to get these patches so we can include them in EPD. Is there an > issue on the Python bug tracker that I can follow? > > 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. >> > > In Vincent's case (EPD), this would be > /Library/Frameworks/Python/Versions/Current/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... . >> > > Yes, to both. > > -- > Robert Kern > > "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless > enigma > that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it > had > an underlying truth." > -- Umberto Eco > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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