Terry Reedy wrote:
Idle depends on tkinter. Tkinter depends on having a tcl/tk that works,
at least for tkinter. The following page has essential info about
getting the right tcl/tk installed.
https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk
Also keep in mind that you don't *have* to use IDLE at all.
I do all my Python development on MacOSX using BBEdit Lite
and the Terminal.
If nothing else, you can try out pygame that way to see
whether your problem is a pygame-related one or something
else.
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