I just downloaded the latest version of the Literate Editor with Outlines (Leo), which is Python-based. To my horror, the installation notes say that "Leo works reliably only on MacOS X 10.3 (Panther)"! I'm having a hard time accepting this, since my machine (a PowerPC iBook) runs on 10.4.11. Does anyone know if there is a work-around that will force Leo to play nicely with Tiger? A possible hint is that the installation notes would have me install "MacPython 2.3 for Panther add-ons" and TclTkAqua first before actually installing Leo.
Effusive thanks to anyone who has any ideas... appendix: in case it's helpful, here's the full text of the Leo installation notes for the Mac: Installing leo.py on MacOs -------------------------- Leo works reliably only on MacOS X 10.3 (Panther). To run Leo on Macintosh OS X 10.3: 1) Download and install "MacPython 2.3 for Panther addons". Python is already included in OS X 10.3 so only the addons are necessary http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html 2) Download and install TclTkAqua. http://tcltkaqua.sourceforge.net/ 3) Run the PackageManager found in /Applications/MacPython-2.3 and install "_tkinter-2.3-binary" by clicking on the package in the list and clicking the [Install:] button with "Install dependencies" checked 4) Install Leo. There are two ways to do this. a) The NEW way: Download Leo-version-number.pkg from http://leo.sourceforge.net/ Double-click Leo.pkg to install the Leo folder. I recommend that you install Leo in your home directory. b) The OLD way: Download Leo-version-number.zip: http://leo.sourceforge.net/ Unzip the contents into the desired directory by double-clicking the downloaded file. 5) Run Leo by ontrol-clicking on /path_to_unzipped_dir/leo/src/leo.py and open with PythonLauncher. 6) It is a good idea to set PythonLauncher as the default program to open python scripts by clicking on "leo.py", choosing Get Info from the Finder's File menu, and selecting "PythonLauncher" as the default program to "Open With:" By clicking the "Change All..." button, all python scripts will be opened with PythonLauncher. 8) (optional) Download and install Pmw. (Leo now contains Pmw in the extensions folder). http://pmw.sourceforge.net/ Pmw must be installed in order to use the Settings panel. Drag the downloaded gzip file into /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages Double click on it to unzip and untar the file into a folder to make it available to Python Thanks to Randall Voth for these instructions. Using shell scripts and batch files to make using Leo easier ------------------------------------------------------------
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