Ariel arielb...@walla.com added the comment:
Excuse me for budging in, I was having the same problem (both python 3.2 and
2.7, on both win XP and 7) without knowing the file extention is the cause.
Why doesn't IDLE editor save files with the .py extention unless specificly
ordered to? The
Typo lol.rab...@yahoo.com added the comment:
Hey, I found out what the problem was. I wasn't saving the files as a .py file.
As soon as I did that the color came back. Sorry to have wasted your time .
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Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment:
Thank you for reporting back. This could be closed as invalid, but since I
think this is something I should have known or guessed, I will leave it open
for now as a reminder to look at the docs sometime and see if anything should
be added
New submission from Typo lol.rab...@yahoo.com:
Whenever I run a program in Python 3.1.2 (windows), the color coding
disappears. print() is no longer purple, def is no longer orange, etc. It all
turns black, and there doesn't seem to be a way to repair this. I've installed
and uninstalled
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment:
This is an editor rather than Python problem. Are you using the IDLE editor or
something else. Which version of Windows?
Orange and purple are IDLE's default for keywords and built-in names. But
running 3.1.2 under XP, I have no problem as
Typo lol.rab...@yahoo.com added the comment:
I am using Windows Vista. The problem is not within Idle but within the screen
where you create and save coding to use in Idle.
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Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment:
If it is an editor window that you launch from IDLE, with a red script Tk in
the upper left corner, with 'About IDLE' on the help menu, then it is an IDLE
editor window and part of IDLE -- and appropriate for bug reports here ;-).
This could
Typo lol.rab...@yahoo.com added the comment:
Ah I see. I didn't know that the editor window was part of Idle. Sorry for the
confusion.
I am also receiving this problem in Python 2.5.1.
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Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment:
I take that as a yes, IDLE edit window. 2.5 is beyond fixing at this point, but
that is useful data. I will look out for this problem when I load Python on
Win7.
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