Ned Deily n...@acm.org added the comment:
Consolidating with Issue6864
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resolution: - duplicate
status: open - closed
superseder: - IDLE 2.6.1 locks up on Mac OS 10.6
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Aaron aaron.the@gmail.com added the comment:
I just used the biult in mac softwere
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Shashwat Anand anand.shash...@gmail.com added the comment:
Idle provided by built-in python in Mac OS X Snow leopard i.e. python 2.6.1 is
running without any issues. It is /usr/bin/idle2.6. And if by very new mac you
mean latest intel based macs released last summer, then yes I have the same
Ned Deily n...@acm.org added the comment:
Shashwat: what happens when you launch /usr/bin/idle2.6 and then open a new
window in it (CMD N)? My experience is like Aaron's (and many other reports):
the Apple-supplied idle2.6 in OS X 10.6 usually hangs after opening a second
window, requiring a
Shashwat Anand anand.shash...@gmail.com added the comment:
Ned : After I opened a new window, that is how it opened :
http://imagebin.us/images/gbg8zdr25hviw26hnqfv.png
And IDLE hanged a little later. Had to do a force quit. So yes, the problem is
in Apple build Idle2.6
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Ronald Oussoren ronaldousso...@mac.com added the comment:
Aaron: How did you install python?
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Ned Deily n...@acm.org added the comment:
This is a duplicate of Issue6864. The problem is seen with the Apple-supplied
IDLE in OS X 10.6 and appears to be an interaction with IDLE 2.6 and the
Apple-supplied Cocoa Tk 8.5. One workaround is to install Python 2.6.5 using
the python.org OS X
