[issue27854] Installed 2.7: IDLE Help disabled because help.html is missing

Irv Kalb added the comment: On my Mac (with version 2.7.12), selecting Help -> IDLE Help brings up a window titled "IDLE Help", it has a pop down with "TOC" selected and many pages of text documentation. On my Windows system (also with version 2.7.12), selecting

[issue31974] Cursor misbahavior with Tkinter 3.6.1/tk 8.5 Text on Mac Sierra

Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> added the comment: Hi Ned, Thanks for your message. But I want to make sure I understand what you are saying here. I am using absolutely vanilla Python 3.6 from python.org <http://python.org/>, but have upgraded to version 8.5.18 if Active

[issue37197] [Idle-dev] Feedback appreciated for two suggested new features

New submission from Irv Kalb : [I'm not sure of the proper protocol here, I hope sending a message this way is OK.] Hi, I am writing about the potential fix to the Search Dialog box problem in IDLE that I reported a while back. I can see that there is a flurry of activity on this bug. I

[issue39325] Original window focus when opening IDLE by double clicking Python file Mac

New submission from Irv Kalb : I have my Mac to open ".py" files with IDLE. If IDLE is not running, and I double click on a Python file, the Shell window opens, then the Python file I clicked on opens in front, but the Shell has keyboard focus. In order to edit or run the sour

[issue38946] IDLE on macOS 10.15 Catalina does not open double-clicked files if app already launched

Irv Kalb added the comment: Thanks for all the message about this issue. I have made a three-minute video that demonstrates what I am seeing. Here is a link (the video is marked as "unlisted" so only people with this link can see it): https://youtu.be/OIu-HCVVDn8 To answer your

[issue38946] IDLE on macOS 10.15 Catalina does not open double-clicked files if app already launched

Irv Kalb added the comment: If possible, I would like to raise the priority of this issue. I teach Python and I use IDLE every day. This bug makes using IDLE for teaching extremely difficult. Hopefully new information: I have just bought a new Mac, which is running Catalina (MacOS 10.15

[issue38946] IDLE on macOS 10.15 Catalina does not open double-clicked files if app already launched

Irv Kalb added the comment: Thanks Ned and Terry for your responses. Ned: I am currently teaching a course where my students and I are all using Python 3.7 and the current Pygame 1.9.6, so unfortunately, I cannot update to the newer development release of 2.0. I am also writing a book

[issue41413] IDLE: exit at input() prompt is not complete

Irv Kalb added the comment: I have tried the test that Terry outlined (from double clicking on the IDLE icon), and I can confirm that I get the exact same results. In the menu bar, I see just the Apple icon and "IDLE". The items in the IDLE menu work (About IDLE and P

[issue38946] IDLE on macOS 10.15 Catalina does not open double-clicked files if app already launched

Irv Kalb added the comment: Right. I'm struggling with this bug every day. Irv > On Jul 23, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Ned Deily wrote: > > > Ned Deily added the comment: > > Ramon, I am not sure why you closed this issue. Perhaps it may no longer be a > problem for yo

[issue41413] At prompt for input(), pressing Command q kills IDLE

New submission from Irv Kalb : This is probably related to earlier problems with running IDLE on MacOS Catalina: Environment: MacOS Catalina: 10.15.5 Python: 3.7.3 IDLE: 3.7.3 Steps to reproduce: - Open IDLE, create a new file. (Can reopen this file again for subsequent tests.) - Code

[issue38946] IDLE on macOS 10.15 Catalina does not open double-clicked files if app already launched

Irv Kalb added the comment: This is a quick follow up to the original issue. I am now running Mac OS X 11.2.3 with IDLE 3.9.1 (and pygame 2.0.1). In this environment, the issue of opening files is completely fixed and works perfectly. Thank you very much (and a big thank you from my