Re: Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-19 Thread Rick Johnson
alister wrote: > Steve D'Aprano wrote: > > Rick Johnson wrote: [...] > I think to a point I have to agree with rick, Well, alister, i'll take what i can get around here. :-) > windows installers can be flaky and time is money. Indeed. > if something does not work after installation (& does

Re: Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-19 Thread alister via Python-list
On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 01:56:14 +1000, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:11 am, Rick Johnson wrote: > >> On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 5:39:19 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> I'm not sure how "refuse to guess" translates into "wipe it out and >>> start over". I *never* recommend

Re: Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-19 Thread Rick Johnson
Steve D'Aprano wrote: > Rick Johnson wrote: > > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > I'm not sure how "refuse to guess" translates into "wipe > > > it out and start over". I *never* recommend > > > uninstall/reinstall as a first measure. It's a stupid > > > idea unless you actually know that it's going to

Re: Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-19 Thread Steve D'Aprano
On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:11 am, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 5:39:19 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: >> I'm not sure how "refuse to guess" translates into "wipe it >> out and start over". I *never* recommend >> uninstall/reinstall as a first measure. It's a stupid idea >>

Re: Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-19 Thread Rick Johnson
On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 5:39:19 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > I'm not sure how "refuse to guess" translates into "wipe it > out and start over". I *never* recommend > uninstall/reinstall as a first measure. It's a stupid idea > unless you actually know that it's going to help. No,

Re: Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > Don't waste your time with that stupid "repair option". What > does an uninstall and reinstall process take these days... > all of two minutes? > > Oh boy... The first rule of troubleshooting is always to > apply

Re: Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-19 Thread Rick Johnson
On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 4:55:17 PM UTC-5, Kevi Aday (Katch22) wrote: > I installed python 3.6.2 for making running and editing > programs. Later on I installed python 2.7 because a program > that I downloaded only works with that. Later I deleted the > program. I then wanted to run a

Re: Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-18 Thread Ben Iannitelli
Hi Kevi, Just to clarify your situation: 1. Which operating system? 2. You still have all of the .py files that you yourself wrote? Sincerely, -Ben I. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list Python-list Info Page

Re: Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-16 Thread dieter
"Kevi Aday (Katch22)" writes: > I installed python 3.6.2 for making running and editing programs. Later on I > installed python 2.7 > because a program that I downloaded only works with that. Later I deleted the > program. I then wanted to run a > program from cmd but it

Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

2017-08-16 Thread Kevi Aday (Katch22)
Hello, I installed python 3.6.2 for making running and editing programs. Later on I installed python 2.7 because a program that I downloaded only works with that. Later I deleted the program. I then wanted to run a program from cmd but it was giving me all kinds of errors I didn’t used to get.