Re: idle glitch while building python 3.4 from sources

2014-06-12 Thread kfsone
I just upgraded to Python 3.4.1 AMD64 for Windows 7 using the binaries, and this appears to have affected the Windows binary distribution. osmith@WOTSIT /c/Python34/Lib/idlelib $ python idle.py ** IDLE can't import Tkinter. Your Python may not be configured for Tk. ** --

Re: idle glitch while building python 3.4 from sources

2014-06-12 Thread Terry Reedy
On 6/12/2014 4:35 PM, kfs...@gmail.com wrote: I just upgraded to Python 3.4.1 AMD64 for Windows 7 using the binaries, Upgraded from what to what with what? Which binaries? Details matter. and this appears to have affected the Windows binary distribution. osmith@WOTSIT

idle glitch while building python 3.4 from sources

2014-05-07 Thread Mark H Harris
hi folks, I got bit again trying to build python3.4 from sources (mea culpa, of course). The symptom is everything (except ensure pip) builds, installs, and runs fine with the small baby problem that IDLE will not run (-tkinter isn't even there) even though tcl/tk 8.5 is loaded and running.

Re: idle glitch while building python 3.4 from sources

2014-05-07 Thread Ned Deily
In article lkds4j$khg$1...@speranza.aioe.org, Mark H Harris harrismh...@gmail.com wrote: I know its my own fault (because I should just know this) but I got to wondering about others who 'might not know' about the tcl/tk dev packages and would be scratching their heads about why _tkinter is

Re: idle glitch while building python 3.4 from sources

2014-05-07 Thread Mark H Harris
On 5/7/14 1:19 PM, Ned Deily wrote: If the Python build (the make sharedmods build step) can't successfully build the _tkinter extension module (because, for example, it couldn't find the Tk headers or libraries), the build step already reports that it could not build _tkinter. hi Ned, where

Re: idle glitch while building python 3.4 from sources

2014-05-07 Thread Ned Deily
In article 536a8c95.6050...@gmail.com, Mark H Harris harrismh...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/7/14 1:19 PM, Ned Deily wrote: If the Python build (the make sharedmods build step) can't successfully build the _tkinter extension module (because, for example, it couldn't find the Tk headers or