cf. my previous post... I meant to type Spyder *2.3*, now in beta. On Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:55:05 PM UTC-5, Lewis Levin wrote: > > Spyder and python crash immediately when x11 is not installed and you > choose the preferences command. > > I am installing xquartz, but what a waste. 164Meg to get a lousy gui when > Spyder itself already uses a very good gui that must already be installed: > QT. > > Will either Anaconda (if that is the issue) or Spyder switch to building > the preferences "app" on QT? > > This is not a problem with the dmg installer of Spyder. But, as nice as > that is I don't want to use it. It is really nice and installs perfectly > but.... It becomes its own distinct python install and all of the > necessary libraries are duplicated. As a really clean simple thing that is > great but... ...all of the Python library that is supplied via the > application package is totally inaccessible outside of Spyder itself. That > sort of seems to violate how one expects to use Python. > > No worries. It was easy to use conda to get the latest version of Spyder > installed in the anaconda distro of Python. But, then we have the > preference issue. > > It would be nice to be rid of x11. Maybe an ask for 2.3? > > Thanks, > Lewis >
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