Sara Johnson wrote: > Everyone who has commented... > > I have XWin32....It hasn't worked. I've talked to some people in the IT > departments and they've given me things to check (boxes to check or > uncheck) and that doesn't seem to make a difference. > > When I picked up these projects I was given a lot of stuff and left to > figure it out. I was also left with the impression that I should have > the GUI working. If a lot of Python programmers use SSH, then I guess > there is no problem. But when you're a newbie who really doesn't > understand what they're doing, anything that might make the process a > tad more straight-forward is worth it. For example, I worked on this > basic Unix editor 'Pico' before I learned I could switch to Vi and have > my code color-coordinated so that I knew where my comments were and I > could see if I accidentally commented something out that needs to be > there. So maybe it's not too important that I use the Python shell with > my school's editor program open (as I was advised to do). Some of you > have already seen my confusion from the different questions I've asked > about my code (or rather, the code I've been editing). So I thought > most of the Python programmers preferred to use IDLE and that maybe it > would simplify things just a tad for me. I'm about 2000 miles away from > where I should be with these projects. > > Thanks, > Sara
It sounds like the SSH server you're connecting to isn't set to allow X Forwarding; either that, or your SSH client isn't set to use X Forwarding. Here is a page which describes how to use the SSH server's GUI programs from your computer via X Forwarding, bear in mind that it's written with regard to a college's server and therefore will include a few specific instructions that don't apply to you: http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/howtos/XForwarding/index.html If you name the SSH client (which I believe you've been calling an "SSH editor") you're using, I might be able to give you step by step instructions for setting your client to use X Forwarding. If the SSH server doesn't allow X Forwarding, I recommend using a program called 'screen'. Basically, 'screen' allows you to use a shell a bit like the tabbed browsing in Firefox (or Opera, IE7, etc.) by creating a framework wherein you can create new virtual shells and switch between them using keyboard shortcuts. What is more, you can label the virtual shells and even copy/paste text between them. I can give you plenty of information about using 'screen' if you want it, what I'm getting around to is that if I was in your situation I would have the python interpreter running in one virtual shell whilst running vim in another virtual shell. -Robert _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
