Stupid question: how do I run a program from the terminal? I've always just gone to the drop down menu and clicked run to do it in idle.
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Ben Fishbein <bfishbei...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm on a Mac. Using Lion. I just tried opening the terminal and typing > "python." And I'm able to open several terminal windows this way. I think > this should be able to run many programs simultaneously. Thanks for your > help. > -Ben > > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Brian van den Broek < > brian.van.den.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On 28 Aug 2012 18:33, "Benjamin Fishbein" <bfishbei...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > I wrote a program that I want to have running 24/7. But the problem is >> that I also want to write and run other programs. I'm using Idle and it >> won't let me run more than one script at a time. Do you know if there's a >> way to do this? Or do I need to buy a second computer? >> > Thanks, >> > Ben >> >> Hi Ben, >> >> Idle may be useful for developing with (provided you aren't making an app >> with tkinter) but isn't always the best choice for running one. >> >> Do you know how to run python from a command prompt? (If not, post back >> to the list being sure to tell us your OS and I or someone else will help >> you.) If you run you 24/7 program that way, idle will be free for you to >> work. There are other ways to get your program to run in the background, >> but again these are OS-dependant. >> >> Best, >> >> Brian vdB >> > >
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