[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Jul 13 00:50:35 CEST 2010

Am 13.07.2010 00:00, schrieb Terry Reedy:

On 7/12/2010 5:43 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:

Am 12.07.2010 23:21, schrieb Terry Reedy:

On 7/12/2010 5:46 AM, Kurt B. Kaiser wrote:

On Windows, IDLE opens when you right click / edit a .py. Very useful. On my xp machine with 3.1.2, it edit .py opens with notepad. Perhaps the installer just copies forward the association from long ago, before IDLE was available, or at least so usable. I have thought of changing that, but I do not know what the replacement incantation would be. There should be an "Edit with IDLE" (sic) context menu item. I agree, and thought about requesting such

You misunderstand. There should be such a menu item today, on your machine. If it's not there, either the installation procedure went wrong, or you opted out of having it.

Should I open a tracker issue?

Please, no.

Regards, Martin

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