[Python-Dev] PEP 397 and idle (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Nov 1 14:39:36 CET 2011

On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:25:28 +0100 "Amaury Forgeot d'Arc" <amauryfa at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

2011/11/1 David Bailey <daveabailey at gmail.com> > python-dev > > I am being forced to support multiple versions of python on Windows > platforms. I have been using PEP 397 and the execution of *.py files works > great. Thank you!! > My problem is idle. The various versions of idle have the same problem as > the various versions of python. We were using an editor that allowed python > selection, however, they stopped supporting python and we are back using > idle. Any suggestions on switching versions of idle would be appreciated. > The python-dev mailing list is for the development of python. For development with python, please ask your question on the python-list mailing list, or the comp.lang.python newsgroup.

Given the question is about an in-progress PEP, it actually seems quite appropriate for python-dev. Also, until now, IDLE is supposed to be developed in the stdlib (although concretely it's not developed anymore).

Regards

Antoine.

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