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  • Martyn Quick
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    Configuring Python for Tk on Mac (continued)

    From: Alex Martelli (aleaxit@yahoo. com)[color=blue]
    >
    > No idea about any 10.2, sorry, but on 10.3 that's not the problem: Tk
    > support is there alright, it's Tcl/Tk which _isn't_. Get MacPython, its
    > PackageManager will explain where to get Tcl/Tk Aqua from, as a prereq
    > for Tkinter and IDLE![/color]

    Ok, I've installed MacPython. It doesn't seem to work right though...
    for example, if I try to run the 00-HELLO-WORLD.py example then it
    crashes and tells me the IDE has unexpectedly crashed.

    I can't really see how to run things either. (I'm used to just typing
    "python" in a terminal on Unix but that seems to just run the version
    that comes pre-installed.)

    Sorry for not knowing much about Macs and being a bit clueless.

    Martyn
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    • Kevin Walzer
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      Re: Configuring Python for Tk on Mac (continued)

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      Martyn Quick wrote:
      | From: Alex Martelli (aleaxit@yahoo. com)
      |
      |>No idea about any 10.2, sorry, but on 10.3 that's not the problem: Tk
      |>support is there alright, it's Tcl/Tk which _isn't_. Get MacPython, its
      |>PackageManage r will explain where to get Tcl/Tk Aqua from, as a prereq
      |>for Tkinter and IDLE!
      |
      |
      | Ok, I've installed MacPython. It doesn't seem to work right though...
      | for example, if I try to run the 00-HELLO-WORLD.py example then it
      | crashes and tells me the IDE has unexpectedly crashed.
      |
      | I can't really see how to run things either. (I'm used to just typing
      | "python" in a terminal on Unix but that seems to just run the version
      | that comes pre-installed.)
      |
      | Sorry for not knowing much about Macs and being a bit clueless.
      |
      | Martyn

      You need to install Tk Aqua at this site:

      Tcl/Tk Aqua Batteries-Included
      http://tcltkaqua.sourceforge.net
      Download Tcl/Tk Aqua Batteries-Included for free. Tcl/Tk Aqua Batteries-Included is a binary distribution of the Mac OS X native Tcl/Tk and many popular extensions.


      You then need to install the tkinter bindings using Package Manager,
      which comes as part of the Macpython distribution.

      IDLE then should run fine.

      Also, you can't run Python gui programs by typing "python" in the
      console on the Mac: either double-click the script, or use "pythonw" as
      the launching program in the terminal.


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      Kevin Walzer, PhD
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