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IDLEfork Installation Notes
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IDLEfork requires Python Version 2.2 or later.
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There are several distribution files (where xx is the subversion):
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IDLEfork-0.9xx.win32.exe
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This is a Windows installer which will install IDLEfork in
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..../site-packages/idleforklib/ and place the idefork startup script
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at ..../scripts/idlefork. Rename this to idlefork.pyw and
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point your launcher icons at it. Installation is as idlefork
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to avoid conflict with the original Python IDLE.
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IDLEfork-0.9xx-1.noarch.rpm
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This is an rpm which is designed to install as idleforklib in an
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existing /usr/lib/python2.2 tree. It installs as idlefork to avoid
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conflict with Python IDLE.
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Python rpms are available at http://www.python.org/2.2.2/rpms.html and
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http://www.python.org/2.2.1/rpms.html.
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IDLEfork-0.9xx.tar.gz
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This is a distutils sdist (source) tarfile which can be used to make
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installations on platforms not supported by the above files.
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** It remains configured to install as idlelib, not idleforklib. **
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Unpack in ..../Tools/, cd to the IDLEfork directory created, and
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"python setup.py install" to install in ....site-packages/idlelib.
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This will overwrite the Python IDLE installation.
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If you don't want to overwrite Python IDLE, it is also possible to
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simply call "python idle.py" to run from the IDLEfork source directory
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without making an installation. In this case, IDLE will not be on
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your PATH unless you are in the source directory. Also, it is then
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advisable to remove any Python IDLE installation by removing
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..../site-packages/idlelib so the two identically named packages don't
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conflict.
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On Redhat Linux systems prior to 8.0, /usr/bin/python may be pointing
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at python1.5. If so, change the first line in the /usr/bin/idle
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script to read:
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!# /usr/bin/python2.2
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On Mac OS X, /usr/bin/python may be pointing at the OS-installed
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python, which does not have GUI support. Change the first line of
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/usr/bin/idle to read:
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#! /usr/bin/env pythonw
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Also, to build an IDLE application that can be used from the Finder
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on Mac OS X, run:
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pythonw buildapp.py build
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open build
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You will see an IDLE application.
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See README.txt for more details on this version of IDLEfork.
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