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LGLudd · Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:50 am Posts: 8

I am attempting to follow the python tutorials but have a rather odd issue. all the code works if I run python from the command line but if I use IDLE then the only commands that appear to work are those that return their results to the IDLE shell. I cannot display any gtk windows (although no errors are returned) the music player will work (in so far as music starts playing as desired)

I think that this may be either a setup or security problem (I am running Fedora 14) but cannot work out what the problem is

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Leo

LGLudd · Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:50 am Posts: 8

OK so I worked out part of what is happening but am not sure how to fix it.

The window is being displayed but not shown on the screen I can get the window (but not the content) to display by using IDLEs shell window and typing

evilnick · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:56 pm Post subject:

I think the 'problem' is with the way gtk works. If you want to run interactively with the shell, it's fine for almost all things. If you try to execute the code (the interactive listings anyhow) then the main gtk loop has to be invoked for some things to happen.
if you add

LGLudd · Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:50 am Posts: 8

Yes that works perfectly, thanks Nick.

I was getting really frustrated by this.

Leo