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Kurt B. Kaiserf5934dd2002-12-31 17:56:18 +00001IDLEfork Installation Notes
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Kurt B. Kaiserf5934dd2002-12-31 17:56:18 +00004IDLEfork requires Python Version 2.2 or later.
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Kurt B. Kaiserf5934dd2002-12-31 17:56:18 +00006There are several distribution files (where xx is the subversion):
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Kurt B. Kaiserf5934dd2002-12-31 17:56:18 +00008IDLEfork-0.9xx.win32.exe
9 This is a Windows installer which will install IDLEfork in
10 ..../site-packages/idleforklib/ and place the idefork startup script
11 at ..../scripts/idlefork. Rename this to idlefork.pyw and
12 point your launcher icons at it. Installation is as idlefork
13 to avoid conflict with the original Python IDLE.
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15IDLEfork-0.9xx-1.noarch.rpm
16 This is an rpm which is designed to install as idleforklib in the
17 /usr/lib/python2.2 tree created by the Python2 rpm. It requires
18 python2 and python2-tkinter rpms. It installs as idlefork to avoid
19 conflict with Python IDLE.
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21IDLEfork-0.9xx.tar.gz
22 This is a distutils sdist (source) tarfile which can be used to make
23 installations on platforms not supported by the above files.
Kurt B. Kaiser50e9c4f2003-01-01 01:14:13 +000024 It remains configured to install as IDLE, not IDLEfork.
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26 Unpack in ..../Tools/, cd to the IDLEfork directory created, and
Kurt B. Kaiser50e9c4f2003-01-01 01:14:13 +000027 <python setup.py install> to install in ....site-packages/idlelib.
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29 If you don't want to overwrite Python IDLE, it is also possible to
30 simply run <python idle.py> to test in the IDLEfork source directory
31 without making an installation. In this case, IDLE will not be on
32 your PATH unless you are in the source directory. Also, it is then
33 advisable to remove any Python IDLE installation by removing
34 ..../site-packages/idlelib so the two identically named packages don't
35 conflict.
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37See README.txt for more details on this version of IDLEfork.
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