For Python 2.3 installed on Windows (well, Windows
2000 anyway, I haven't tested others), a space in the
pathname will create an shortcut to IDLE that does not
work.
To demonstrate the problem: get a fresh Windows 2000
system. Run the Python 2.3 installer. Select "C:/Program
Files/Python23" as the install directory. Use default
selections for all other installer options. After install, go
to Programs menu, select "Python 2.3" > "IDLE (Python
GUI)". It will launch a pythonw process, but nothing will
appear on the screen.
The problem appears to be the space in the pathname.
If you create a shortcut with the path spelled out in full
(long names not 8-char abreviations) and with quotes
around the pathnames that contain spaces, that
shortcut will work.
I'm not sure what the fix is, but regretably lots of people
have Windows and many of them put their applications
in "Program Files". In addition to a patch, we should
probably put this in a Known Bugs list somewhere where
newbies will find it (where is that?).
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