IDLEfork-0.9xx.tar.gz
This is a distutils sdist (source) tarfile which can be used to make
installations on platforms not supported by the above files.
- It is configured to install as IDLE, not IDLEfork.
+ It remains configured to install as IDLE, not IDLEfork.
Unpack in ..../Tools/, cd to the IDLEfork directory created, and
- <python setup.py install> to install as IDLE. If you don't want to
- step on Python IDLE, it is also possible to simply run <python idle.py>
- to test in the IDLEfork source directory without installation. In this
- case, IDLEfork will not be on your PATH unless you are in the source
- directory.
+ <python setup.py install> to install in ....site-packages/idlelib.
+
+ If you don't want to overwrite Python IDLE, it is also possible to
+ simply run <python idle.py> to test in the IDLEfork source directory
+ without making an installation. In this case, IDLE will not be on
+ your PATH unless you are in the source directory. Also, it is then
+ advisable to remove any Python IDLE installation by removing
+ ..../site-packages/idlelib so the two identically named packages don't
+ conflict.
See README.txt for more details on this version of IDLEfork.