[Visualpython-users] Mac IDLE fix

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

This has been added to the Visual 5 Mac download page:

The version of IDLE that comes with Python on the Mac is defective. In 
particular, it does not offer a menu option to configure IDLE. If you 
would like to have a larger font size, to have your file automatically 
saved when you run (if you changed it), the ability to be able to make a 
change and re-run your program without being interrupted by being asked 
whether to save the file, and to have the Visual help available on the 
IDLE help menu, download the file idlerc.zip and unzip it in your home 
folder (e.g. /Users/tom). Depending on your Finder settings, you may not 
see the resulting folder ".idlerc", but it will be used by IDLE (in a 
Terminal you can see it if you execute "ls -a").