[Visualpython-users] mac Panther and vpython

[Aaron T. <ti...@ma...>]

ok, I did a clean install of Mac OS 10.3 (Panther).

I installed Fink and the necessary programs, including both Python 2.2 
and Python 2.3.

I installed VPython according to the instructions at vpython.org.

Here are my issues:

(1) My PATH does not include /sw/bin when running X11. Evidently I need 
a .xinitrc file that sets the PATH. Any suggestions? Creating a new 
.xinitrc file crippled X11.

(2) In 10.2 (Jaguar), I had a problem running a vpython script that 
opened a graph in a separate window. I always had to kill the process 
in order to exit. I thought that this was fixed in the latest vpython; 
however, when I ran the gas.py demo, I had the same problem trying to 
close the windows. Finally, it generated this error:

Xlib:  extension "Apple-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Apple-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

and I had to once again kill the process.

(3) Why must we use Python 2.2?  I thought that we could use Python 
2.3, but expanding the tarball only installs visual in the Python 2.2 
folder.


Thanks for the help,

Aaron