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PO.py files not opening in IDLE from OSX Finder?
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copied!<p>I recently re-installed Python 2.7.3 from python.org on OSX 10.8.2, and now nothing (literally nothing I can see) happens when I double-click on .py files in Finder, or when I right-click/Open-With/IDLE(2.7.3). (<strong>Edit:</strong> IDLE is already set as the default program to open .py files; the "right-click" part was just to illustrate I couldn't open them either way.)</p> <p>I have Tcl/Tk 8.5.13 installed (re-installed after I re-installed Python), and I can open IDLE itself just fine, so this isn't that issue where IDLE won't work without the right version of Tcl/Tk. I can also open .py files from the Terminal using <code>idle -e file.py</code> without a problem.</p> <p>I did notice that the Python Launcher activates when I open files this way, and is absent when I double-click on .py files in Finder (although again, literally nothing happens when I do this--I have the IDLE icon in my dock and it doesn't start bouncing or anything). Could this be a Python Launcher problem? If not, does anyone know what's going on here?</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> I tried opening IDLE first and then double-clicking on .py files, and that works. So it seems it's just an issue of IDLE not being opened when you try to open a .py file in the Finder. </p> <p>I know that means I now have at least three other ways of opening my .py files in IDLE, but I really like just being able to navigate to a file in Finder and open it when IDLE itself is not yet open. So I'd still really like to solve this problem if possible (also I really hate when stuff that's just supposed to work doesn't).</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> Per Ned Deily's suggestion I checked for errors using Console.app and found:</p> <pre><code>3/8/13 10:42:38.006 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[276]: ([0x0-0x199199].org.python.IDLE[1975]) Exited with code: 1 </code></pre> <p>pops up whenever I try to double-click a <code>.py</code> file in Finder.</p>

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