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+====== IDLE ======
+IDLE is the Python development environment.
+===== Common Problems =====
+==== Can't Open IDLE ====
+You need to "kill" all the idle processes.  A
+dangerous shortcut is
+  pkill python
+It will give you a warning message but usually works
+Or, you can say
+  ps -ax
+Which shows you all (-a) the processes.  Then, kill the process by their
+ids (PID)
+  kill <pid>
+==== IDLE Shell Won't Get New Input ====
+If the IDLE shell is acting weird with the prompts when they want to run
+something (like it's still executing another program), just hit enter a
+few times or control-c to cancel that and then execute the program again.
+==== IDLE Exits When Program Executes ====
+If IDLE is exiting completely when a program executes, then try opening the Python program in jEdit and
+then executing the program on the command-line/in a terminal.  After testing in jEdit, try again in IDLE.