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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.