IDLE/Python
I was using the IDLE program when IDLE immediately closed and now i cannot reopen it.
What can I do?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.0
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Simply the idle tool in Monterey is based on the Python 2.7.18 distribution that Apple bundles with the operating system. It launches to an entirely black panel, as does its Preference pane, so it is useless due to its dependency on a long since deprecated Tk/Tcl 8.5.9 interface library.
That leaves idle3 from the current Python 3.10.0 distribution at Python.org. That launches normally, either from the Terminal as below, or from /Applications/Python 3.10/IDLE, with the following display:
idle3 &
This version of Python is built and bundled using the Tk/Tcl 8.6.11 library and works correctly. I suggest you reboot your Mac, ensure that you have a working Internet connection, and then relaunch idle3 as I did above. See if the problem reoccurs.
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