Mailing List Archive: Unable to save any files

Unable to save any files

Aug 11, 2020, 2:27 AM

Post #1 of 3 (83 views)

Hi,

I am a relatively new Python User. I recently downloaded Python on my
desktop and I am unable to save anything when I use IDLE. I can run codes
on the shell without any issue but running anything on the window which
requires saving causes nothing to happen. I still get the prompt which says
you need to save before the code can be run but nothing happens when I
press Ok. I am using Windows 10 and I have tried uninstalling and
reinstalling. Any advice?

Yours Sincerely, Clay
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Re: Unable to save any files [ In reply to ]

tjreedy at udel

Aug 11, 2020, 7:35 PM

Post #2 of 3 (81 views)

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On 8/11/2020 5:27 AM, Lim Clayton wrote:

> I am a relatively new Python User. I recently downloaded Python on my
> desktop and I am unable to save anything when I use IDLE. I can run codes
> on the shell without any issue but running anything on the window which
> requires saving causes nothing to happen. I still get the prompt which says
> you need to save before the code can be run but nothing happens when I
> press Ok. I am using Windows 10 and I have tried uninstalling and
> reinstalling. Any advice?

There are two possible reasons in 3.8.4 and 3.9.0b4 - non-ascii
characters and files created outside of IDLE. Non-ascii chars was fixed
in 3.8.5 and 3.9.0b5. Files created outside of IDLE work in 3.8.6, due
in September and 3.9.0rc1, released today. If you do not need 3rd party
modules, use the latter. If you do, create new files within IDLE with
File=> New.

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Re: Unable to save any files [ In reply to ]

python-list at python

Aug 11, 2020, 8:59 PM

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On 11/08/2020 21:27, Lim Clayton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a relatively new Python User. I recently downloaded Python on my
> desktop and I am unable to save anything when I use IDLE. I can run codes
> on the shell without any issue but running anything on the window which
> requires saving causes nothing to happen. I still get the prompt which says
> you need to save before the code can be run but nothing happens when I
> press Ok. I am using Windows 10 and I have tried uninstalling and
> reinstalling. Any advice?

When saving the code, which folder is being used?
What does the File Explorer show?
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