Description of problem: There isn't a direct means of starting idle Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Look for a direct way to start idle 2. 3. Actual results: There isn't one Expected results: There should be a direct way to start idle Additional info: I wrote a bash script to do this. Change SCRIPT_PATH to a directory you can write to in your PATH and PYTHON_VER to whatever version of Python you have installed. SCRIPT_PATH=~/bin PYTHON_VER=2.5 cat >$SCRIPT_PATH/idle << EOF #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/lib/python$PYTHON_VER/idlelib/idle.py EOF chmod a+x $SCRIPT_PATH/idle I prefer to define PYTHON_VER in my ~/.bashrc, but whatever you think best. Now when you wish to start idle you can use Alt-F2/idle or in konsole idle &