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Wing IDE no more

Wing IDE no more

Submitted by Peter on Mon Oct 23 2006 10:53 over 3 years ago

Attempted to upgrade to latest Wing IDE (2.1.3) which was a big mistake: it won't run scripts and the python shell will not work, says "waiting for shell to restart".

  • Tried upgrading from python2.4 to python2.5, no joy
  • Tried googling, fixes mentioned don't work. No patch for this problem on ftp site.
  • Tried reinstalling WingIDE, no joy
  • Tried setting project settings to point to python.exe
  • Tried steps in Wing IDE manual "1.14.2.0. Failure to Start Debug", no joy. "Source / Show Analysis Stats" shows no problems. PYTHONPATH blank.
  • Ran filemon, told me wing launches python ok, then writes to an error log. Inspected that, it shows command used to launch python. Trying running that command explicitly, ran ok. Python is happy and healthy.
  • Uninstalled python 2.4 and python 2.5, cleaned directories, cleaned registry, reinstalled 2.5, no joy.
  • Deleted user specific settings and managed to zap the licence key. Now wingide won't accept the licence key, says I have activated it too many times. I'm supposed to email sales to sort it out.

Wasted enough time on this now so it's back to VIM.

If I wanted a fix next week I could try the wingide mail group but I can't be bothered, I'm bitter and disillusioned but glad I didn't fork out for the professional version.

Update: by a strange coincidence, a new beta version of komodo is out. Time to re-evaluate.

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3 Comments

Christopher Baus Says:

Mon Nov 27 2006 19:56 over 3 years ago

Intersting. I've been looking for a new Python IDE. WingIDE is at is at the top of my list, but now I am nervous.

baus.net

Peter Says:

Tue Nov 28 2006 08:55 over 3 years ago

If I recall I was in a bad mood when I wrote this. I had a deadline and things were breaking all around me. I didn't try their technical support as I'm in the UK and hence different time zone to the developers.

I didn't get around to trying komodo again: the previous version was pretty buggy in regards to python support so I haven't bothered.

When WingIDE was working it worked very well.

Peter

Stephan Deibel Says:

Wed Dec 06 2006 19:47 over 3 years ago

Just happened on this since I was looking at Django vs. Turbogears. The scripts problem was probably fixed by patch #7. Use Check for Updates from the Help menu.

Python 2.5 final is needed for Wing 2.1.3, tho I'm guessing that you probably used that (and not a beta or release candidate for 2.5) so don't know for sure what the Python launching problem is/was. There is some info on diagnosing this at wingware.com/doc/install/trouble-debug

In general, contacting us is quicker than not contacting us. We're around enough so time zones don't matter much.

FWIW, I've added activations to your license. You could also have done it yourself via our website as described in the dialog that pops up.

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