Python IDLE freezes

Question

This is absolutely frustrating, but I am not sure if the following is an issue only on my machine or with IDLE in general.

When attempting to print a long list in the shell, and that could happen by accident while debugging, the program crushes and you have to restart it manually.

Even worse, if you have a few editor windows open, it always spawns a few sub-processes, and each of these has to be manually shut down from the task manager.

Is there any way to avoid that?

I am using Python 3, by the way.

Answer 1

The Squeezer extension addresses this problem. Instead of displaying the long text (which is the source of the slow-down), Squeezer captures the output and displays a button instead. You have the option of expanding the contents or viewing it in Notepad.

Squeezer is included in IdleX, which you may find useful.