Re: [pygame] problems getting python 3.1 to work with pygame 1.9

[James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have read that book. It starts with Python 3 but when you get to the 
chapters that use pygame it instructs you to switch to python 2.6.

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James Paige

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 11:46:49PM -0400, Khono Hackland wrote:
> It is indeed for python 3.1.  The book tells the user, on page 5,
> specifically to get 3.1 and gives this link:
> http://www.delmarlearning.com/companions/index.asp?isbn=1435455002
> 
> Presumeably the downloads link there allows the reader to get a
> working set of programs but the link's not working for me.
> 
> On 17 April 2010 23:29, Luke Paireepinart <rabidpoobear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hence why I asked for the names of the books... He says they are for
> > py3.1 and pygame which I thought was quite odd. I'm on my phone so I
> > can't check. Not many people use py3 yet.
> >
> > On 4/17/10, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Luke Paireepinart wrote:
> >>> Pygame 1.9 was written for 2.x.  python 3.x is not backwards
> >>> compatible.
> >>>
> >>> On 4/17/10, Pierces <pierces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu 10.04 machine so my son can follow a book
> >>>> on
> >>>>learning Python programming with pygame 1.9 and python 3.1.
> >>
> >> If the book talks about PyGame, it's probably also
> >> talking about Python 2.x, in which case giving him
> >> a 3.x Python will only lead to confusion.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Greg
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Sent from my mobile device
> >
> 
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