RE: [pygame] [PYGAME] Noob Help.

[paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi,

I can't run the code at the moment - on a machine w/o pygame but... 
launch a cmd window and run the program from there.
e.g. start->run->cmd
that way the window will stay open and you can see the error.

Best,
p



> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [pygame] [PYGAME] Noob Help.
> From: python@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, April 12, 2007 11:05 pm
> To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
> 
> >>
> >> But it doesn't work.
> >>
> >
> > Never say these words as your only explanation when you post code.
> >
> > Say "But when I try running it, I get an error message that says
> > blahblahblah and I don't understand what that means"
> >
> > or "But when I try to run it (detailed description) happens"
> >
> > or "but when I try to run it absolutely nothing happens. How do i et
> > more information about what went wrong?"
> >
> Alright I tried fixing the error so I typed this in notepad:
> 
>     import sys, pygame
> 
>     pygame.init()
>     size = width, height = 320, 240
>     speed = [2, 2]
>     black = 0, 0, 0
> 
>     screen = pygame.display.set_mode(size)
> 
>     while 1:
>         for event in pygame.event.get():
>             if event.type == pygame.QUIT: sys.exit()
> 
>         screen.fill(black)
>         pygame.display.flip()
> 
> Alright so when I run the "game.py" the console says error syntax then I
> can't read the rest because the console window closes automatically.  I
> have the slightest idea on whats wrong.