title: Invoking Python IDLE on Linux
body: <p>I am trying to set up a Python development environment. I have Python 2.7.3 running on Linux mint14. I downloaded IDLE and installed it. Clean installs and Python runs just fine.</p>
  
  <p>So how do I invoke IDLE? No IDLE in my path: <code>which idle</code> returns nothing. <code>man idle</code> returns nothing pertaining to an editor. Nothing in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib. Calling <code>idle()</code> inside the Python interpreter doesn't work. Invoking <code>python</code> brings up a shell, not IDLE. No menu entry for IDLE in Linux. No import library named IDLE that Python can find. 3 O'Reilly books consulted and not a word about invoking IDLE in Linux. YouTube videos of Python favor Windows, not Linux. Web searches have so far been unsuccessful.</p>