part igetting started with python figure - use forward slashes or backslashes to define the loca tion of your application closing idle eventuallyyou need to close idle when your session is finished the commands for closing idle appear on the file menuand there are actually two of them (which seems bit confusing)closecloses just the window that currently has focus this means that if you're in python shell window after running an applicationjust the python shell window closes and not the associated edit window exitcloses the current window and all associated windows this means that if you're in python shell window after running an applicationboth the python shell window and the associated edit window close when you close windowidle checks to ensure that you have saved any content to disk if you haven' saved the contentyou see dialog box asking whether you want to save it the fileclose and fileexit commands affect only the current session for exampleif you open two separate python filesyou need to close each file separately because each file is opened in separate session