starting idle you find idle in the python folder on your system as idle (python guiwhen you click or double-click this entry (depending on your platform)you see the idle editor shown in figure - the two lines of text contain information about the python host and provide suggestions on the commands you can try the precise information you see differs by platform your screenshots may differ from mine depending on the version of python you usethe platform you usehow you have idle configuredand how you have your system configured figure - idle pro vides you with gui editing experience for your application code