Re: Underscore visibility qurey

On 1/7/2016 5:45 AM, Project wrote:
> Good day
>
> I am a new user to Python and have downloaded Idle (Python version:
> 3.4.3; Tk Version: 8.5.9; IDLE version: 3.4.3).

If on Mac OSX, I recommend upgrading tk
https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/

 > I am using the book
> "Python for kids" as a starter and have noticed that when I try to
> use the underscore (_) in the Python shell the underscore is not
> visible. Is there any way to rectify this?
>
> I have copied the two lines of code from the Python shell window
> below and the underscore is definitely there - just not visible!
>
>>>> number_of_coins=200 print(number_of_coins)

Quite visible to me. What happens when you run the interactive 
interpreter directly?  What happens is you click Options / Configure 
IDLE / Font tab, and change the font?


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy