title: How to use vpython in spyder?
body: <p>I am trying to use vpython, any way I can, but I'm failing...</p>
  
  <p>First, I installed the Anaconda Python 2.7.10 on Win 8.1.
  Then, I installed Vpython by typing into the command line:
  conda install -c <a href="https://conda.binstar.org/mwcraig" rel="nofollow">https://conda.binstar.org/mwcraig</a> vpython</p>
  
  <p>Then I tried 3 things:</p>
  
  <p>(1) Double-click the "VIDLE for VPython" shortcut on my desktop. Nothing happens. I look at the target, which points to pythonw.exe.
  I double-click directly on pythonw.exe. Nothing happens.</p>
  
  <p>(2) I notice that there is also python.exe in the same folder, so I double-click on it, and get a command prompt. I type "from visual import *" and it seems to execute without error. Then I type "sphere()" and opens up a gray window titled "vpython" but it just hangs without ever showing me a sphere.</p>
  
  <p>(3) Then I launched spyder, and typed "from visual import *", which seemed to execute without error. Then I typed sphere(), and it spits out the text "visual_common.primitives.sphere at 0x152ccb38" and another gray window pops up with the title "vpython" but it also hangs indefinitely.</p>
  
  <p>How can I debug this situation? Thanks so much! I'd really like to show a simple vpython script in my physics lecture tomorrow...</p>