Issue 29826: " don't work on Mac under IDLE (original) (raw)

Created on 2017-03-16 09:35 by Marco Viscito, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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Screen Shot 2017-03-16 at 09.34.26.png Marco Viscito,2017-03-16 09:35 error message recieved when IDLE crashes
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msg289711 - (view) Author: Marco Viscito (Marco Viscito) Date: 2017-03-16 09:35
When typing the ' key or the " key on the IDLE Python application for macOS, the application. I think it might have something to do with that beta version of Tcl/Tk (8.5.9) as Python says it is 'unstable'.
msg289736 - (view) Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) * (Python committer) Date: 2017-03-16 22:33
Yes, this is a symptom of using the default Apple-supplied macOS Tcl/Tk. See https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ for more information as the warning in IDLE suggests. If you are using Python 3.6.0 downloaded from python.org, the simple solution is to install the latest Tcl/Tk 8.5.x (not 8.6.x) from ActiveState assuming your use is compatible with the ActiveTcl license.
msg289738 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2017-03-16 23:49
Marco, did you see this message? (r"WARNING: The version of Tcl/Tk ({0}) in use may" r" be unstable.\n" r"Visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/" r" for current information.".format(patchlevel)) Or is it somehow lost? Ned, the version check for this message is only done for Cocoa. Is this restriction correct?
msg289739 - (view) Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) * (Python committer) Date: 2017-03-17 00:00
> Is this restriction correct? Yes
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:44 admin set github: 74012
2017-09-15 12:52:11 terry.reedy set assignee: terry.reedy -> superseder: IDLE crashes when I press ^ caret keyresolution: third party -> duplicate
2017-03-17 00:00:35 ned.deily set messages: +
2017-03-16 23:49:57 terry.reedy set messages: +
2017-03-16 22:33:58 ned.deily set status: open -> closednosy: + ned.deilymessages: + resolution: third partystage: resolved
2017-03-16 16:21:50 brett.cannon set assignee: terry.reedynosy: + terry.reedycomponents: + IDLEtitle: " don't work on Mac -> " don't work on Mac under IDLE
2017-03-16 09:35:22 Marco Viscito create