[issue14827] IDLE crash when typing ^ character on Mac OS X

2012-05-16 Thread Julien Pecqueur
Julien Pecqueur added the comment: Installing ActiveState's Tcl/Tk package fix the crash. Thank you for your answers. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue14827] IDLE crash when typing ^ character on Mac OS X

2012-05-16 Thread Ronald Oussoren
Ronald Oussoren added the comment: Yes. As the webpage I mentioned describes Apple's installation of Tcl/Tk contains a number of serious bugs, one of which is that Tk's handling of dead keys (the "^" you use write "û") causes crashes. To get a fully functional copy of Idle you'll have to inst

[issue14827] IDLE crash when typing ^ character on Mac OS X

2012-05-16 Thread Julien Pecqueur
Julien Pecqueur added the comment: My system is an up to date OS X 10.7. The Tcl/Tk package is the default (I haven't installed a specific version). Should i need to install the ActiveState package ? -- ___ Python tracker

[issue14827] IDLE crash when typing ^ character on Mac OS X

2012-05-16 Thread Ronald Oussoren
Ronald Oussoren added the comment: Do you have a recent version of ActiveState's Tcl/Tk distribution installed? If you do not have this installed you ran into a known issue in Apple's copy of Tcl/Tk, see for more information. -- _

[issue14827] IDLE crash when typing ^ character on Mac OS X

2012-05-16 Thread Julien Pecqueur
Julien Pecqueur added the comment: I'll send the output this evening. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Uns

[issue14827] IDLE crash when typing ^ character on Mac OS X

2012-05-16 Thread Ramchandra Apte
Changes by Ramchandra Apte : -- assignee: -> ronaldoussoren components: +Macintosh nosy: +ronaldoussoren ___ Python tracker ___ ___ P

[issue14827] IDLE crash when typing ^ character on Mac OS X

2012-05-16 Thread Ramchandra Apte
Ramchandra Apte added the comment: Please run IDLE from the command line and send the output when it crashes. (If I knew Mac better I would tell you the precise instructions) -- nosy: +ramchandra.apte ___ Python tracker

[issue14827] IDLE crash when typing ^ character on Mac OS X

2012-05-16 Thread Julien Pecqueur
New submission from Julien Pecqueur : IDLE crash when i type the character ^ (for example writing "ê" in a comment). I have the crash only on Mac OS X (Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit Installer (3.2.3) for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7). I don't have this crash on Linux. -- components: IDLE messages: