[issue24170] IDLE crashes when I press ^ key

Ned Deily added the comment: Thanks! I'm going to assume then that installing a current ActiveTcl 8.5.x will fix the problem for you. -- resolution: -> third party stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue24170] IDLE crashes when I press ^ key

magnus.forsberg added the comment: Thanks for your replies! There is a warning about Tcl/Tk: ">>> WARNING: The version of Tcl/Tk (8.5.9) in use may be unstable. Visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ for current information." -- ___ Python t

[issue24170] IDLE crashes when I press ^ key

Ned Deily added the comment: Unless I'm very much mistaken, this is another instance of the old Cocoa Tk problem documented here (http://sourceforge.net/p/tktoolkit/bugs/2722/) and referred to in https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/. It's not like a normal TclError in that it causes the

[issue24170] IDLE crashes when I press ^ key

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: At least on Windows, tk errors usually result in TclError with a message that is sometimes helpful. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue24170] IDLE crashes when I press ^ key

Ned Deily added the comment: This is undoubtedly a crash in Tk, not in Python itself, so there won't be any Python traceback. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue24170] IDLE crashes when I press ^ key

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Does not happen on Windows. Please start Idle with "python -m idlelib" in a console and report any error traceback you see. Replace 'python' with 'python3' or 'py -3' as needed to start 3.x. (I am not familiar with osx incantation.) -- components: +

[issue24170] IDLE crashes when I press ^ key

Ned Deily added the comment: If you are using a Python 3.4.3 from a python.org installer for OS X or have built your own, have you installed the latest ActiveTcl 8.5.x as described here? https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ If not, you should have received a warning when you launched I

[issue24170] IDLE crashes when I press ^ key

Changes by Serhiy Storchaka : -- nosy: +kbk, ned.deily, roger.serwy, ronaldoussoren, terry.reedy ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue24170] IDLE crashes when I press ^ key

New submission from magnus.forsberg: Every time I press the ^ key, IDLE crashes. I've tried this with two different keyboards with the same result. I use IDLE 3.4.3 with Mac OS X 10.10.3. -- components: IDLE messages: 242990 nosy: magnus.forsberg priority: normal severity: normal status