[issue6111] Impossible to change preferences in IDLE

Ned Deily added the comment: Removing the newer 8.4 /Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/ at runtime makes the problem go away. (Also the official 3.0.1 python wasn't linked with the newer Tcl in place so it doesn't exhibit these symptoms). -- nosy: +nad ___

[issue6111] Impossible to change preferences in IDLE

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: The fact that it seems to work on the trunk is accidental, another bug causes the code to go into a branch for a "old" version of Tk even when running on a newer one. The code in the "new" branch triggers the bug. I've committed a fix in r72945, although I'm

[issue6111] Impossible to change preferences in IDLE

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: Wrt. the question about tracebacks, I get the following exception when I click on the Apply button: /Applications/Python\ 3.1/IDLE.app/Contents/MacOS/IDLE Exception in Tkinter callback Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.fr

[issue6111] Impossible to change preferences in IDLE

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: The same problem is also present in IDLE 3.0. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailin

[issue6111] Impossible to change preferences in IDLE

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: I should have made this more clear in the description, instead of hiding it in the components list, but this is an issue for the OSX port. -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue6111] Impossible to change preferences in IDLE

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc added the comment: I tried with the latest version in py3k (r72934). No problem for me on Windows 2000. Did you try to run Idle from a shell window? Are there exceptions showing? -- nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc ___ Python tracker

[issue6111] Impossible to change preferences in IDLE

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: Changed into release blocker because this is a very visible and annoying issue. -- priority: -> release blocker ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue6111] Impossible to change preferences in IDLE

New submission from Ronald Oussoren : It seems to be impossible to actually change preferences in IDLE when using Python 3.1, there are no problems with 2.6, 2.7 and 3.1. How to reproduce: * Open the "preferences menu" * Pick a different font * Choose "apply": nothing changes * Choose "ok": dia