Thanks Ned.  I'll give this a try.  Jill

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Ned Deily <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> added the comment:

Unfortunately, there are some major stability problems with IDLEs that are linked with the Apple-supplied Tcl/Tk 8.5 in OS X 10.6. (See, for instance, Issue9763.) That includes the current python.org 2.7.1 64-bit installer.  The simplest workaround at the moment is to use the other, 32-bit-only 2.7.1 installer for OS X.  It uses the Apple Tcl/Tk 8.4 or ActiveTcl 8.4, if present, neither of which exhibits these kinds of problems.

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resolution:  -> duplicate
status: open -> closed
superseder:  -> Crashes upon run after syntax error encountered in OSX 10.5.8
title: Idle crashes on OSX when source is saved -> Idle 2.7.1 from 64-bit installer crashes on OS X when source is saved

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