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Title: IDLE crashes when trying to save a file
Type: crash Stage: resolved
Components: IDLE Versions: Python 3.6
process
Status: closed Resolution: out of date
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: terry.reedy Nosy List: iritkatriel, terry.reedy, zaphod424
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2018-02-26 14:18 by zaphod424, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (5)
msg312926 - (view) Author: (zaphod424) Date: 2018-02-26 14:18
when I click the save as button or use the keyboard shortcut, the save window appears but if I click the drop down to choose the save location, it crashes, using a Mac
msg312937 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-02-26 16:30
Open IDLE, click Help => About IDLE, look at the tcl/tk version, and report it here.

If it is not 8.5.18, follow instructions on
https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/
to update. Ask on python-list if you need help doing so.
msg313161 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-03-02 20:09
What do you mean by crash?  An exception from Python (which is not a crash)? or something from MacOS?
msg401312 - (view) Author: Irit Katriel (iritkatriel) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-09-07 17:11
Closing as there isn't enough information and there has been no response from the OP to the follow-up questions.
msg401326 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-09-07 18:55
Thank you Irit.

For any users who stumble on this issue:  Drop down clicks in the dialog are handled by tk.  Hence, this was not an IDLE issue, unlikely to be a tkinter issue, and most likely a bad tcl/tk version issue.  Hence my first post. My response and the web are out of date.  We have fixed the version issue by including in each installer what seems to be the best available tcl/tk build.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:58adminsetgithub: 77136
2021-09-07 18:55:59terry.reedysetresolution: works for me -> out of date
messages: + msg401326
2021-09-07 17:11:52iritkatrielsetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + iritkatriel
messages: + msg401312

resolution: works for me
stage: resolved
2018-03-02 20:09:33terry.reedysetmessages: + msg313161
2018-02-26 16:30:14terry.reedysetmessages: + msg312937
2018-02-26 14:18:31zaphod424create