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_tkinter.TclError: bad event type or keysym "Alt" #69848

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ronixx mannequin opened this issue Nov 19, 2015 · 3 comments
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_tkinter.TclError: bad event type or keysym "Alt" #69848

ronixx mannequin opened this issue Nov 19, 2015 · 3 comments
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ronixx mannequin commented Nov 19, 2015

BPO 25662
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  • bpo-11437: IDLE crash on startup with typo in config-keys.cfg
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closed_at = <Date 2015-11-19.00:37:18.239>
created_at = <Date 2015-11-19.00:03:26.895>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'type-bug']
title = '_tkinter.TclError: bad event type or keysym "Alt"'
updated_at = <Date 2016-11-13.04:08:18.773>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ronixx'

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closed_date = <Date 2015-11-19.00:37:18.239>
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
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status = 'closed'
superseder = '11437'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25662'
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    ronixx mannequin commented Nov 19, 2015

    For a while now my python IDLE has not been working, mostly due to me trying and failing to reconfigure the button assignment to tailor me. Now when i try to open idle it does not open. I tried using some sites for help (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/bugs/901999) which had a similar error however, even with a new config file it still wasn't working. Please could I get some help as I need python running on my laptop to do my university coursework. I've attached a file with the error message from cmd.exe and will paste it again;

    C:\Users\Francesca>C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\
Lib\idlelib\idle.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\idle.py", line 11, in <module>
    idlelib.PyShell.main()
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\PyShell.py", line 1560, in main
    shell = flist.open_shell()
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\PyShell.py", line 320, in open_shell
    self.pyshell = PyShell(self)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\PyShell.py", line 867, in __init__
    OutputWindow.__init__(self, flist, None, None)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\OutputWindow.py", line 16, in __init__
    EditorWindow.__init__(self, *args)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\EditorWindow.py", line 167, in __init__
    self.apply_bindings()
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\EditorWindow.py", line 1097, in apply_bindings
    text.event_add(event, *keylist)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\MultiCall.py", line 374, in event_add
    widget.event_add(self, virtual, seq)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\tkinter
\__init__.py", line 1503, in event_add
    self.tk.call(args)
_tkinter.TclError: bad event type or keysym "Alt"

    @ronixx ronixx mannequin added type-crash A hard crash of the interpreter, possibly with a core dump topic-IDLE labels Nov 19, 2015
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    ronixx mannequin commented Nov 19, 2015

    Under the users .idlerc folder:

    C:\Users\Francesca\.idlerc

    edit config-extensions.cfg in notepad (don't select always open with)

    The code should look like this:

    [CodeContext]
    visible = False

    [ScriptBinding_cfgBindings]
    run-module = <Control-Key-F5>

    So edited mine to be like this as it was changed to <Control-Alt> and idle was working again!

    @ronixx ronixx mannequin closed this as completed Nov 19, 2015
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    A crash is when Python stops without a traceback, even when run with somewhere for a traceback to go. However, I regard it as a bug for IDLE to stop because of a problem in a user.cfg file. I am not re-opening because this appears to be a duplicate of bpo-11437, which had the same error message with 'up' instead of 'Alt'.

    @terryjreedy terryjreedy added type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error and removed type-crash A hard crash of the interpreter, possibly with a core dump labels Nov 13, 2016
    @ezio-melotti ezio-melotti transferred this issue from another repository Apr 10, 2022
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