[issue19684] IDLE on OS X 10.6.8 crashes when opening a file

[Will Adams]

Will Adams added the comment:

For some reason I  got the impression that this only applied to some graphics library routines so I ignored the warnings.  Thanks for the reply and sorry to take your time.

On Nov 21, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Ned Deily wrote:

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>> From the crash reports, it appears that you were trying to use IDLE with the Apple-supplied Tcl and Tk frameworks. OS X 10.6.x was the first release of the newer Aqua Cocoa Tk and it was very problematic.  You should have seen a warning message when IDLE 2.7.6 started, warning you about this and advising you to go to http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ for further information.  (The warning is also on the download pages and in the installer Readme.)  You will read there: "you should only use IDLE or tkinter with an updated third-party Tcl/Tk 8.5, like ActiveTcl 8.5, installed".  Do that and IDLE 2.7.6 should behave properly.
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