Strange terminal behavior after quitting Tkinter application

[David Burnette]

On Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 12:33:24 AM UTC-7, Chris wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm puzzled by some strange behavior when my Python/Tkinter
> application quits (on linux): the terminal from which I started Python
> is messed up.
> If start up python, then import the code below, then start the program
> with Application(), then click the Quit button, my terminal never
> prints anything again (such as commands I type).
> <code>
> import Tkinter
> import sys
> class Application(Tkinter.Tk):
> def __init__(self,**config):
> Tkinter.Tk.__init__(self,**config)
> 
> Tkinter.Button(self,text="Quit",command=self.quit_application).pack()
> def quit_application(self):
> sys.exit()
> </code>
> 
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
> Thanks for your help.
> Chris

I notice this same behavior with other tk applications like "tkdiff".
So what is the correct cleanup for a proper exit from a plain Tk application?