[Patches] [ python-Patches-1201569 ] allow running multiple instances of IDLE

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Patches item #1201569, was opened at 2005-05-13 13:03
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Category: IDLE
Group: None
Status: Open
>Resolution: Later
>Priority: 3
Submitted By: Jeff Shute (jshute)
>Assigned to: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Summary: allow running multiple instances of IDLE

Initial Comment:
This patch will allow running multiple instances of
IDLE in the default (mutli-process) mode by choosing
the first available port from 8833-8893 instead of
failing when another IDLE has already bound port 8833.

(Not tested on windows.)

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>Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2005-05-17 23:37

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Duplicate of IDLEfork 661363

Will not be considered until remaining problems with socket
binding on Windows have been resolved.

Note: You can start as many copies of IDLE as you want with 
the -n switch.  What is your use case?

Also note:
# spawning first avoids passing a listening socket to the subprocess

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