[issue6014] No shell prompt when a graphics that was started from IDLE is closed

[Ralf Seliger]

New submission from Ralf Seliger <admin at kreidestaub.de>:

Platform: Ubuntu 8.10

Affected versions: Python 2.6.2, IDLE 2.6.2 and Python 2.5.4, IDLE 1.2.4

>From IDLE I run a program that opens a graphics window (e.g. using the
Natural Language Toolkit: >>> import nltk followed by >>> nltk.download()). 

When I close the graphics window, I expect to be able to continue
working with the Python shell.

What happens instead is this: The graphics window closes, but the shell
prompt (>>>) does not appear. It seems the subprocess responsible for
the graphics window is still running even though the window is no more. 

All I can do is close IDLE upon which it complains about a program that
is still running.

I am not sure whether this is an IDLE-bug, a graphics package bug or a
nltk-bug,

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components: IDLE
messages: 87715
nosy: chessweb
severity: normal
status: open
title: No shell prompt when a graphics that was started from IDLE is closed
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6

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