[issue20054] IDLE won't work (Mac)

[Ned Deily]

Ned Deily added the comment:

I was assuming you were using a Python 3.3 from a binary installer downloaded from python.org.  Those Pythons are built to dynamically link with a compatible Tcl and Tk 8.5 frameworks in /Library/Frameworks, such as the ActiveTcl 8.5 ones, and fall back to the Apple-supplied version in /System/Library/Frameworks.  If you are using a Python 3.3 from another source or built yourself from source, it may not behave that way.

If you are using the current Python.org 3.3.3 64-bit/32-bit installer, the signature should be:

$ /usr/local/bin/python3.3 -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"
3.3.3 (v3.3.3:c3896275c0f6, Nov 16 2013, 23:39:35)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)]
$ /usr/local/bin/python3.3 -c "import _tkinter;print(_tkinter.__file__)"
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so
$ otool -L $(/usr/local/bin/python3.3 -c "import _tkinter;print(_tkinter.__file__)")
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so:
	/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Tcl (compatibility version 8.5.0, current version 8.5.15)
	/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/Versions/8.5/Tk (compatibility version 8.5.0, current version 8.5.15)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 125.2.0)

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