[issue22121] IDLE should start with HOME as the initial working directory

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

> When I start IDLE ("python -m idle") from my project directory
> I expect that it doesn't change current directory and I can
> access files in this directory by short relative name.

I rely on this behavior when teaching Python courses.  IIRC, David Beazley does as well.

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