Tal Einat added the comment:

As the title suggests, this patch adds a second configuration dialog, used to 
configure extensions.

This is useful because many extensions have parameters, but setting them can 
only be done by editing a file. Also, the documentation for such parameters is 
hard to find (when it exists). Finally, it allows us (the IDLE devs) to add 
more default extensions, allowing users to easily configure them or disable 
them, all without cluttering the regular config dialog.


Regarding the patch, please note that it is from 5.5 years ago. Back then there 
was no scrollable frame that worked properly, so I implemented one which worked 
well enough for the config dialogs. I didn't test it thoroughly enough in other 
scenarios to suggest adding it to Tkinter.

I think that since then a proper scrollable frame was added to Tk, so that part 
of the patch is probably no longer necessary.

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