[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Roger Serwy
Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: You are already in a Python shell. Type in import idlelib.idle to launch IDLE. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue14996

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Maureen Cuomo
Maureen Cuomo mcu...@prestonhs.org added the comment: OK. I did that. The idle window opened. I opened a new window to create a file; save the file in my usual directory and the same thing happened. The swirling circle and the message that python.exe has stopped working. Maureen On Wed, Jun 6,

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Roger Serwy
Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: Did any messages appear in the Python shell? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue14996 ___

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Maureen Cuomo
Maureen Cuomo mcu...@prestonhs.org added the comment: No. the window becomes 'faded' it is not reponding Maureen On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Roger Serwy rep...@bugs.python.org wrote: Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: Did any messages appear in the Python shell?

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Roger Serwy
Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: How are you using the open dialog to navigate to your usual directory? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue14996 ___

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Maureen Cuomo
Maureen Cuomo mcu...@prestonhs.org added the comment: File , save as, libraries, documents - then I save the file there. No other folder right now. Maureen On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Roger Serwy rep...@bugs.python.org wrote: Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: How are

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment: File , save as, libraries, documents - then I save the file there. Ok, I agree now that this seems to be a duplicate of #12988 I will make a note there that another user had the same problem. -- resolution: - duplicate status: open -

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Maureen Cuomo
Maureen Cuomo mcu...@prestonhs.org added the comment: So now what happens? Maureen On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Terry J. Reedy rep...@bugs.python.orgwrote: Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment: File , save as, libraries, documents - then I save the file there. Ok, I

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Roger Serwy
Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: Further discussion of this issue will be under Issue12988. We're working on finding a solution. -- resolution: duplicate - status: closed - open ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Roger Serwy
Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: Sorry for the re-open. I submitted an old form. -- resolution: - duplicate status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue14996

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment: Maureen, as I explain on #12988, I believe that this was a tcl/tk problem that was fixed by the recent release of version 8.5.11 (last March). The Windows installer for Python 3.3.0a4 release (a week ago) seems to have solved the problem for

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment: If it really fixes the bug, I can update the Tcl version. However, for that, I would need precise instructions on how to reproduce the bug. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-06 Thread Roger Serwy
Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: Precise instructions can be found in msg144106 and msg161168 from Issue12988. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue14996 ___

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-05 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment: #12988 was about saving specifically to a Win7 Explorer window sidebar 'library', and the OP report with 3.2.1. This is different from a normal path as you know it. Maureen said she cannot save 'any file' except to desktop and that the

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-05 Thread Roger Serwy
Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: Issue12988 only has this problem on 64-bit Win 7. The 32-bit version works correctly. Maureen tried both versions and had the same problem. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-05 Thread Maureen Cuomo
Maureen Cuomo mcu...@prestonhs.org added the comment: I have done some experimenting. I can save a file that I created on another computer any place. It seems the only new files cannot be save in my usual folder. I don't save in pyton32 folder. I have another folder to save in. Maybe this will

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-05 Thread Maureen Cuomo
Maureen Cuomo mcu...@prestonhs.org added the comment: I was working on a project and by instinct did a save as with a new name. It worked fine. So just to test things. I closed out of all python files, opened idle, opened a new window, tried to save the new window and the swirling circle came

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-05 Thread Roger Serwy
Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: Maureen, can you please start IDLE from a command prompt and report the error message? Launch a command prompt, enter in cd c:\python32 and then python -m idlelib.idle. IDLE should appear. Proceed to save something that causes the crash.

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-04 Thread Ned Deily
Changes by Ned Deily n...@acm.org: -- title: Python 3.2.3 freezes when saving a .py program - IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue14996

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-04 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment: Maureen, I have saved and run a file from the Idle editor perhaps a thousand times over the years with multiple Python versions, including 3.2.3 (retried just now) on both Windows XP and Win7. (Note: on the General tab of the Preferences

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-04 Thread Roger Serwy
Changes by Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com: -- nosy: +serwy ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue14996 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing

[issue14996] IDLE 3.2.3 crashes saving a .py file to certain folders on Windows 7

2012-06-04 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily n...@acm.org added the comment: Terry, I believe Maureen was confirming that this appeared to be the same problem as documented in Issue12988. So does anyone have any idea what apparently causes this behavior on some systems and not others? --