[issue31438] IDLE 3 crashes and quits when caret character typed

2017-09-15 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Glad it is working and thanks for the detail notes. Ned, is there anything we should change on the web page? Perhaps emphasize more not to upgrade to tcl/tk 8.6? Is it usual to have to re-install python? Alper, please do not revert headers after a core dev

[issue31438] IDLE 3 crashes and quits when caret character typed

2017-09-14 Thread ALPER PAKSOY
ALPER PAKSOY added the comment: Problem has been solved after installation of ActiveTcl 8.5.18.0 from ActiveState's web site as per Terry’s recommendations and, then, reinstallation of Python 3.6.2 package from python.org. However, there were many (mis)steps per my ignorance and laziness in

[issue31438] IDLE 3 crashes and quits when caret character typed

2017-09-13 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: If your installed Python with the 64/32 Mac installer from python.org, follow the instruction, on the link given, to install Active 8.5.18 and *not* 8.6. I believe the issue is that the _tkinter binary is compiled to work with 8.5, not 8.6. If you used any

[issue31438] IDLE 3 crashes and quits when caret character typed

2017-09-13 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Ned, is 3.6.2 tkinter on Mac supposed to work with tcl/tk 8.6.6? -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue31438] IDLE 3 crashes and quits when caret character typed

2017-09-13 Thread ALPER PAKSOY
ALPER PAKSOY added the comment: I downloaded and installed TCL 8.6.6.8606 and restarted my computer. I verified that the new version was installed. Unfortunately the problem has not been solved. Thank you. Alper -- ___ Python tracker

[issue31438] IDLE 3 crashes and quits when caret character typed

2017-09-12 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: In the future, please upload plain text. I am fairly certain that this is a duplicate of previous issues about Apple's buggy tcl/tk causing crashes that bypass Python's error reporting. -- assignee: terry.reedy -> components: +Tkinter, macOS -IDLE

[issue31438] IDLE 3 crashes and quits when caret character typed

2017-09-12 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Have you followed the instructions on this page?: https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python tracker

[issue31438] IDLE 3 crashes and quits when caret character typed

2017-09-12 Thread ALPER PAKSOY
New submission from ALPER PAKSOY: IDLE 3 crashes and quits whenever I type the caret (^) character in the editor. I have to copy and paste the caret character into the IDLE editor whenever I have to use the caret character. I have the IDLE 3.6.2 running on macOS Sierra (v10.12.6) on mid-2011