[Python-bugs-list] PRIVATE: IDLE bug (PR#297)

[ovi@physics.utoronto.ca]

Full_Name: Ovidiu Toader
Version: Python 1.6a2 (#15, Apr  7 2000, 21:14:35)
OS: Linux alpha
Submission from: phoenix.physics.utoronto.ca (128.100.78.35)


This is an IDLE related problem:
phoenix:Work> idle
/usr/local/Packages/lang/python/install/../python/dist/src/Tools/idle/idle.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/idle", line 17, in ?
    PyShell.main()
  ...... cut ....
  File "/usr/local/Packages/lang/python/install/lib/python1.6/ConfigParser.py",
line 243, in get
    raise NoSectionError(section)
ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: EditorWindow

The problem is caused by the fact that idle.py assumes the configuration files
to be located in the directory where the executable is found. 
I do not think that having a link from /usr/local/bin/idle to /path/to/idle.py
is uncommon on unix. The following patch fixes this small problem. The patch is
against the latest CVS sources.

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Index: idle.py
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/python/dist/src/Tools/idle/idle.py,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -c -r1.2 idle.py
*** idle.py	2000/03/03 23:06:45	1.2
--- idle.py	2000/04/15 19:35:51
***************
*** 4,10 ****
  import sys
  import IdleConf
  
! idle_dir = os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0]
  IdleConf.load(idle_dir)
  
  # defer importing Pyshell until IdleConf is loaded
--- 4,14 ----
  import sys
  import IdleConf
  
! exe_path = sys.argv[0]
! while os.path.islink(exe_path):
!     exe_path = os.readlink(exe_path)
! 
! idle_dir = os.path.split(exe_path)[0]
  IdleConf.load(idle_dir)
  
  # defer importing Pyshell until IdleConf is loaded