[Idle-dev] [ idlefork-Patches-661363 ] Run multiple IDLEforks on the same machine simultanously

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Patches item #661363, was opened at 2003-01-03 00:57
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Noam Raphael (noamr)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Run multiple IDLEforks on the same machine simultanously

Initial Comment:
  Instead of defining a specific port (8833), a list of
legitimate ports is defined. When IDLE starts, it goes
over the list and tries each of the ports. When it
finds a port which is ok, it starts the subprocess.
  The list of ports which I defined is very arbitrary,
and should be reviewed.
  A more minor change, which is calling the
spawn_subprocess method only after the RPCClient class
was succesfully initialized, solves the bug that when
opening a second IDLE, an error message is displayed
but a malfunctioning shell window is displayed, and
when it's closed, the subprocess keeps on running until
the first IDLE is shut down.

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