IDLE stopped working

[Tal Einat]

On Oct 27, 2:31 am, brianrpsgt1 <brianl... at cox.net> wrote:
> OSX 10.5.5
> Python 2.5.1
>
> I started upIDLEtoday and the bottom of the window was off of the
> screen.  I could not find a way to resize it.  I closed all apps and
> rebooted.  After rebooting,IDLEwill not start.  Below is the
> Traceback:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/IDLE", line 5, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/idlelib/PyShell.py", line 1402, in main
>     shell = flist.open_shell()
>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/idlelib/PyShell.py", line 275, in open_shell
>     self.pyshell = PyShell(self)
>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/idlelib/PyShell.py", line 811, in __init__
>     OutputWindow.__init__(self, flist, None, None)
>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/idlelib/OutputWindow.py", line 16, in __init__
>     EditorWindow.__init__(self, *args)
>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/idlelib/EditorWindow.py", line 121, in __init__
>     height=idleConf.GetOption('main','EditorWindow','height') )
>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/idlelib/MultiCall.py", line 299, in __init__
>     apply(widget.__init__, (self,)+args, kwargs)
>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 2828, in __init__
>     Widget.__init__(self, master, 'text', cnf, kw)
>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/
> python2.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1930, in __init__
>     (widgetName, self._w) + extra + self._options(cnf))
> _tkinter.TclError: bad screen distance "60gill"
>
> Thanks for any assistance
>
> B

Find your .idlerc directory and rename/move/delete it.

If you're on Windows, this should be located at C:\Documents and
Settings\<your username>\.idlerc

Otherwise (Linux/OSX/etc.) it should be located in your homedir.