[Pythonmac-SIG] IDLE Crashes when Prefs are accessed on Python 3.3 on OSX 10.8.2

[Kevin Walzer]

On 10/10/12 10:02 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote:
> I've been stepping through the IDLE source code and it appears IDLE is
> crashing during the LoadConfigs() call of the config dialog. Still have
> more investigating to do, but I'm hopeful I can come up with a
> workaround that will keep things from crashing.

I've traced the crash to this call in configDialog.py, around line 830 
or so:

def SetFontSample(self,event=None):
        fontName=self.fontName.get()
        if self.fontBold.get():
            fontWeight=tkFont.BOLD
        else:
            fontWeight=tkFont.NORMAL
        ###This is where it crashes!! How to fix?
        self.editFont.config(size=self.fontSize.get(),
                 weight=fontWeight,family=fontName)

Specifically, the crash occurs in self.editFont.config, which configures 
the font-sample display in the preferences dialog. I haven't been able 
to develop a workaround yet--calls to "self.update," etc. haven't 
worked--and will revisit it in the next day or so. Any other suggestions 
are appreciated.

--Kevin

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Kevin Walzer
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