SF bug 778400: IDLE hangs when selecting "Edit with IDLE".
The fix is confined to the Windows installer.
Not a bugfix candidate: the need for the new -n switch added here was
introduced by moving to the idlefork IDLE (so this change isn't needed
or helpful before 2.3).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3940d4d..a9ca312 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
IDLE
----
+- Bug 778400: IDLE hangs when selecting "Edit with IDLE" from explorer.
+ This was unique to Windows, and was fixed by adding an -n switch to
+ the command the Windows installer creates to execute "Edit with IDLE"
+ context-menu actions.
+
- IDLE displays a new message upon startup: some "personal firewall"
kinds of programs (for example, ZoneAlarm) open a dialog of their
own when any program opens a socket. IDLE does use sockets, talking
diff --git a/PCbuild/python20.wse b/PCbuild/python20.wse
index b1afad7..5ab12f1 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python20.wse
+++ b/PCbuild/python20.wse
@@ -2657,25 +2657,25 @@
item: Edit Registry
Total Keys=1
Key=Python.NoConFile\shell\Edit with IDLE\command
- New Value=%MAINDIR%\pythonw.exe %MAINDIR%\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw -e "%%1"
+ New Value=%MAINDIR%\pythonw.exe %MAINDIR%\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw -n -e "%%1"
end
item: Edit Registry
Total Keys=1
Key=Python.File\shell\Edit with IDLE\command
- New Value=%MAINDIR%\pythonw.exe %MAINDIR%\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw -e "%%1"
+ New Value=%MAINDIR%\pythonw.exe %MAINDIR%\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw -n -e "%%1"
end
item: Else Statement
end
item: Edit Registry
Total Keys=1
Key=Software\CLASSES\Python.NoConFile\shell\Edit with IDLE\command
- New Value=%MAINDIR%\pythonw.exe %MAINDIR%\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw -e "%%1"
+ New Value=%MAINDIR%\pythonw.exe %MAINDIR%\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw -n -e "%%1"
Root=1
end
item: Edit Registry
Total Keys=1
Key=Software\CLASSES\Python.File\shell\Edit with IDLE\command
- New Value=%MAINDIR%\pythonw.exe %MAINDIR%\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw -e "%%1"
+ New Value=%MAINDIR%\pythonw.exe %MAINDIR%\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw -n -e "%%1"
Root=1
end
item: End Block