Issue #5124: Paste with selection should always replace.
This is how paste work on Windows, Mac, modern Linux apps, and ttk widgets.
The exception was X11 tk widgets. Original patch by Serhiy Storchake.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index ea0d7de..3ea1a7d 100755
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -1408,6 +1408,17 @@
self.shell.close()
+def fix_x11_paste(root):
+ "Make paste replace selection on x11. See issue #5124."
+ if root._windowingsystem == 'x11':
+ for cls in 'Text', 'Entry', 'Spinbox':
+ root.bind_class(
+ cls,
+ '<<Paste>>',
+ 'catch {%W delete sel.first sel.last}\n' +
+ root.bind_class(cls, '<<Paste>>'))
+
+
usage_msg = """\
USAGE: idle [-deins] [-t title] [file]*
@@ -1537,8 +1548,10 @@
'editor-on-startup', type='bool')
enable_edit = enable_edit or edit_start
enable_shell = enable_shell or not enable_edit
+
# start editor and/or shell windows:
root = Tk(className="Idle")
+ root.withdraw()
# set application icon
icondir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Icons')
@@ -1553,7 +1566,7 @@
root.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', str(root), "-default", *icons)
fixwordbreaks(root)
- root.withdraw()
+ fix_x11_paste(root)
flist = PyShellFileList(root)
macosxSupport.setupApp(root, flist)