Issue #10997: Prevent a duplicate entry in IDLE's "Recent Files" menu.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
index fb05245..68b51e6 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@
# for each edit window instance, construct the recent files menu
for instance in self.top.instance_dict.keys():
menu = instance.recent_files_menu
- menu.delete(1, END) # clear, and rebuild:
+ menu.delete(0, END) # clear, and rebuild:
for i, file_name in enumerate(rf_list):
file_name = file_name.rstrip() # zap \n
# make unicode string to display non-ASCII chars correctly
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index efcf550..2c50c2f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #10997: Prevent a duplicate entry in IDLE's "Recent Files" menu.
+
- Issue12510: Attempting to get invalid tooltip no longer closes Idle.
Original patch by Roger Serwy.