Remove functions in string module that are also string methods.  Also remove:
 * all calls to functions in the string module (except maketrans)
 * everything from stropmodule except for maketrans() which is still used
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
index 0a08de2..963cf95 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 """
 import os
 import sys
-import string
 import macosxSupport
 from ConfigParser import ConfigParser, NoOptionError, NoSectionError
 
@@ -632,7 +631,7 @@
                 menuItem='' #make these empty
                 helpPath='' #so value won't be added to list
             else: #config entry contains ';' as expected
-                value=string.split(value,';')
+                value=value.split(';')
                 menuItem=value[0].strip()
                 helpPath=value[1].strip()
             if menuItem and helpPath: #neither are empty strings