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 Library
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+- Issue #8900: Using keyboard shortcuts in IDLE to open a file no longer
+  raises an exception.
+
 - Issue #6649: Fixed missing exit status in IDLE. Patch by Guilherme Polo.
 
 - Issue #17526: fix an IndexError raised while passing code without filename to