Patch #997284: Allow pydoc to work with XP Themes (.manifest file)
Will backport to 2.3.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index c6a84db..433bd28 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -2124,8 +2124,16 @@
import Tkinter
try:
- gui = GUI(Tkinter.Tk())
- Tkinter.mainloop()
+ root = Tkinter.Tk()
+ # Tk will crash if pythonw.exe has an XP .manifest
+ # file and the root has is not destroyed explicitly.
+ # If the problem is ever fixed in Tk, the explicit
+ # destroy can go.
+ try:
+ gui = GUI(root)
+ root.mainloop()
+ finally:
+ root.destroy()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass