commit 0b45f36c819bdf88eaf0e84d4d3beca3d2db9c39
author Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net> Thu Feb 14 04:37:26 2008 +0000
committer Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net> Thu Feb 14 04:37:26 2008 +0000
tree 8d344841a838baad46ad7832042f662943f4653d
parent f9259d72c8657d47cbcaa873f29783ce005ebc8e

Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
Backport r60225, r60745

Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
index 826fb5d..3ddb4ed 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
@@ -142,7 +142,12 @@
 
         """
         if not self.IsEmpty():
-            cfgFile=open(self.file,'w')
+            fname = self.file
+            try:
+                cfgFile = open(fname, 'w')
+            except IOError:
+                os.unlink(fname)
+                cfgFile = open(fname, 'w')
             self.write(cfgFile)
         else:
             self.RemoveFile()