bpo-34864: warn if "Prefer tabs when opening documents" set to "Always" (GH-10464)
* bpo-34864: warn if "Prefer tabs when opening documents" set to "Always"
* add NEWS entry
* address code review comments
* address second code review comments
* Add entry for idlelib/NEWS.txt.
(cherry picked from commit 9ebe8794f003dadfff578a066ea503a3e37ffe1d)
Co-authored-by: Tal Einat <taleinat+github@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index e34b439..b93769e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
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+bpo-34864: When starting IDLE on MacOS, warn if the system setting
+"Prefer tabs when opening documents" is "Always". As previous
+documented for this issue, running IDLE with this setting causes
+problems. If the setting is changed while IDLE is running,
+there will be no warning until IDLE is restarted.
+
bpo-35213: Where appropriate, use 'macOS' in idlelib.
bpo-34864: Document two IDLE on MacOS issues. The System Preferences