#10907: Warn OS X 10.6 IDLE users to use ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5,
rather than the currently problematic Apple-supplied one,
when running with the 64-/32-bit installer variant.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index 429ba2e..06c8bba 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -1417,6 +1417,13 @@
shell.interp.prepend_syspath(script)
shell.interp.execfile(script)
+ # Check for problematic OS X Tk versions and print a warning message
+ # in the IDLE shell window; this is less intrusive than always opening
+ # a separate window.
+ tkversionwarning = macosxSupport.tkVersionWarning(root)
+ if tkversionwarning:
+ shell.interp.runcommand(''.join(("print('", tkversionwarning, "')")))
+
root.mainloop()
root.destroy()