default to cwd if os.environ['HOME'] does not exist
diff --git a/Tools/idle/IdleConf.py b/Tools/idle/IdleConf.py
index de208b0..4d6ca4d 100644
--- a/Tools/idle/IdleConf.py
+++ b/Tools/idle/IdleConf.py
@@ -100,12 +100,16 @@
genplatfile = os.path.join(dir, "config-unix.txt")
platfile = os.path.join(dir, "config-%s.txt" % sys.platform)
+
+ try:
+ homedir = os.environ['HOME']
+ except KeyError:
+ homedir = os.getcwd()
for file in (os.path.join(dir, "config.txt"),
genplatfile,
platfile,
- # XXX watch out for KeyError
- os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], ".idle"),
+ os.path.join(homedir, ".idle"),
):
try:
f = open(file)