There was an error in the Tk error dialog fix at Rev 1.84 which caused starting
w/o the subprocess to fail. Check in a fix to IDLE and IDLEfork.
M PyShell.py
Backport candidate, combine with previous.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index fe940cb..0605285 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@
client = self.interp.start_subprocess()
if not client:
self.close()
- return None
+ return False
else:
nosub = "==== No Subprocess ===="
self.write("Python %s on %s\n%s\n%s\nIDLE %s %s\n" %
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@
self.showprompt()
import Tkinter
Tkinter._default_root = None # 03Jan04 KBK What's this?
- return client
+ return True
def readline(self):
save = self.reading