commit fdf0f274e63ab45de33e81c016e97dc8640265e9
author Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> Mon Oct 22 15:14:31 2012 -0700
committer Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> Mon Oct 22 15:14:31 2012 -0700
tree d4038a532520d9b4b6dfcd0779c0ba46b34da252
parent af38774b5f373935b772b3be7d07b4cae3760d63

Issue #15853: Prevent IDLE crash on OS X when opening Preferences menu
with certain versions of Tk 8.5.  Initial patch by Kevin Walzer.

Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py b/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py
index 2701b42..434114e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py
@@ -821,10 +821,9 @@
             fontWeight=tkFont.BOLD
         else:
             fontWeight=tkFont.NORMAL
-        size=self.fontSize.get()
-        self.editFont.config(size=size,
-                weight=fontWeight,family=fontName)
-        self.textHighlightSample.configure(font=(fontName, size, fontWeight))
+        newFont = (fontName, self.fontSize.get(), fontWeight)
+        self.labelFontSample.config(font=newFont)
+        self.textHighlightSample.configure(font=newFont)
 
     def SetHighlightTarget(self):
         if self.highlightTarget.get()=='Cursor': #bg not possible