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| author | Jules Lasne (jlasne) <jules.lasne@gmail.com> | 2020-03-06 01:28:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-03-06 01:28:14 (GMT) |
| commit | ce305d641074931e4e790f7a83e28f74910644e5 (patch) | |
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| parent | efc28bbbeee07867669dfbf49385d6a2147fe631 (diff) | |
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IDLE doc: improve Startup failure subsection. (#18771)
Eliminate repeat of 'Options', reported by Jules Lasne, and improve wording elsewhere.
Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/idle.rst b/Doc/library/idle.rst index f15f46b..fd6e309 100644 --- a/Doc/library/idle.rst +++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst @@ -681,19 +681,22 @@ clash, or cannot or does not want to run as admin, it might be easiest to completely remove Python and start over. A zombie pythonw.exe process could be a problem. On Windows, use Task -Manager to detect and stop one. Sometimes a restart initiated by a program -crash or Keyboard Interrupt (control-C) may fail to connect. Dismissing -the error box or Restart Shell on the Shell menu may fix a temporary problem. +Manager to check for one and stop it if there is. Sometimes a restart +initiated by a program crash or Keyboard Interrupt (control-C) may fail +to connect. Dismissing the error box or using Restart Shell on the Shell +menu may fix a temporary problem. When IDLE first starts, it attempts to read user configuration files in ``~/.idlerc/`` (~ is one's home directory). If there is a problem, an error message should be displayed. Leaving aside random disk glitches, this can -be prevented by never editing the files by hand, using the configuration -dialog, under Options, instead Options. Once it happens, the solution may -be to delete one or more of the configuration files. +be prevented by never editing the files by hand. Instead, use the +configuration dialog, under Options. Once there is an error in a user +configuration file, the best solution may be to delete it and start over +with the settings dialog. If IDLE quits with no message, and it was not started from a console, try -starting from a console (``python -m idlelib``) and see if a message appears. +starting it from a console or terminal (``python -m idlelib``) and see if +this results in an error message. Running user code ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |