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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2003-07-29 17:22:57 (GMT)
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2003-07-29 17:22:57 (GMT)
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SF bug 778400: IDLE hangs when selecting "Edit with IDLE".
The fix is confined to the Windows installer. Not a bugfix candidate: the need for the new -n switch added here was introduced by moving to the idlefork IDLE (so this change isn't needed or helpful before 2.3).
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IDLE
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+- Bug 778400: IDLE hangs when selecting "Edit with IDLE" from explorer.
+ This was unique to Windows, and was fixed by adding an -n switch to
+ the command the Windows installer creates to execute "Edit with IDLE"
+ context-menu actions.
+
- IDLE displays a new message upon startup: some "personal firewall"
kinds of programs (for example, ZoneAlarm) open a dialog of their
own when any program opens a socket. IDLE does use sockets, talking