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-rwxr-xr-xLib/idlelib/idle.bat5
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle.bat b/Lib/idlelib/idle.bat
index c1b5fd2..4e67868 100755
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle.bat
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
@echo off
-rem Working IDLE bat for Windows - uses start instead of absolute pathname
-start idle.pyw %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
+rem Start IDLE using the appropriate Python interpreter
+set CURRDIR=%~dp0
+start %CURRDIR%..\..\pythonw.exe %CURRDIR%idle.pyw %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c64a99b..8f95814 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #6378: idle.bat now runs with the appropriate Python version rather than
+ the system default. Patch by Sridhar Ratnakumar.
+
- Issue #10407: Fix two NameErrors in distutils.
- Issue #10198: fix duplicate header written to wave files when writeframes()