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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py index d253fa5..24af6b0 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py +++ b/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ # After ToolTip.py, which uses ideas gleaned from PySol # Used by the CallTips IDLE extension. -import os from Tkinter import * class CallTip: @@ -14,7 +13,13 @@ class CallTip: self.x = self.y = 0 def showtip(self, text): + # SF bug 546078: IDLE calltips cause application error. + # There were crashes on various Windows flavors, and even a + # crashing X server on Linux, with very long calltips. + if len(text) >= 79: + text = text[:75] + ' ...' self.text = text + if self.tipwindow or not self.text: return self.widget.see("insert") |