From 574a3cf08ae2767091dbbb805fa7ceee5d61840a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Terry Reedy Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 02:28:54 +0000 Subject: Issue 6285: catch missing IDLE help file. --- Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py index 2cbf9c3..20a2b26 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py +++ b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py @@ -451,7 +451,11 @@ class EditorWindow(object): def python_docs(self, event=None): if sys.platform[:3] == 'win': - os.startfile(self.help_url) + try: + os.startfile(self.help_url) + except WindowsError as why: + tkMessageBox.showerror(title='Document Start Failure', + message=str(why), parent=self.text) else: webbrowser.open(self.help_url) return "break" @@ -754,9 +758,13 @@ class EditorWindow(object): "Create a callback with the helpfile value frozen at definition time" def display_extra_help(helpfile=helpfile): if not helpfile.startswith(('www', 'http')): - url = os.path.normpath(helpfile) + helpfile = os.path.normpath(helpfile) if sys.platform[:3] == 'win': - os.startfile(helpfile) + try: + os.startfile(helpfile) + except WindowsError as why: + tkMessageBox.showerror(title='Document Start Failure', + message=str(why), parent=self.text) else: webbrowser.open(helpfile) return display_extra_help -- cgit v0.12