Missing IDLE Preferences on Mac

[pchew]

BPO	3549
Nosy	@kbkaiser, @ronaldoussoren, @MLModel

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assignee = 'https://github.com/ronaldoussoren'
closed_at = <Date 2009-04-01.19:13:06.288>
created_at = <Date 2008-08-13.21:29:13.559>
labels = ['OS-mac', 'expert-IDLE', 'type-bug', 'expert-installation']
title = 'Missing IDLE Preferences on Mac'
updated_at = <Date 2009-04-01.19:13:06.266>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/pchew'

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activity = <Date 2009-04-01.19:13:06.266>
actor = 'kbk'
assignee = 'ronaldoussoren'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2009-04-01.19:13:06.288>
closer = 'kbk'
components = ['IDLE', 'Installation', 'macOS']
creation = <Date 2008-08-13.21:29:13.559>
creator = 'pchew'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 3549
keywords = []
message_count = 5.0
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nosy_names = ['kbk', 'ronaldoussoren', 'cfr', 'pchew', 'MLModel']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue3549'
versions = ['Python 2.5']

[pchew]

When the latest Mac installer (Python 2.5.2 for Macintosh OS X) is used on
a new Mac (10.5.4) the resulting IDLE does not have a Preferences... entry
in its File menu. The only fix that I've found is to use the previous Mac
installer (python-2.5.1-macosx.dmg).

[cfr]

Also with Python 2.5.2 on OS X 10.4.11 (PPC but it is the universal
installer): there is no Preferences... menu.

The help mentions an Options menu. I don't know if that is the
equivalent, but I cannot find that either.

[MLModel]

Compiling with configure --enable-framework, from updated SVN sources
today plus the change suggested in bpo-3628, IDLE works with both
2.6rc1 and 3.0b3. There is still no options menu, but there is now a
Preferences item on the IDLE menu, where this more appropriately belongs
on the Mac. However, IDLE Help still refers to the Options menu; on the
Mac, the Help information should refer to the Preferences item on the
IDLE menu instead of Options item, or at least add a comment that that's
where the functionality of Options appears on the Mac.

[ronaldoussoren]

The lack of a preferences menu is a bug: the current revisions of python
contain some code to detect a recent version of Tcl/Tk, used to create the
Preferences... menu in different way. Sadly enough this code is buggy, the
end result is that you will not have a IDLE->Preferences...' menu when
using the system version of Tcl/Tk.

Fixed in r68153 (python-trunk), r68154 (python-2.6), r68155 (python-3.1)

[kbkaiser]

It appears that this s/b closed, but Tracker doesn't automagically
close 'pending' issues like SF did.