The "Help" button in IDLE's config dialog does not work

[ZackerySpytz]

BPO	39050
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @ZackerySpytz, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-39050: The Help button in IDLE's config menu does not work #17611 [3.7] bpo-39050: The Help button in IDLE's config menu works again (GH-17611) #18136 [3.8] bpo-39050: The Help button in IDLE's config menu works again (GH-17611) #18137

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assignee = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'
closed_at = <Date 2020-03-02.12:36:28.667>
created_at = <Date 2019-12-14.22:01:41.160>
labels = ['3.8', 'expert-IDLE', 'type-bug', '3.7', '3.9']
title = 'The "Help" button in IDLE\'s config dialog does not work'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-24.12:38:02.125>
user = 'https://github.com/ZackerySpytz'

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closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2020-03-02.12:36:28.667>
closer = 'terry.reedy'
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2019-12-14.22:01:41.160>
creator = 'ZackerySpytz'
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issue_num = 39050
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pr_nums = ['17611', '18136', '18137']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue39050'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9']

[ZackerySpytz]

When I click the button, I see a traceback.

Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/lubuntu2/cpython/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py", line 1885, in __call__
    return self.func(*args)
  File "/home/lubuntu2/cpython/Lib/idlelib/configdialog.py", line 212, in help
    view_text(self, title='Help for IDLE preferences',
TypeError: view_text() got an unexpected keyword argument 'text'

It appears that this bug was introduced in bpo-37628 / 3221a63.

[terryjreedy]

New changeset 2e43b64 by Terry Jan Reedy (Zackery Spytz) in branch 'master':
bpo-39050: The Help button in IDLE's config menu works again (GH-17611)
2e43b64

[miss-islington]

New changeset ba83d1e by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
bpo-39050: The Help button in IDLE's config menu works again (GH-17611)
ba83d1e

[miss-islington]

New changeset 3b76188 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-39050: The Help button in IDLE's config menu works again (GH-17611)
3b76188

[ZackerySpytz]

Terry, should this issue remain open?

[terryjreedy]

closed