Issue #5124: Paste with selection should always replace.

This is how paste work on Windows, Mac, modern Linux apps, and ttk widgets.
The exception was X11 tk widgets.  Original patch by Serhiy Storchake.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index 1bcc9b6814..5dec68e580 100755
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -1396,6 +1396,17 @@ class PseudoInputFile(PseudoFile):
         self.shell.close()
 
 
+def fix_x11_paste(root):
+    "Make paste replace selection on x11.  See issue #5124."
+    if root._windowingsystem == 'x11':
+        for cls in 'Text', 'Entry', 'Spinbox':
+            root.bind_class(
+                cls,
+                '<<Paste>>',
+                'catch {%W delete sel.first sel.last}\n' +
+                        root.bind_class(cls, '<<Paste>>'))
+
+
 usage_msg = """\
 
 USAGE: idle  [-deins] [-t title] [file]*
@@ -1528,8 +1539,10 @@ def main():
                                     'editor-on-startup', type='bool')
     enable_edit = enable_edit or edit_start
     enable_shell = enable_shell or not enable_edit
+
     # start editor and/or shell windows:
     root = Tk(className="Idle")
+    root.withdraw()
 
     # set application icon
     icondir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Icons')
@@ -1544,7 +1557,7 @@ def main():
         root.wm_iconphoto(True, *icons)
 
     fixwordbreaks(root)
-    root.withdraw()
+    fix_x11_paste(root)
     flist = PyShellFileList(root)
     macosxSupport.setupApp(root, flist)