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-rw-r--r--Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt5
-rw-r--r--Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py20
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 92ff0ff1cd..7329ee9d73 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
What's New in IDLE 1.2.3c1?
-=========================
+===========================
*Release date: XX-XXX-2008*
+- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
+ would not start if a custom theme was defined.
+
What's New in IDLE 1.2.2?
=========================
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
index 3ddb4ed82d..fada4eb015 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ class IdleConf:
if not os.path.exists(userDir):
warn = ('\n Warning: os.path.expanduser("~") points to\n '+
userDir+',\n but the path does not exist.\n')
- sys.stderr.write(warn)
+ try:
+ sys.stderr.write(warn)
+ except IOError:
+ pass
userDir = '~'
if userDir == "~": # still no path to home!
# traditionally IDLE has defaulted to os.getcwd(), is this adequate?
@@ -248,7 +251,10 @@ class IdleConf:
' from section %r.\n'
' returning default value: %r\n' %
(option, section, default))
- sys.stderr.write(warning)
+ try:
+ sys.stderr.write(warning)
+ except IOError:
+ pass
return default
def SetOption(self, configType, section, option, value):
@@ -357,7 +363,10 @@ class IdleConf:
'\n from theme %r.\n'
' returning default value: %r\n' %
(element, themeName, theme[element]))
- sys.stderr.write(warning)
+ try:
+ sys.stderr.write(warning)
+ except IOError:
+ pass
colour=cfgParser.Get(themeName,element,default=theme[element])
theme[element]=colour
return theme
@@ -611,7 +620,10 @@ class IdleConf:
'\n from key set %r.\n'
' returning default value: %r\n' %
(event, keySetName, keyBindings[event]))
- sys.stderr.write(warning)
+ try:
+ sys.stderr.write(warning)
+ except IOError:
+ pass
return keyBindings
def GetExtraHelpSourceList(self,configSet):