在Mac OS X上打开时IDLE崩溃

Question

I recently attempted to install python 3.2 along with IDLE 3 on my macbook pro. I successfully installed python 3.2 (as in, I can run it from the terminal), but when I attempted to install IDLE 3.2 I must have done something wrong because now both IDLE 2.7 and IDLE 3.2 crash immediately upon opening with the message "Python quit unexpectedly", no matter whether I open it through the terminal or through finder. Does anyone know how to fix this? I have installed the correct ActiveTCL package (and reinstalled) and still nothing. I have attempted to reinstall python 3.2 and IDLE 3 but I am not sure whether I did it correctly. Through a good amount of googling I found some people say that it was most likely a path issue but all of the solutions I found were using Windows so I am not sure how to apply that to my mac.

Answer 1

If you are running Mac OS X Lion, it sounds like you are being bitten by the saved-state crash. You need to delete the saved state to make the crash go away:

http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/17/delete-specific-application-saved-states-from-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-resume/

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20083707-263/managing-mac-os-x-lions-application-resume-feature/

Answer 2

Try renaming or removing the directory ~/.idlerc which is about the only thing used by Python that would in common to IDLE for 2.7 and 3.2. If that doesn't help, state exactly which Python 3 you installed, what version of OS X, and show the stack traces from the termination report.

UPDATE: Based on the crash report you've supplied, it appears that Tk is crashing during its initialization of menu items:

...
4   Tcl                             0x00000001013dfa61 Tcl_Panic + 162
5   Tk                              0x000000010151c523 TkpGetColor + 383
6   Tk                              0x0000000101529a25 TkpMenuInit + 156
7   Tk                              0x00000001014ac254 TkMenuInit + 88
8   Tk                              0x000000010152c687 -[TKApplication(TKMenus) _setupMenus] + 53
...

I have not seen any reports of a similar problems when IDLE is used with A/S Tcl/Tk 8.5 on 10.7.3 and I haven't been able to reproduce it myself on 10.7.3. However, the Cocoa Tcl/Tk 8.5 is not the most robust framework out there and it may be susceptible to problems when using languages or input methods other than US or US Extended . Another possibility (more likely) is if you are using some third-party menu enhancement application or preference panel (to add colors to menus perhaps). If those suggestions don't help you to isolate the problem, I suggest you ask on the Tcl Mac mailing list ( tcl-mac@lists.sourceforge.net , archived at http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.tcl.mac ).

Answer 3

I had the same issue. I run OSX 10.8.5, Python 3.3.3 and IDLE 3.3.3 and reinstalling Python haven't been a solution. I solved any problem removing the ~/.idlerc directory. My problem showed for the first time when I tried to change some Preferences (IDLE->Preferences->General->Startup Preferences->At Startup Open Edit Window), so I suppose that's why resetting my Preferences deleting ~/.idlerc folder have been the solution.

Answer 4

I had the same problem where IDLE would crash after I opened it on my MAC I ended up updating my computer to OS Yosemite. and the most updated version of python but it still would shut the reason it started was because I tried to change the preferences for certain keys. Resetting the preferences fixed it! I typed mc ~/.idlerc idlerc2 :)

Answer 5

[Solved] I had the same problem here using: Yosemite 10.10.2 python 3.4.2

The issue was solved downloading and installing the ActiveTcl 8.5.17.0 version from http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads

Best Regards,

Tchê