[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

Ned Deily added the comment: Good question. I don't think there's anything more to do here other than to continue to monitor and evaluate future Tk releases, which we do anyway. Improvements to the build documentation etc are covered by other open issues. -- resolution: -> third

[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Is this issue open for some specific action in a repository covered by this tracker, or should it be closed? -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

Ned Deily added the comment: @royf, Without more information, we can only speculate what kind of crash you are seeing. But based on past experience, it is almost certainly a crash in Tk itself and, if so, you need to work with your supplier of Tk, presumably the conda project, to get a

[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

royf added the comment: I started having a similar issue after updating to macOS Mojave 10.14.6. I'm not using idle, but the following minimal code has a similar issue: ```python import tkinter as tk w = tk.Tk() w.mainloop() ``` The crash happens on `mainloop`. This worked for me on macOS

[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

Vlad Tudorache added the comment: The only versions of Tk not showing issues on my Mac are: - 8.5.18 with any Python in 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 on Mojave AND previous versions; - 8.6.8 when built on a 10.13 SDK, with the same Python versions. For 8.6.8 built on Mojave SDK, there's the black background

[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

Tal Einat added the comment: We already have a warning about Tk versions on macOS, see macosx.tkVersionWarning(). It is currently printed in new shell windows.It would be straightforward to add warnings when using anything other than 8.5.18 or 8.6.8+. I suggest this approach. As for

[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I get it now. [:8] meant .0 to .7 inclusive, like range(8). I understand that until last spring, the tcl/tk/tkinter situation on Mac was a bit like the old American wild west. But then Ned more or less tamed it for 3.7 and now 3.6. We no longer install

[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

Tal Einat added the comment: > Vlad says in msg323040 "on 8.6.8 I didn't see issues" and in msg326778 "The > issues appear with ... Tk 8.6.[:8]". Different 'issues'? Nope, same issues: Vlad was saying that 8.6.x versions of Tcl/Tk *before* 8.6.8 displayed these issues, but 8.6.8 is fine.

[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I installed 64-bit 3.7.2rc1 on my Macbook, with 8.6.9, and so far IDLE itself runs fine. (Other than new blackout issue reported in #34313.) I will let someone else test 32/64 bit release, which Ned says also uses 8.6.9. Vlad says in msg323040 "on 8.6.8 I

[issue34313] Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- components: -IDLE title: IDLE crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6 -> Tkinter crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6 ___ Python tracker