[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Christopher A. Chavez added the comment: This was already reported to Tcl/Tk: https://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/info/855049e799 . They determined it was caused by a bug in macOS 10.15.1. There are workarounds implemented for this in Tcl/Tk 8.6.10 and the upcoming 8.6.11 releases. -- nosy

[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: I'm getting a similar warning on a macOS 11 box: 0:06:29 load avg: 1.58 [184/424/1] test_idle 2020-11-07 10:43:37.878 Python[97785:3275468] CoreText note: Client requested name ".applesystemuifontmonospaced", it will get Times-Roman rather than the intended

[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I'm going to mark this as closed, not a bug. If you're not seeing the same result, it is almost certainly an issue with my local build. -- resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed __

[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: Could you check "/tmp/py310/bin/python3 -m test.pythoninfo | grep -i tk". If that says your using Tk 8.5 you're almost certainly using the system version. You could also check _tkinter itself: otool -vL /tmp/py310/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload/_tkinter.cpython

[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I'm only Catalina 10.15.7 and am using a local build constructed with: ./configure --with-openssl=$(brew --prefix openssl) && make Perhaps that is using the system Tk and we don't need to worry about this. -- __

[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: I know, but what I don't know is if Raymond uses the python.org installer. The initial message seems to indicate he's using a local build ("python.exe"). That will by default pick up the system version of Tk, which is ancient and is known to have problems.

[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: python.org 3.10 mac is still using 8.6.8. It is on IDLE/Python => About -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: Raymond, - What version of macOS are you on? - How did you install python 3.10? Did you use the python.org installer? - What version of Tk is used? (This can be found in the output of `python3.9 -m test.pythoninfo`) --

[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: On my Airbook, 'python310' was not found; 'python3.10' worked. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Pyth

[issue42122] macOS complains about how fonts are accessed

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I am sure that this is yet another macOS Catalina+ tcl/tk problem. 3.10 is fine on Mohave. Those complaints must come from macOS in response to 'Client' tk requests. IDLE and tkinter do not use those names. If you want to try to see what tkinter function