[issue6746] ValueError raised by IDLE during tooltip open on 64-bit Centos 5.3

New submission from Sridhar Ratnakumar sridh...@activestate.com: Linux (Centos 5.3) 32-bit with Python 2.5.4 1. Start an idle session. 2. enter help( at the prompt The open bracket triggers a traceback in the console: Exception in Tkinter callback Traceback (most recent call last): File

[issue6746] ValueError raised by IDLE during tooltip open on 64-bit Centos 5.3

Guilherme Polo ggp...@gmail.com added the comment: I can reproduce it here, unfortunately Tcl/Tk 8.5 isn't really supported by Python 2.5 and the changes required to get this fixed won't be backported. It was suggested backporting before and it was rejected. -- nosy: +gpolo resolution:

[issue6746] ValueError raised by IDLE during tooltip open on 64-bit Centos 5.3

Changes by Guilherme Polo ggp...@gmail.com: -- components: +Tkinter -IDLE ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6746 ___ ___

[issue6746] ValueError raised by IDLE during tooltip open on 64-bit Centos 5.3

Sridhar Ratnakumar sridh...@activestate.com added the comment: On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:52:12 -0700, Guilherme Polo rep...@bugs.python.org wrote: I can reproduce it here, unfortunately Tcl/Tk 8.5 isn't really supported by Python 2.5 and the changes required to get this fixed won't be

[issue6746] ValueError raised by IDLE during tooltip open on 64-bit Centos 5.3

Guilherme Polo ggp...@gmail.com added the comment: I can reproduce it here, unfortunately Tcl/Tk 8.5 isn't really supported by Python 2.5 and the changes required to get this fixed won't be backported. It was suggested backporting before and it was rejected. Thank you for giving an update.