Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment: What system are you running on? I presume by 'keybindings in Python', you mean 'keybindings in IDLE'. Correct? By 'change to control', do you mean you made a line in the IDLE Preferences dialog, Keys tab, binding box, look like "keyname - <Control-Key>" instead of "keyname - <Control-Key-X>" ?
The default configuration files are stored in and loaded from pythonxp/Lib/idlelib/. The user configuration files are in <userhome>/.idlerc/. They are not deleted when you delete or install Python. The reason is so that users do not lose their custom configuration when they upgrade or re-install for non-idle reasons. The location of <userhome> depends on the system. On my Win7 system, <userhome> appears as C;/user/Terry. On XP, I believe it was C:/Documents and Settings/Users/Terry/, possibly with 'Application Settings/idle' (or something) added. In any case, delete the bad file, perhaps after uploading config-keys.cfg here with the name 'poisonous_config_keys'. PS. Usage questions are generally best directed to python-list, where you generally get faster answers. In this case, though, there seems to be a nasty bug. A bad key binding should give a nice error message when one first tries to store it. Also, try searching the tracker before opening a new issue. Searching for 'key binding' in #11437 Component: IDLE turns up "IDLE crash on startup with typo in config-keys.cfg". So I am closing this as a duplicate. Please post any answers there. ---------- nosy: +serwy resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> test needed status: open -> closed superseder: -> IDLE crash on startup with typo in config-keys.cfg title: Python 2.7.2 refuses to open -> IDLE: Python 2.7.2 refuses to open type: -> behavior versions: +Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13864> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
