[issue25662] _tkinter.TclError: bad event type or keysym "Alt"

[Chesqa Yen]

New submission from Chesqa Yen:

For a while now my python IDLE has not been working, mostly due to me trying 
and failing to reconfigure the button assignment to tailor me. Now when i try 
to open idle it does not open. I tried using some sites for help 
(http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/bugs/901999) which had a similar 
error however, even with a new config file it still wasn't working. Please 
could I get some help as I need python running on my laptop to do my university 
coursework. I've attached a file with the error message from cmd.exe and will 
paste it again;

C:\Users\Francesca>C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\
Lib\idlelib\idle.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\idle.py", line 11, in 
idlelib.PyShell.main()
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\PyShell.py", line 1560, in main
shell = flist.open_shell()
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\PyShell.py", line 320, in open_shell
self.pyshell = PyShell(self)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\PyShell.py", line 867, in __init__
OutputWindow.__init__(self, flist, None, None)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\OutputWindow.py", line 16, in __init__
EditorWindow.__init__(self, *args)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\EditorWindow.py", line 167, in __init__
self.apply_bindings()
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\EditorWindow.py", line 1097, in apply_bindings
text.event_add(event, *keylist)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\idlelib
\MultiCall.py", line 374, in event_add
widget.event_add(self, virtual, seq)
  File "C:\Users\Francesca\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\Lib\tkinter
\__init__.py", line 1503, in event_add
self.tk.call(args)
_tkinter.TclError: bad event type or keysym "Alt"

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components: IDLE
files: error file.txt
messages: 254863
nosy: ronixx
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: _tkinter.TclError: bad event type or keysym "Alt"
type: crash
versions: Python 3.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file41070/error file.txt

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[issue25662] _tkinter.TclError: bad event type or keysym "Alt"

[Chesqa Yen]

Chesqa Yen added the comment:

Under the users .idlerc folder:

C:\Users\Francesca\.idlerc

edit config-extensions.cfg in notepad (don't select always open with)

The code should look like this:

[CodeContext]
visible = False

[ScriptBinding_cfgBindings]
run-module = 

So edited mine to be like this as it was changed to  and idle was 
working again!

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resolution:  -> fixed
status: open -> closed

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