[issue15862] IDLE: startup problem when HOME does not exist

Louie Lu added the comment: Terry: How about to support XDG base directory on Unix[1]? [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory_support -- nosy: +louielu ___ Python tracker

[issue15862] IDLE: startup problem when HOME does not exist

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: #8231, msg297255 suggests some refactoring to make this sort of thing testable without crippling a developer system. -- assignee: -> terry.reedy nosy: -BreamoreBoy stage: -> test needed versions: +Python 3.6, Python 3.7 -Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Pytho

[issue15862] IDLE: startup problem when HOME does not exist

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: This is one of multiple reports about problems with finding and reading HOME/.idlerc/*.*. I believe that if nothing else, Idle should issue a warning message (that not not crash Idle), set a flag, and continue. The configuration dialog should also warn that