Message 329651 - Python tracker

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> This sounds like macOS's new "Prefer tabs when opening
> documents" system preference, which breaks IDLE in various 
> ways; see issue34864.  It should be disabled when using IDLE.

Thanks for the link.  I couldn't figure out what was happening with the student's computer and why it only happened to one person.