python
diff --git a/‎Lib/idlelib/configdialog.py‎
Lines changed: 39 additions & 30 deletions b/‎Lib/idlelib/configdialog.py‎
Lines changed: 39 additions & 30 deletions
diff --git a/‎Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_configdialog.py‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 3 deletions b/‎Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_configdialog.py‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 3 deletions
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ def cancel(self):
         """
         self.destroy()
 
+    def destroy(self):
+        global font_sample_text
+        font_sample_text = self.fontpage.font_sample.get('1.0', 'end')
+        super().destroy()
+
     def help(self):
         """Create textview for config dialog help.
 
@@ -429,6 +434,35 @@ def save_all_changed_extensions(self):
 #     def other_methods():
 #         # Define tab-specific behavior.
 
+font_sample_text = (
+    '<ASCII/Latin1>\n'
+    'AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJj\n1234567890#:+=(){}[]\n'
+    '\u00a2\u00a3\u00a5\u00a7\u00a9\u00ab\u00ae\u00b6\u00bd\u011e'
+    '\u00c0\u00c1\u00c2\u00c3\u00c4\u00c5\u00c7\u00d0\u00d8\u00df\n'
+    '\n<IPA,Greek,Cyrillic>\n'
+    '\u0250\u0255\u0258\u025e\u025f\u0264\u026b\u026e\u0270\u0277'
+    '\u027b\u0281\u0283\u0286\u028e\u029e\u02a2\u02ab\u02ad\u02af\n'
+    '\u0391\u03b1\u0392\u03b2\u0393\u03b3\u0394\u03b4\u0395\u03b5'
+    '\u0396\u03b6\u0397\u03b7\u0398\u03b8\u0399\u03b9\u039a\u03ba\n'
+    '\u0411\u0431\u0414\u0434\u0416\u0436\u041f\u043f\u0424\u0444'
+    '\u0427\u0447\u042a\u044a\u042d\u044d\u0460\u0464\u046c\u04dc\n'
+    '\n<Hebrew, Arabic>\n'
+    '\u05d0\u05d1\u05d2\u05d3\u05d4\u05d5\u05d6\u05d7\u05d8\u05d9'
+    '\u05da\u05db\u05dc\u05dd\u05de\u05df\u05e0\u05e1\u05e2\u05e3\n'
+    '\u0627\u0628\u062c\u062f\u0647\u0648\u0632\u062d\u0637\u064a'
+    '\u0660\u0661\u0662\u0663\u0664\u0665\u0666\u0667\u0668\u0669\n'
+    '\n<Devanagari, Tamil>\n'
+    '\u0966\u0967\u0968\u0969\u096a\u096b\u096c\u096d\u096e\u096f'
+    '\u0905\u0906\u0907\u0908\u0909\u090a\u090f\u0910\u0913\u0914\n'
+    '\u0be6\u0be7\u0be8\u0be9\u0bea\u0beb\u0bec\u0bed\u0bee\u0bef'
+    '\u0b85\u0b87\u0b89\u0b8e\n'
+    '\n<East Asian>\n'
+    '\u3007\u4e00\u4e8c\u4e09\u56db\u4e94\u516d\u4e03\u516b\u4e5d\n'
+    '\u6c49\u5b57\u6f22\u5b57\u4eba\u6728\u706b\u571f\u91d1\u6c34\n'
+    '\uac00\ub0d0\ub354\ub824\ubaa8\ubd64\uc218\uc720\uc988\uce58\n'
+    '\u3042\u3044\u3046\u3048\u304a\u30a2\u30a4\u30a6\u30a8\u30aa\n'
+    )
+
 
 class FontPage(Frame):
 
@@ -494,7 +528,8 @@ def create_page_font_tab(self):
         frame_font = LabelFrame(
                 self, borderwidth=2, relief=GROOVE, text=' Shell/Editor Font ')
         frame_sample = LabelFrame(
-                self, borderwidth=2, relief=GROOVE, text=' Font Sample ')
+                self, borderwidth=2, relief=GROOVE,
+                text=' Font Sample (Editable) ')
         frame_indent = LabelFrame(
                 self, borderwidth=2, relief=GROOVE, text=' Indentation Width ')
         # frame_font.
@@ -516,36 +551,8 @@ def create_page_font_tab(self):
                 frame_font_param, variable=self.font_bold,
                 onvalue=1, offvalue=0, text='Bold')
         # frame_sample.
-        sample = (
-            '<ASCII/Latin1>\n'
-            'AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJj\n1234567890#:+=(){}[]\n'
-            '\u00a2\u00a3\u00a5\u00a7\u00a9\u00ab\u00ae\u00b6\u00bd\u011e'
-            '\u00c0\u00c1\u00c2\u00c3\u00c4\u00c5\u00c7\u00d0\u00d8\u00df\n'
-            '\n<IPA,Greek,Cyrillic>\n'
-            '\u0250\u0255\u0258\u025e\u025f\u0264\u026b\u026e\u0270\u0277'
-            '\u027b\u0281\u0283\u0286\u028e\u029e\u02a2\u02ab\u02ad\u02af\n'
-            '\u0391\u03b1\u0392\u03b2\u0393\u03b3\u0394\u03b4\u0395\u03b5'
-            '\u0396\u03b6\u0397\u03b7\u0398\u03b8\u0399\u03b9\u039a\u03ba\n'
-            '\u0411\u0431\u0414\u0434\u0416\u0436\u041f\u043f\u0424\u0444'
-            '\u0427\u0447\u042a\u044a\u042d\u044d\u0460\u0464\u046c\u04dc\n'
-            '\n<Hebrew, Arabic>\n'
-            '\u05d0\u05d1\u05d2\u05d3\u05d4\u05d5\u05d6\u05d7\u05d8\u05d9'
-            '\u05da\u05db\u05dc\u05dd\u05de\u05df\u05e0\u05e1\u05e2\u05e3\n'
-            '\u0627\u0628\u062c\u062f\u0647\u0648\u0632\u062d\u0637\u064a'
-            '\u0660\u0661\u0662\u0663\u0664\u0665\u0666\u0667\u0668\u0669\n'
-            '\n<Devanagari, Tamil>\n'
-            '\u0966\u0967\u0968\u0969\u096a\u096b\u096c\u096d\u096e\u096f'
-            '\u0905\u0906\u0907\u0908\u0909\u090a\u090f\u0910\u0913\u0914\n'
-            '\u0be6\u0be7\u0be8\u0be9\u0bea\u0beb\u0bec\u0bed\u0bee\u0bef'
-            '\u0b85\u0b87\u0b89\u0b8e\n'
-            '\n<East Asian>\n'
-            '\u3007\u4e00\u4e8c\u4e09\u56db\u4e94\u516d\u4e03\u516b\u4e5d\n'
-            '\u6c49\u5b57\u6f22\u5b57\u4eba\u6728\u706b\u571f\u91d1\u6c34\n'
-            '\uac00\ub0d0\ub354\ub824\ubaa8\ubd64\uc218\uc720\uc988\uce58\n'
-            '\u3042\u3044\u3046\u3048\u304a\u30a2\u30a4\u30a6\u30a8\u30aa\n'
-            )
         self.font_sample = Text(frame_sample, width=20, height=10)
-        self.font_sample.insert(END, sample)
+        self.font_sample.insert(END, font_sample_text)
         # frame_indent.
         indent_title = Label(
                 frame_indent, justify=LEFT,
@@ -2153,6 +2160,8 @@ def detach(self):
 Devanagari and Tamil lines start with digits.  The East Asian lines
 are Chinese digits, Chinese Hanzi, Korean Hangul, and Japanese
 Hiragana and Katakana.
+
+You can edit the font sample. Changes remain until IDLE is closed.
 ''',
     'Highlights': '''
 Highlighting:
 
@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ def tearDownModule():
     tracers.detach()
     tracers.clear()
     changes.clear()
-    del dialog
     root.update_idletasks()
     root.destroy()
-    del root
+    root = dialog = None
 
 
 class FontPageTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -192,6 +191,7 @@ def test_font_set(self):
     def test_set_samples(self):
         d = self.page
         del d.set_samples  # Unmask method for test
+        orig_samples = d.font_sample, d.highlight_sample
         d.font_sample, d.highlight_sample = {}, {}
         d.font_name.set('test')
         d.font_size.set('5')
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def test_set_samples(self):
         d.set_samples()
         self.assertTrue(d.font_sample == d.highlight_sample == expected)
 
-        del d.font_sample, d.highlight_sample
+        d.font_sample, d.highlight_sample = orig_samples
         d.set_samples = Func()  # Re-mask for other tests.