IDLE.app on macOS stops when selection Help -> IDLE Help · Issue #113729 · python/cpython · GitHub
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IDLE.app on macOS stops when selection Help -> IDLE Help #113729

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@ronaldoussoren

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Bug description:

To reproduce:

  • open IDLE.app
  • open the help menu
  • select "IDLE help"

Opening IDLE using python3 -m idlelib shows the following traceback when doing this:

$ python3.12 -m idlelib                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
2024-01-05 11:41:38.672 Python[2197:15344359] ApplePersistenceIgnoreState: Existing state will not be touched. New state will be written to /var/folders/d3/rc5nx4v12y96knh2px3bpqsc0000gn/T/org.python.python.savedState
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/idlelib/__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
    idlelib.pyshell.main()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/idlelib/pyshell.py", line 1693, in main
    root.mainloop()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/tkinter/__init__.py", line 1499, in mainloop
    self.tk.mainloop(n)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/idlelib/macosx.py", line 213, in help_dialog
    help.show_idlehelp(root)
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'idlelib.help' has no attribute 'show_idlehelp'

CPython versions tested on:

3.10, 3.12

Operating systems tested on:

macOS

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