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+import unittest
+from test import support
+import sys
+
+# Skip this test if the _tkinter module wasn't built.
+_tkinter = support.import_module('_tkinter')
+
+# Skip test if tk cannot be initialized.
+support.requires('gui')
+
+from tkinter import tix, TclError
+
+
+class TestTix(unittest.TestCase):
+
+ def setUp(self):
+ try:
+ self.root = tix.Tk()
+ except TclError:
+ if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+ self.fail('Tix should always be available on Windows')
+ self.skipTest('Tix not available')
+ else:
+ self.addCleanup(self.root.destroy)
+
+ def test_tix_available(self):
+ # this test is just here to make setUp run
+ pass
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ unittest.main()