From: Brian Curtin <brian.curtin@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:45:10 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix #6378. Start IDLE using the proper version of Python based on the directory
X-Git-Tag: v3.2b1~253
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f991642efec091087f9261d82ff5502d61d21688;p=python

Fix #6378. Start IDLE using the proper version of Python based on the directory
tree that idle.bat resides in.

Works with any/all versions of Python installed concurrently.
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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle.bat b/Lib/idlelib/idle.bat
index c1b5fd28ac..4e67868276 100755
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle.bat
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 @echo off
-rem Working IDLE bat for Windows - uses start instead of absolute pathname
-start idle.pyw %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
+rem Start IDLE using the appropriate Python interpreter
+set CURRDIR=%~dp0
+start %CURRDIR%..\..\pythonw.exe %CURRDIR%idle.pyw %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f8dab00d2a..b51a644e00 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6378: idle.bat now runs with the appropriate Python version rather than
+  the system default. Patch by Sridhar Ratnakumar.
+
 - Issue #10470: 'python -m unittest' will now run test discovery by default,
   when no extra arguments have been provided.