From 2403b0c5d4cb3468056df567b513b2f0f03dc481 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 22:01:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't traceback when wakeup() is called when the window has
 been destroyed. This can happen when a torn-of Windows menu references closed
 windows. And Tim Peters claims that the Windows menu is his favorite to tear
 off...

---
 Tools/idle/WindowList.py | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Tools/idle/WindowList.py b/Tools/idle/WindowList.py
index b9b0bb11522..9eb7f3dd5e7 100644
--- a/Tools/idle/WindowList.py
+++ b/Tools/idle/WindowList.py
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ def get_title(self):
         return self.wm_title()
 
     def wakeup(self):
-        self.tkraise()
-        self.wm_deiconify()
-        self.focus_set()
+        try:
+            self.tkraise()
+            self.wm_deiconify()
+            self.focus_set()
+        except TclError:
+            # This can happen when the window menu was torn off.
+            # Simply ignore it.
+            pass