[Bug 1598673] Re: idle: Options -> Configure IDLE crashes with TclError: expected integer but got ""

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: python-defaults (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  idle: Options -> Configure IDLE crashes with TclError: expected
  integer but got ""

Status in python-defaults package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  ouroumov at Box:~/Desktop$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  Release:	16.04
  Codename:	xenial

  ouroumov at Box:~/Desktop$ apt-cache policy idle
  idle:
    Installed: 2.7.11-1
    Candidate: 2.7.11-1
    Version table:
   *** 2.7.11-1 500
          500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  
  Expected behavior:

  After opening IDLE from the terminal by typing "idle", going to
  Options -> Configure should open the configuration window.

  
  Actual Behavior:

  Terminal shows a Python Traceback and nothing happens.
  Traceback:

  ouroumov at Box:~/Desktop$ idle
  Exception in Tkinter callback
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1540, in __call__
      return self.func(*args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/idlelib/EditorWindow.py", line 543, in config_dialog
      configDialog.ConfigDialog(self.top,'Settings')
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/idlelib/configDialog.py", line 72, in __init__
      self.LoadConfigs()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/idlelib/configDialog.py", line 1103, in LoadConfigs
      self.LoadFontCfg()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/idlelib/configDialog.py", line 1005, in LoadFontCfg
      self.SetFontSample()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/idlelib/configDialog.py", line 883, in SetFontSample
      self.labelFontSample.config(font=newFont)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1329, in configure
      return self._configure('configure', cnf, kw)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1320, in _configure
      self.tk.call(_flatten((self._w, cmd)) + self._options(cnf))
  TclError: expected integer but got ""

  
  Additional information:

  Also affects idle3 binary.

  Ubuntu MATE 16.04 fully up to date as of 2016-07-04

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