From 220a9fbde44bb4d3d302a6ef8e1133b5209ec9f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren@mac.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:41:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for Issue6111.

---
 Lib/idlelib/macosxSupport.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/macosxSupport.py b/Lib/idlelib/macosxSupport.py
index e759157444a..b23221e759a 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/macosxSupport.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/macosxSupport.py
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ def overrideRootMenu(root, flist):
 
     def config_dialog(event=None):
         from idlelib import configDialog
+
+        # Ensure that the root object has an instance_dict attribute,
+        # mirrors code in EditorWindow (although that sets the attribute
+        # on an EditorWindow instance that is then passed as the first
+        # argument to ConfigDialog)
+        root.instance_dict = flist.inversedict
         configDialog.ConfigDialog(root, 'Settings')