From 5b1ab247510d4f4fc566b62e8928646ebe276d49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Serwy <roger.serwy@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 11:34:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] #17798: Allow IDLE to edit new files when specified on
 command line.

---
 Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py | 2 ++
 Misc/NEWS                   | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
index 343b6e42304..19bbdd60f9b 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ class EditorWindow(object):
                         per.insertfilter(color)
             else:
                 io.set_filename(filename)
+                self.good_load = True
+
         self.ResetColorizer()
         self.saved_change_hook()
         self.update_recent_files_list()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index da68f262c2d..b4ba70ba78a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ Library
 IDLE
 ----
 
+- Issue #17798: Allow IDLE to edit new files when specified on command line.
+
 - Issue #14735: Update IDLE docs to omit "Control-z on Windows".
 
 - Issue #17585: Fixed IDLE regression. Now closes when using exit() or quit().