From cca976b11c754304544b8d1fcc543c3000019f4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kurt B. Kaiser" <kbk@shore.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:55:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow cursor color change w/o restart. Patch 1725576 Tal
 Einat.

---
 Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt        | 2 ++
 Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 680712e57b9..b54d70d41b4 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ What's New in IDLE 2.6a1?
 
 *Release date: XX-XXX-200X*
 
+- Update cursor color without restarting.  Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
+
 - Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
   Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py b/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py
index d29ede4bd0f..98b6b2e5f71 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py
@@ -1118,12 +1118,15 @@ class ConfigDialog(Toplevel):
     def ActivateConfigChanges(self):
         "Dynamically apply configuration changes"
         winInstances=self.parent.instance_dict.keys()
+        theme = idleConf.CurrentTheme()
+        cursor_color = idleConf.GetHighlight(theme, 'cursor', fgBg='fg')
         for instance in winInstances:
             instance.ResetColorizer()
             instance.ResetFont()
             instance.set_notabs_indentwidth()
             instance.ApplyKeybindings()
             instance.reset_help_menu_entries()
+            instance.text.configure(insertbackground=cursor_color)
 
     def Cancel(self):
         self.destroy()