From 0803a3956165ac8d80824367b97564f1ced427c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Serwy <roger.serwy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 20:57:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] #17657: Show full Tk version in IDLE's about dialog. Patch by
 Todd Rovito.

---
 Lib/idlelib/aboutDialog.py | 7 +------
 Misc/NEWS                  | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/aboutDialog.py b/Lib/idlelib/aboutDialog.py
index cfccc0ffd76..7fe1ab81ee5 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/aboutDialog.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/aboutDialog.py
@@ -66,12 +66,7 @@ class AboutDialog(Toplevel):
         labelPythonVer = Label(frameBg, text='Python version:  ' + \
                                sys.version.split()[0], fg=self.fg, bg=self.bg)
         labelPythonVer.grid(row=9, column=0, sticky=W, padx=10, pady=0)
-        # handle weird tk version num in windoze python >= 1.6 (?!?)
-        tkVer = repr(TkVersion).split('.')
-        tkVer[len(tkVer)-1] = str('%.3g' % (float('.'+tkVer[len(tkVer)-1])))[2:]
-        if tkVer[len(tkVer)-1] == '':
-            tkVer[len(tkVer)-1] = '0'
-        tkVer = '.'.join(tkVer)
+        tkVer = self.tk.call('info', 'patchlevel')
         labelTkVer = Label(frameBg, text='Tk version:  '+
                            tkVer, fg=self.fg, bg=self.bg)
         labelTkVer.grid(row=9, column=1, sticky=W, padx=2, pady=0)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 969836383a8..9d61c32ff82 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Library
 IDLE
 ----
 
+- Issue #17657: Show full Tk version in IDLE's about dialog.
+  Patch by Todd Rovito.
+
 - Issue #17613: Prevent traceback when removing syntax colorizer in IDLE.
 
 - Issue #1207589: Backwards-compatibility patch for right-click menu in IDLE.