From e09bd93685d59fc115d2cfdbe29d6857161c7e2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Martin=20v=2E=20L=C3=B6wis?= <martin@v.loewis.de>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:13:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Patch #997284: Allow pydoc to work with XP Themes (.manifest
 file) Will backport to 2.3.

---
 Lib/pydoc.py | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index c6a84db1106..433bd281d73 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -2124,8 +2124,16 @@ def gui():
 
     import Tkinter
     try:
-        gui = GUI(Tkinter.Tk())
-        Tkinter.mainloop()
+        root = Tkinter.Tk()
+        # Tk will crash if pythonw.exe has an XP .manifest
+        # file and the root has is not destroyed explicitly.
+        # If the problem is ever fixed in Tk, the explicit
+        # destroy can go.
+        try:
+            gui = GUI(root)
+            root.mainloop()
+        finally:
+            root.destroy()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         pass