#17798: Allow IDLE to edit new files when specified on command line.

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
index 343b6e4230496294aa6e27f809b9980e8abaf507..19bbdd60f9be668ccc8eaa30068dc49a8a949a70 100644 (file)
--- 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 da68f262c2de818e501802fa3cb34a5e43300f2d..b4ba70ba78abd84d27d03a4dae99e3eede12153f 100644 (file)
--- 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().