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IDLE doc: improve Startup failure subsection. #18771

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Fixed double Options in idle.rst
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Expand Up @@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ When IDLE first starts, it attempts to read user configuration files in
``~/.idlerc/`` (~ is one's home directory). If there is a problem, an error
message should be displayed. Leaving aside random disk glitches, this can
be prevented by never editing the files by hand, using the configuration
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I think this change still leaves the grammar of the sentence mangled. It should be something like "by never editing the files by hand, instead using the configuration dialog under Options."

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Thank you for seeing what I was trying to say. I made this change, with '.' instead of ','.

dialog, under Options, instead Options. Once it happens, the solution may
dialog, under Options. Once it happens, the solution may
be to delete one or more of the configuration files.

If IDLE quits with no message, and it was not started from a console, try
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