fonts in Tk-inter problem (followup)

[Robert Myers]

Answering my own question...

I just upgraded to Joyride and this now works properly.

> I'm trying to get IDLE running on my XO, so that I can show Python development directly on it.
> 
> IDLE needs Tk-inter to run. I've installed it, and IDLE runs. The font is very small. However I can't get tk to recognize fonts or size changes.
> 
> If I open Options/Configure IDLE.../'Fonts/Tabs', I only see 'fixed' for a font, and size changes aren't honored.
> 
> If I run tkFont.py in its demo mode the first line I get back contains "'family': 'fixed'" when it should say  "'family': 'times'". Also the size isn't honored in the dialog it opens.
> 
> If I do a fc-list, it reports that I have a lot of fonts on the XO.
> 
> Does anyone know where the ball is getting dropped, and what I can do about it?
> 
Bob