From 9dcc7a5e352f40bef0f804525a24ed024c0bcb29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rdb <git@rdb.name>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:42:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix Tk crash on OSX

---
 direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py b/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
index 7ddb78496d..ea1842a464 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
@@ -2802,8 +2802,10 @@ class ShowBase(DirectObject.DirectObject):
         fWantTk = bool(fWantTk)
         if self.wantTk != fWantTk:
             self.wantTk = fWantTk
-            initAppForGui()
+            # We need to import this before initAppForGui,
+            # in order to prevent a low-level crash on OSX
             from direct.showbase import TkGlobal
+            initAppForGui()
             TkGlobal.spawnTkLoop()
 
     def startDirect(self, fWantDirect = 1, fWantTk = 1, fWantWx = 0):