| 1 | IDLE History
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| 2 | ============
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| 3 |
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| 4 | This file contains the release messages for previous IDLE releases.
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| 5 | As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history.
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| 6 |
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| 7 |
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| 8 | What's New in IDLEfork 0.8.1?
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| 9 | =============================
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| 10 |
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| 11 | *Release date: 22-Jul-2001*
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| 12 |
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| 13 | - New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork
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| 14 | project.
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| 15 |
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| 16 | - This release requires python 2.1 or better. Compatibility with earlier
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| 17 | versions of python (especially ancient ones like 1.5x) is no longer a
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| 18 | priority in IDLEfork development.
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| 19 |
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| 20 | - This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with current
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| 21 | cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional coding by Kurt
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| 22 | B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava.
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| 23 |
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| 24 | - This release is basically functional but also contains some known breakages,
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| 25 | particularly with running things from the shell window. Also the debugger is
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| 26 | not working, but I believe this was the case with the previous IDLE fork
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| 27 | release (0.7.1) as well.
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| 28 |
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| 29 | - This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is
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| 30 | launching into a new stage of development.
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| 31 |
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| 32 | - IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and
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| 33 | exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted by
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| 34 | David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR, while stabilisation
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| 35 | and development of less heavyweight improvements (like user customisation)
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| 36 | can continue on the trunk.
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| 37 |
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| 38 |
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| 39 | What's New in IDLEfork 0.7.1?
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| 40 | ==============================
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| 41 |
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| 42 | *Release date: 15-Aug-2000*
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| 43 |
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| 44 | - First project tarball released.
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| 45 |
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| 46 | - This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a
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| 47 | combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional changes
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| 48 | coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and Nicholas Riley.
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| 49 |
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| 50 |
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| 51 |
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| 52 | IDLEfork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000
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| 53 | -----------------------------
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| 54 |
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| 55 | David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | - This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of
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| 58 | 2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you
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| 59 | get to keep both pieces.
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| 60 |
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| 61 | - If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or post to
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| 62 | the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev (making it clear
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| 63 | that you are using this modified version of IDLE).
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| 64 |
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| 65 | - Changes:
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| 66 |
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| 67 | - The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes programs
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| 68 | in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC mechanism to an
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| 69 | OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing unnamed programs
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| 70 | (through a temporary file). It does not yet support debugging.
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| 71 |
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| 72 | - When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped to
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| 73 | exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back into the
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| 74 | user program, that part of the traceback will be shown.
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| 75 |
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| 76 | - The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular, it now
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| 77 | supports a readline() function used to implement user input, and a
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| 78 | scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of a previous run
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| 79 | by scrolling it out of the window.
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| 80 |
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| 81 | - Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with just a
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| 82 | blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening a file in
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| 83 | such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of that window
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| 84 | instead of creating another window. Because of the need to have a
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| 85 | well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of IDLE can be
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| 86 | running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to report their
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| 87 | command line arguments to the copy already running.
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| 88 |
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| 89 | - The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large
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| 90 | 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'.
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| 91 |
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| 92 | - 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is
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| 93 | present.
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| 94 |
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| 95 | - A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation
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| 96 | instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent.
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| 97 |
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| 98 | - New modules:
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| 99 |
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| 100 | ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader
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| 101 | loader.py Bootstraps user program
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| 102 | protocol.py RPC protocol
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| 103 | Remote.py User-process interpreter
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| 104 | spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs
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| 105 |
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| 106 | - Files modified:
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| 107 |
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| 108 | autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked )
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| 109 | bindings.py ( menus reorganized )
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| 110 | config.txt ( execbinding enabled )
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| 111 | editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' )
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| 112 | filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" )
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| 113 | formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked )
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| 114 | idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname )
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| 115 | idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? )
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| 116 | iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention )
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| 117 | keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked )
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| 118 | outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc )
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| 119 | pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior )
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| 120 | readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> )
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| 121 |
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| 122 |
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| 123 |
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| 124 | IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes
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| 125 | ----------------------------------------
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| 126 |
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| 127 | This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based
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| 128 | IDE for Python.
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| 129 |
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| 130 | (For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)
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| 131 |
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| 132 | FEATURES
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| 133 |
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| 134 | IDLE has the following features:
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| 135 |
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| 136 | - coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk)
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| 137 |
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| 138 | - cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are
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| 139 | currently problems with Tcl/Tk)
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| 140 |
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| 141 | - multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing
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| 142 | and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips
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| 143 |
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| 144 | - Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter)
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| 145 |
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| 146 | - debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step)
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| 147 |
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| 148 | USAGE
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| 149 |
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| 150 | The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able
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| 151 | to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can
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| 152 | run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up
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| 153 | a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows,
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| 154 | use the batch file idle.bat.
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| 155 |
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| 156 | Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed,
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| 157 | not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option.
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| 158 | Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options.
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| 159 |
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| 160 | IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a
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| 161 | Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed
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| 162 | with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.)
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| 163 |
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| 164 | COPYRIGHT
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| 165 |
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| 166 | IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice
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| 167 | (http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html).
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| 168 |
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| 169 |
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| 170 | New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000)
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| 171 | ---------------------------
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| 172 |
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| 173 | Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond:
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| 174 |
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| 175 | - Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka).
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| 176 |
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| 177 | - Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack
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| 178 | Viewer menu, not by the debugger.)
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| 179 |
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| 180 | - Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats
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| 181 | them correctly (MH)
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| 182 |
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| 183 | - New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands
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| 184 | much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path
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| 185 | browsers (TP)
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| 186 |
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| 187 | - Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of
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| 188 | multi-line statements (TP)
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| 189 |
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| 190 | - Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function
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| 191 | followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the
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| 192 | window to close the tip window (MH)
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| 193 |
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| 194 | - Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP)
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| 195 |
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| 196 | - New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks
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| 197 | familiar to Windows users
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| 198 |
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| 199 | - Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now
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| 200 | always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works
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| 201 | correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module
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| 202 | name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script:
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| 203 | this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also
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| 204 | sets sys.argv[] to the script name
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| 205 |
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| 206 |
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| 207 | New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99)
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| 208 | ------------------------
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| 209 |
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| 210 | Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows
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| 211 | a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path,
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| 212 | directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class
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| 213 | browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module,
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| 214 | MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog.
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| 215 |
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| 216 |
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| 217 | New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99)
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| 218 | -------------------------
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| 219 |
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| 220 | Most important changes:
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| 221 |
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| 222 | - Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger.
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| 223 | Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a
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| 224 | reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger.
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| 225 |
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| 226 | - Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows
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| 227 | menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed.
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| 228 |
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| 229 | - Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts
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| 230 | with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer"
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| 231 | (was: JIT stack viewer) menu items.
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| 232 |
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| 233 | - Added a Quit button to the Debugger API.
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| 234 |
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| 235 | - The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path.
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| 236 |
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| 237 | - Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical
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| 238 | filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a
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| 239 | lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the
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| 240 | debugger though.)
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| 241 |
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| 242 | - Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works.
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| 243 |
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| 244 | - Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the
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| 245 | class browser.
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| 246 |
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| 247 | - Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class
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| 248 | browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text
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| 249 | windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.)
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| 250 |
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| 251 |
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| 252 | New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99)
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| 253 | ------------------------
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| 254 |
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| 255 | Lots of changes; here are the highlights:
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| 256 |
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| 257 | General:
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| 258 |
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| 259 | - You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see
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| 260 | extend.txt.
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| 261 |
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| 262 |
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| 263 | File menu:
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| 264 |
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| 265 | The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu.
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| 266 |
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| 267 |
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| 268 | Edit menu:
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| 269 |
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| 270 | New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog.
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| 271 |
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| 272 | Commands to tabify or untabify a region.
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| 273 |
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| 274 | Command to format a paragraph.
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| 275 |
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| 276 |
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| 277 | Debug menu:
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| 278 |
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| 279 | JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer
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| 280 | automaticall pops up when you get a traceback.
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| 281 |
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| 282 | Windows menu:
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| 283 |
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| 284 | Zoom height -- make the window full height.
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| 285 |
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| 286 |
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| 287 | Help menu:
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| 288 |
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| 289 | The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and
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| 290 | even edit it if you like.
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| 291 |
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| 292 |
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| 293 |
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| 294 | IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98.
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| 295 |
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| 296 | ======================================================================
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