1 What's New in IDLE 3.1b1?
2 =========================
4 *Release date: XX-XXX-09*
6 - Use of 'filter' in keybindingDialog.py was causing custom key assignment to
7 fail. Patch 5707 amaury.forgeotdarc.
10 What's New in IDLE 3.1a1?
11 =========================
13 *Release date: 07-Mar-09*
15 - Issue #4815: Offer conversion to UTF-8 if source files have
16 no encoding declaration and are not encoded in UTF-8.
18 - Issue #4008: Fix problems with non-ASCII source files.
20 - Issue #4323: Always encode source as UTF-8 without asking
21 the user (unless a different encoding is declared); remove
22 user configuration of source encoding; all according to
25 - Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
26 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
28 What's New in IDLE 2.7? (UNRELEASED, but merged into 3.1 releases above.)
29 =======================
31 *Release date: XX-XXX-2010*
33 - idle.py modified and simplified to better support developing experimental
34 versions of IDLE which are not installed in the standard location.
36 - OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" wasn't working with
37 file paths containing spaces. Bug 5559.
39 - Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, file not being
40 accessed Patch 5783 Guilherme Polo
42 - Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist simultaneously. Thanks to
43 David Scherer for suggesting the use of an ephemeral port for the GUI.
46 - Remove port spec from run.py and fix bug where subprocess fails to
47 extract port from command line when warnings are present.
49 - Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr to handle
50 mixed space/tab properly. Issue 5120, patch by Guilherme Polo.
52 - Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present
54 What's New in IDLE 3.0 final?
55 =============================
57 *Release date: 03-Dec-2008*
59 - IDLE would print a "Unhandled server exception!" message when internal
62 - Issue #4455: IDLE failed to display the windows list when two windows have
65 - Issue #4383: When IDLE cannot make the connection to its subprocess, it would
66 fail to properly display the error message.
69 What's New in IDLE 3.0a3?
70 =========================
72 *Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
74 - help() was not paging to the shell. Issue1650.
76 - CodeContext was not importing.
78 - Corrected two 3.0 compatibility errors reported by Mark Summerfield:
79 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-December/011491.html
81 - Shell was not colorizing due to bug introduced at r57998, Bug 1586.
83 - Issue #1585: IDLE uses non-existent xrange() function.
86 What's New in IDLE 3.0a2?
87 =========================
89 *Release date: 06-Dec-2007*
91 - Windows EOL sequence not converted correctly, encoding error.
92 Caused file save to fail. Bug 1130.
95 What's New in IDLE 3.0a1?
96 =========================
98 *Release date: 31-Aug-2007*
100 - IDLE converted to Python 3000 syntax.
102 - Strings became Unicode.
104 - CallTips module now uses the inspect module to produce the argspec.
106 - IDLE modules now use absolute import instead of implied relative import.
108 - atexit call replaces sys.exitfunc. The functionality of delete-exitfunc flag
109 in config-main.cfg remains unchanged: if set, registered exit functions will
110 be cleared before IDLE exits.
113 What's New in IDLE 2.6 final?
114 =============================
116 *Release date: 01-Oct-2008*, merged into 3.0 releases detailed above (3.0rc2)
118 - Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
119 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
121 - Home / Control-A toggles between left margin and end of leading white
122 space. issue1196903, patch by Jeff Shute.
124 - Improved AutoCompleteWindow logic. issue2062, patch by Tal Einat.
126 - Autocompletion of filenames now support alternate separators, e.g. the
127 '/' char on Windows. issue2061 Patch by Tal Einat.
129 - Configured selection highlighting colors were ignored; updating highlighting
130 in the config dialog would cause non-Python files to be colored as if they
131 were Python source; improve use of ColorDelagator. Patch 1334. Tal Einat.
133 - ScriptBinding event handlers weren't returning 'break'. Patch 2050, Tal Einat
135 - There was an error on exit if no sys.exitfunc was defined. Issue 1647.
137 - Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
138 Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
140 - Configure Dialog: improved layout for keybinding. Patch 1457 Tal Einat.
142 - tabpage.py updated: tabbedPages.py now supports multiple dynamic rows
143 of tabs. Patch 1612746 Tal Einat.
145 - Add confirmation dialog before printing. Patch 1717170 Tal Einat.
147 - Show paste position if > 80 col. Patch 1659326 Tal Einat.
149 - Update cursor color without restarting. Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
151 - Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
152 Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
154 - configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
156 - textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
158 - Clean up EditorWindow close.
160 - Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
162 - OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console
164 - Bug in idlelib.MultiCall: Options dialog was crashing IDLE if there was an
165 option in config-extensions w/o a value. Patch #1672481, Tal Einat
167 - Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
168 mouse and cursor selection in ACWindow implemented; double Tab inserts
169 current selection and closes ACW (similar to double-click and Return); scroll
170 wheel now works in ACW. Added AutoComplete instructions to IDLE Help.
172 - AutoCompleteWindow moved below input line, will move above if there
173 isn't enough space. Patch 1621265 Tal Einat
175 - Calltips now 'handle' tuples in the argument list (display '<tuple>' :)
176 Suggested solution by Christos Georgiou, Bug 791968.
178 - Add 'raw' support to configHandler. Patch 1650174 Tal Einat.
180 - Avoid hang when encountering a duplicate in a completion list. Bug 1571112.
182 - Patch #1362975: Rework CodeContext indentation algorithm to
183 avoid hard-coding pixel widths.
185 - Bug #813342: Start the IDLE subprocess with -Qnew if the parent
186 is started with that option.
188 - Honor the "Cancel" action in the save dialog (Debian bug #299092)
190 - Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
191 check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
192 first. Bug 1562716, 1562719
194 - IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
195 the Python release of which it's a part.
198 What's New in IDLE 1.2?
199 =======================
201 *Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
204 What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
205 =========================
207 *Release date: 17-AUG-2006*
209 - File menu hotkeys: there were three 'p' assignments. Reassign the
210 'Save Copy As' and 'Print' hotkeys to 'y' and 't'. Change the
211 Shell hotkey from 's' to 'l'.
213 - IDLE honors new quit() and exit() commands from site.py Quitter() object.
214 Patch 1540892, Jim Jewett
216 - The 'with' statement is now a Code Context block opener.
217 Patch 1540851, Jim Jewett
219 - Retrieval of previous shell command was not always preserving indentation
220 (since 1.2a1) Patch 1528468 Tal Einat.
222 - Changing tokenize (39046) to detect dedent broke tabnanny check (since 1.2a1)
224 - ToggleTab dialog was setting indent to 8 even if cancelled (since 1.2a1).
226 - When used w/o subprocess, all exceptions were preceded by an error
227 message claiming they were IDLE internal errors (since 1.2a1).
229 What's New in IDLE 1.2b3?
230 =========================
232 *Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
234 - Bug #1525817: Don't truncate short lines in IDLE's tool tips.
236 - Bug #1517990: IDLE keybindings on MacOS X now work correctly
238 - Bug #1517996: IDLE now longer shows the default Tk menu when a
239 path browser, class browser or debugger is the frontmost window on MacOS X
241 - EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
243 - EditorWindow failed when used stand-alone if sys.ps1 not set.
244 Bug 1010370 Dave Florek
246 - Tooltips failed on new-syle class __init__ args. Bug 1027566 Loren Guthrie
248 - Avoid occasional failure to detect closing paren properly.
249 Patch 1407280 Tal Einat
251 - Rebinding Tab key was inserting 'tab' instead of 'Tab'. Bug 1179168.
253 - Colorizer now handles #<builtin> correctly, also unicode strings and
254 'as' keyword in comment directly following import command. Closes 1325071.
255 Patch 1479219 Tal Einat
257 What's New in IDLE 1.2b2?
258 =========================
260 *Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
262 What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
263 =========================
265 *Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
267 What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
268 =========================
270 *Release date: 27-APR-2006*
272 What's New in IDLE 1.2a1?
273 =========================
275 *Release date: 05-APR-2006*
277 - Patch #1162825: Support non-ASCII characters in IDLE window titles.
279 - Source file f.flush() after writing; trying to avoid lossage if user
282 - Options / Keys / Advanced dialog made functional. Also, allow binding
285 - 'syntax' patch adds improved calltips and a new class attribute listbox.
286 MultiCall module allows binding multiple actions to an event.
287 Patch 906702 Noam Raphael
289 - Better indentation after first line of string continuation.
290 IDLEfork Patch 681992, Noam Raphael
292 - Fixed CodeContext alignment problem, following suggestion from Tal Einat.
294 - Increased performance in CodeContext extension Patch 936169 Noam Raphael
296 - Mac line endings were incorrect when pasting code from some browsers
297 when using X11 and the Fink distribution. Python Bug 1263656.
299 - <Enter> when cursor is on a previous command retrieves that command. Instead
300 of replacing the input line, the previous command is now appended to the
301 input line. Indentation is preserved, and undo is enabled.
302 Patch 1196917 Jeff Shute
304 - Clarify "tab/space" Error Dialog and "Tab Width" Dialog associated with
305 the Untabify command.
307 - Corrected "tab/space" Error Dialog to show correct menu for Untabify.
308 Patch 1196980 Jeff Shute
310 - New files are colorized by default, and colorizing is removed when
311 saving as non-Python files. Patch 1196895 Jeff Shute
312 Closes Python Bugs 775012 and 800432, partial fix IDLEfork 763524
314 - Improve subprocess link error notification.
316 - run.py: use Queue's blocking feature instead of sleeping in the main
317 loop. Patch # 1190163 Michiel de Hoon
319 - Add config-main option to make the 'history' feature non-cyclic.
320 Default remains cyclic. Python Patch 914546 Noam Raphael.
322 - Removed ability to configure tabs indent from Options dialog. This 'feature'
323 has never worked and no one has complained. It is still possible to set a
324 default tabs (v. spaces) indent 'manually' via config-main.def (or to turn on
325 tabs for the current EditorWindow via the Format menu) but IDLE will
326 encourage indentation via spaces.
328 - Enable setting the indentation width using the Options dialog.
331 - Add keybindings for del-word-left and del-word-right.
333 - Discourage using an indent width other than 8 when using tabs to indent
336 - Restore use of EditorWindow.set_indentation_params(), was dead code since
337 Autoindent was merged into EditorWindow. This allows IDLE to conform to the
338 indentation width of a loaded file. (But it still will not switch to tabs
339 even if the file uses tabs.) Any change in indent width is local to that
342 - Add Tabnanny check before Run/F5, not just when Checking module.
344 - If an extension can't be loaded, print warning and skip it instead of
347 - Improve error handling when .idlerc can't be created (warn and exit).
349 - The GUI was hanging if the shell window was closed while a raw_input()
350 was pending. Restored the quit() of the readline() mainloop().
351 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2004-December/002307.html
353 - The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
354 remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
356 What's New in IDLE 1.1?
357 =======================
359 *Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
361 - On OpenBSD, terminating IDLE with ctrl-c from the command line caused a
362 stuck subprocess MainThread because only the SocketThread was exiting.
364 What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
365 =============================
367 *Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
369 - Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
370 button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
371 config-keys.cfg). Also true for Theme/highlights. Python Bug 1064535.
373 - A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
374 raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch). Python Bug 1063840.
376 What's New in IDLE 1.1b2?
377 =========================
379 *Release date: 03-NOV-2004*
381 - When paragraph reformat width was made configurable, a bug was
382 introduced that caused reformatting of comment blocks to ignore how
383 far the block was indented, effectively adding the indentation width
384 to the reformat width. This has been repaired, and the reformat
385 width is again a bound on the total width of reformatted lines.
387 What's New in IDLE 1.1b1?
388 =========================
390 *Release date: 15-OCT-2004*
393 What's New in IDLE 1.1a3?
394 =========================
396 *Release date: 02-SEP-2004*
398 - Improve keyboard focus binding, especially in Windows menu. Improve
399 window raising, especially in the Windows menu and in the debugger.
402 - If user passes a non-existent filename on the commandline, just
403 open a new file, don't raise a dialog. IDLEfork 854928.
406 What's New in IDLE 1.1a2?
407 =========================
409 *Release date: 05-AUG-2004*
411 - EditorWindow.py was not finding the .chm help file on Windows. Typo
412 at Rev 1.54. Python Bug 990954
414 - checking sys.platform for substring 'win' was breaking IDLE docs on Mac
415 (darwin). Also, Mac Safari browser requires full file:// URIs. SF 900580.
418 What's New in IDLE 1.1a1?
419 =========================
421 *Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
423 - Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
424 user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
425 check and for runtime warnings raised in the subprocess.
427 - CodeContext hint pane visibility state is now persistent across sessions.
428 The pane no longer appears in the shell window. Added capability to limit
429 extensions to shell window or editor windows. Noam Raphael addition
432 - Paragraph reformat width is now a configurable parameter in the
435 - New Extension: CodeContext. Provides block structuring hints for code
436 which has scrolled above an edit window. Patch 936169 Noam Raphael.
438 - If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
439 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
441 - If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will
442 update immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
444 - Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
445 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not
446 refreshed and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
448 - rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
449 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
450 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
451 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
454 - Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
456 - Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
457 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
458 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
459 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
460 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
462 - Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
463 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
465 - Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
466 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
467 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
469 - After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
470 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
471 IDLEfork Patch 844675
473 - IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
474 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
476 - IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
477 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
479 - config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
480 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
483 What's New in IDLE 1.0?
484 =======================
486 *Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
488 - Added a banner to the shell discussing warnings possibly raised by personal
489 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
492 What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 2?
493 ===========================================
495 *Release date: 24-Jul-2003*
497 - Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
500 What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 1?
501 ===========================================
503 *Release date: 18-Jul-2003*
505 - Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
506 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
508 - Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
510 - Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
513 - Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
516 - Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
517 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
518 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
521 What's New in IDLE 1.0b2?
522 =========================
524 *Release date: 29-Jun-2003*
526 - Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
529 - Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
530 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
531 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
533 - TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
534 viewer instead of reading from a file.
536 - (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
537 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
538 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
540 - Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
542 - When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
543 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
545 - The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
547 - Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
549 - Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
550 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
552 - Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
553 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
555 - Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
556 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
558 - File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
559 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
562 What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
563 =============================
565 *Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
567 - The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
568 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
570 - Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
571 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
572 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
574 - IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
575 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
577 - Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
578 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
580 - Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
581 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
583 - Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
584 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
585 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
586 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
588 - Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
589 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
590 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
592 - Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
593 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
595 - When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
596 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
597 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
599 - Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
600 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
601 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
602 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
604 - Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
607 - Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
608 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
610 - Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
611 using the subprocess.
613 - Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
614 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
615 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
616 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
617 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
618 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
619 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
620 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
622 - Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
623 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
624 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
625 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
626 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
627 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
628 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
629 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
630 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
631 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
633 - Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
634 calls to signal.signal().
636 - Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
637 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
638 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
639 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
641 - Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
642 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
644 - Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
645 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
647 - Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
648 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
650 - Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
651 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
653 - Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
654 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
656 - Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
658 - Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
660 - Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
662 - Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
663 exception formatting to the subprocess.
667 What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
668 ===================================
670 *Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
672 - Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
674 - Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
676 - Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
678 - Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
679 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
681 - If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
682 modules from the traceback displayed.
684 - Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
686 - IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
689 - Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
691 - Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
694 - Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
695 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
697 - Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
699 - Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
701 - Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
702 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
703 validated, as before.)
705 - Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
706 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
709 - Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
710 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
712 - Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
713 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
714 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
716 - Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
718 - Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
720 - Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
721 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
723 - Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
725 - Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
728 - Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
729 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
730 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
731 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
733 - If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
734 accessing python.org.
736 - Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
737 them work in the installed configuration, also.
739 - On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
742 - Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
743 window location persistence.
745 - Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
747 - Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
749 - Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
751 - Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
752 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
755 - Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
756 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
757 recent restart boundary.
759 - Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
761 - Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
763 - Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
765 - In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
766 Properly credit David Scherer.
768 - Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
771 What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
772 ===================================
774 *Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
776 - First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
777 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
779 - Adapted to the Mac platform.
781 - Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
782 which provides details of command line usage.
784 - Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
786 - Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
787 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
788 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
789 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
791 - Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
793 - Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
794 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
795 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
796 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
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799 Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
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