-[See end for tips.]
+[See end for ** TIPS ]
Click on the dotted line at the top of a menu to "tear it off": a
separate window containing the menu is created.
-File menu:
+File Menu:
- New window -- create a new editing window
+ New Window -- create a new editing window
Open... -- open an existing file
- Open module... -- open an existing module (searches sys.path)
- Class browser -- show classes and methods in current file
- Path browser -- show sys.path directories, modules, classes
- and methods
+ Recent Files... -- open a list of recent files
+ Open Module... -- open an existing module (searches sys.path)
+ Class Browser -- show classes and methods in current file
+ Path Browser -- show sys.path directories, modules, classes
+ and methods
---
Save -- save current window to the associated file (unsaved
windows have a * before and after the window title)
Save As... -- save current window to new file, which becomes
- the associated file
+ the associated file
Save Copy As... -- save current window to different file
- without changing the associated file
+ without changing the associated file
+ ---
+ Print Window -- print the current window
---
Close -- close current window (asks to save if unsaved)
Exit -- close all windows and quit IDLE (asks to save if unsaved)
-Edit menu:
+Edit Menu:
Undo -- Undo last change to current window (max 1000 changes)
Redo -- Redo last undone change to current window
Select All -- Select the entire contents of the edit buffer
---
Find... -- Open a search dialog box with many options
- Find again -- Repeat last search
- Find selection -- Search for the string in the selection
+ Find Again -- Repeat last search
+ Find Selection -- Search for the string in the selection
Find in Files... -- Open a search dialog box for searching files
Replace... -- Open a search-and-replace dialog box
- Go to line -- Ask for a line number and show that line
- ---
- Indent region -- Shift selected lines right 4 spaces
- Dedent region -- Shift selected lines left 4 spaces
- Comment out region -- Insert ## in front of selected lines
- Uncomment region -- Remove leading # or ## from selected lines
- Tabify region -- Turns *leading* stretches of spaces into tabs
- Untabify region -- Turn *all* tabs into the right number of spaces
- Expand word -- Expand the word you have typed to match another
- word in the same buffer; repeat to get a different expansion
+ Go to Line -- Ask for a line number and show that line
+ Expand Word -- Expand the word you have typed to match another
+ word in the same buffer; repeat to get a different
+ expansion
+
+Format Menu (only in Edit window):
+
+ Indent Region -- Shift selected lines right 4 spaces
+ Dedent Region -- Shift selected lines left 4 spaces
+ Comment Out Region -- Insert ## in front of selected lines
+ Uncomment Region -- Remove leading # or ## from selected lines
+ Tabify Region -- Turns *leading* stretches of spaces into tabs
+ Untabify Region -- Turn *all* tabs into the right number of spaces
+ New Indent Width... -- Open dialog to change indent width
Format Paragraph -- Reformat the current blank-line-separated paragraph
+
+Run Menu (only in Edit window):
+
+ Python Shell -- Open or wake up the Python shell window
---
- Import module -- Import or reload the current module
- Run script -- Execute the current file in the __main__ namespace
+ Check Module -- Run a syntax check on the module
+ Run Script -- Execute the current file in the __main__ namespace
+
+Settings Menu:
-Windows menu:
+ Configure IDLE -- Open a configuration dialog. Fonts, indentation,
+ keybindings, and color themes may be altered.
+ Startup preferences may be set.
+ ---
+ Revert to Default Settings -- Restore original settings
- Zoom Height -- toggles the window between normal size (24x80)
+Windows Menu:
+
+ Zoom Height -- toggles the window between configured size
and maximum height.
---
The rest of this menu lists the names of all open windows;
select one to bring it to the foreground (deiconifying it if
necessary).
-Debug menu (in the Python Shell window only):
+Debug Menu (in the Python Shell window only):
+
+ Go to File/Line -- look around the insert point for a filename
+ and linenumber, open the file, and show the line
+ Stack Viewer -- show the stack traceback of the last exception
+ Debugger (toggle) -- Run commands in the shell under the debugger
+ Auto-open Stack Viewer (toggle) -- Open stack viewer on traceback
+
+Help Menu:
+
+ IDLE Help -- Display this file
+ Python Documentation -- Access local Python documentation, if
+ installed. Otherwise access python.org.
+ Advice -- Emergency Only!
+ IDLE Readme -- Background discussion and change details
+ ---
+ About IDLE --- Version, copyright, license, credits
- Go to file/line -- look around the insert point for a filename
- and linenumber, open the file, and show the line
- Open stack viewer -- show the stack traceback of the last exception
- Debugger toggle -- Run commands in the shell under the debugger
- JIT Stack viewer toggle -- Open stack viewer on traceback
+** TIPS
+========
Basic editing and navigation:
Arrow keys and Page Up/Down to move around
Home/End go to begin/end of line
Control-Home/End go to begin/end of file
- Some Emacs bindings may also work, e.g. ^B/^P/^A/^E/^D/^L
+ Some Emacs or standard Windows bindings may work.
+ Keybindings are selected in the Settings Dialog, look there.
Automatic indentation:
4 spaces (in the Python Shell window by one tab). After
certain keywords (break, return etc.) the next line is
dedented. In leading indentation, Backspace deletes up to 4
- spaces if they are there. Tab inserts 1-4 spaces (in the
- Python Shell window one tab). See also the indent/dedent
- region commands in the edit menu.
+ spaces if they are there. Tab inserts spaces (in the
+ Python Shell window one tab), number depends on Indent Width
+ See also the indent/dedent region commands in the edit menu.
Python Shell window:
The coloring is applied in a background "thread", so you may
occasionally see uncolorized text. To change the color
- scheme, edit the [Colors] section in config.txt (or add a
- [Colors] section to ~/.idle).
+ scheme, use the Settings/Highlighting dialog.
- Python syntax colors:
+ Python default syntax colors:
Keywords orange
Strings green
Comments red
Definitions blue
- Shell colors:
+ Shell default colors:
Console output brown
stdout blue
Other preferences:
- To change the font open config-[win/unix/mac].txt and
- change
-
- font-name: courier new
- font-size: 10
-
- to, for example:
-
- font-name: courier new bold
- font-size: 14
-
- Note: a GUI based configuration screen will be provided
- in the future.
-
- To change keyboard bindings, edit Bindings.py
+ The font preferences, keybinding, and startup preferences can
+ be changed using the Settings dialog.
Command line usage:
-
- idle.py [-c command] [-d] [-e] [-s] [-t title] [arg] ...
-
- -c command run this command
- -d enable debugger
- -e edit mode; arguments are files to be edited
- -s run $IDLESTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP first
- -t title set title of shell window
-
- If there are arguments:
-
- If -e is used, arguments are files opened for editing and
- sys.argv reflects the arguments passed to IDLE itself.
-
- Otherwise, if -c is used, all arguments are placed in
- sys.argv[1:...], with sys.argv[0] set to '-c'.
-
- Otherwise, if neither -e nor -c is used, the first
- argument is a script which is executed with the remaining
- arguments in sys.argv[1:...] and sys.argv[0] set to the
- script name. If the script name is '-', no script is
- executed but an interactive Python session is started; the
- arguments are still available in sys.argv.
+
+ Enter idle -h at the command prompt to get a usage message.
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