As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history.
-IDLE fork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000
------------------------------
-
- David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu>
-
-This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of
-2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks,
-you get to keep both pieces.
-
-If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or
-post to the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
-(making it clear that you are using this modified version of IDLE).
-
-Changes:
-
- The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes
- programs in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC
- mechanism to an OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing
- unnamed programs (through a temporary file). It does not yet support
- debugging.
-
- When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped
- to exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back
- into the user program, that part of the traceback will be shown.
-
- The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular,
- it now supports a readline() function used to implement user input,
- and a scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of
- a previous run by scrolling it out of the window.
-
- Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with
- just a blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening
- a file in such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of
- that window instead of creating another window. Because of the need to
- have a well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of
- IDLE can be running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to
- report their command line arguments to the copy already running.
-
- The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large
- 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'.
-
- 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is
- present.
-
- A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation
- instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent.
-
-New modules:
- ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader
- loader.py Bootstraps user program
- protocol.py RPC protocol
- Remote.py User-process interpreter
- spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs
-
-Files modified:
- autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked )
- bindings.py ( menus reorganized )
- config.txt ( execbinding enabled )
- editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' )
- filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" )
- formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked )
- idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname )
- idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? )
- iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention )
- keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked )
- outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc )
- pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior )
- readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> )
-
-
-IDLE 0.5 - February 2000
-------------------------
+IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes
+----------------------------------------
This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based
IDE for Python.
-For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt. (For a more
-detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)
+(For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)
FEATURES
IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice
(http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html).
+
+
+New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000)
+---------------------------
+
+Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond:
+
+- Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka).
+
+- Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack
+Viewer menu, not by the debugger.)
+
+- Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats
+them correctly (MH)
+
+- New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands
+much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path
+browsers (TP)
+
+- Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of
+multi-line statements (TP)
+
+- Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function
+followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the
+window to close the tip window (MH)
+
+- Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP)
+
+- New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks
+familiar to Windows users
+
+- Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now
+always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works
+correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module
+name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script:
+this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also
+sets sys.argv[] to the script name
+
+
+New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99)
+------------------------
+
+Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows
+a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path,
+directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class
+browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module,
+MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog.
+
+
+New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99)
+-------------------------
+
+Most important changes:
+
+- Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger.
+Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a
+reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger.
+
+- Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows
+menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed.
+
+- Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts
+with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer"
+(was: JIT stack viewer) menu items.
+
+- Added a Quit button to the Debugger API.
+
+- The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path.
+
+- Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical
+filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a
+lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the
+debugger though.)
+
+- Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works.
+
+- Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the
+class browser.
+
+- Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class
+browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text
+windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.)
+
+
+New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99)
+------------------------
+
+Lots of changes; here are the highlights:
+
+General:
+
+- You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see
+extend.txt.
+
+
+File menu:
+
+The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu.
+
+
+Edit menu:
+
+New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog.
+
+Commands to tabify or untabify a region.
+
+Command to format a paragraph.
+
+
+Debug menu:
+
+JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer
+automaticall pops up when you get a traceback.
+
+Windows menu:
+
+Zoom height -- make the window full height.
+
+
+Help menu:
+
+The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and
+even edit it if you like.
+
+
+
+IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98.
+
+======================================================================
++++++++++++++
IDLEfork NEWS
-=============
-(For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)
----------------------------------------------------------
++++++++++++++
-IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 0 (31 DEC 2002)
-----------------------------------
+What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
+===================================
-First Alpha release with GvR RPC and Configuration GUI.
+*Release date: XX-XXX-2003*
-This file will be updated at next Alpha release. Meanwhile, see README.txt.
+- Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
+- Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
+ deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
-IDLEfork 0.8.1 (22 JUL 2001)
-----------------------------
-New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork
-project.
+- Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
-This release requires python 2.1 or better. Compatability with earlier
-versions of python (especially ancient ones like 1.5x) is no longer
-a priority in IDLEfork development.
+- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
+ to parents.
-This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with
-current cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional
-coding by Kurt B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava.
+- Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
+ Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
+ the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
+ Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
-This release is basically functional but also contains some known
-breakages, particularly with running things from the shell window. Also
-the debugger is not working, but I believe this was the case with the
-previous IDLE fork release (0.7.1) as well.
+- If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
+ accessing python.org.
-This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is
-launching into a new stage of development.
+- Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
+ them work in the installed configuration, also.
-IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and
-exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted
-by David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR, while
-stabilisation and development of less heavyweight improvements (like
-user customisation) can continue on the trunk.
+- On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
+ less mouse action!
+- Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
+ window location persistence.
-IDLE fork 0.7.1 (15 AUG 2000)
------------------------------
-First project tarball released.
+- Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
+
+- Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
+
+- Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
+
+- Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
+ add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart". Update help.
+
+- Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
+ shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" and hotkey to jump to the most recent
+ restart boundary.
+
+- Change the shell window menu "Debug" to "Shell"; change "Settings" to
+ "Options".
-This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a
-combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional
-changes coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and
-Nicholas Riley.
+- Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
+- Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
-original IDLE NEWS.txt :
-========================
+- In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
+ Properly credit David Scherer.
-New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000)
--------------------------
+- Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
-Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond:
+- Known issues:
-- Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka).
+ + Can't kill a tight loop in the Windows version: Insert a
+ ``print "*",`` in an outer loop or use the Task Manager to kill.
+ + Printing under Linux may be problematic.
+ + The debugger is pretty slow.
+ + RPC stack levels are not being pruned from debugger tracebacks.
-- Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack
-Viewer menu, not by the debugger.)
-- Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats
-them correctly (MH)
+What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
+===================================
-- New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands
-much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path
-browsers (TP)
+*Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
-- Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of
-multi-line statements (TP)
+- First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
+ Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
-- Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function
-followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the
-window to close the tip window (MH)
+- Adapted to the Mac platform.
-- Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP)
+- Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
+ which provides details of command line usage.
-- New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks
-familiar to Windows users
+- Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
-- Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now
-always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works
-correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module
-name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script:
-this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also
-sets sys.argv[] to the script name
+- Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
+ of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
+ environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
+ environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
-New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99)
-------------------------
+- Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
-Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows
-a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path,
-directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class
-browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module,
-MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog.
+- Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
+ van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
+ to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
+ ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
-New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99)
--------------------------
-Most important changes:
-- Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger.
-Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a
-reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger.
+What's New in IDLEfork 0.8.1?
+=============================
-- Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows
-menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed.
+*Release date: 22-Jul-2001*
-- Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts
-with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer"
-(was: JIT stack viewer) menu items.
+- New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork
+ project.
-- Added a Quit button to the Debugger API.
+- This release requires python 2.1 or better. Compatability with earlier
+ versions of python (especially ancient ones like 1.5x) is no longer a
+ priority in IDLEfork development.
-- The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path.
+- This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with current
+ cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional coding by Kurt
+ B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava.
-- Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical
-filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a
-lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the
-debugger though.)
+- This release is basically functional but also contains some known breakages,
+ particularly with running things from the shell window. Also the debugger is
+ not working, but I believe this was the case with the previous IDLE fork
+ release (0.7.1) as well.
-- Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works.
+- This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is
+ launching into a new stage of development.
-- Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the
-class browser.
+- IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and
+ exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted by
+ David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR, while stabilisation
+ and development of less heavyweight improvements (like user customisation)
+ can continue on the trunk.
-- Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class
-browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text
-windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+What's New in IDLE fork 0.7.1?
+==============================
-New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99)
-------------------------
+*Release date: 15-Aug-2000*
-Lots of changes; here are the highlights:
+- First project tarball released.
+
+- This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a
+ combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional changes
+ coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and Nicholas Riley.
+
+
+
+IDLE fork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000
+-----------------------------
-General:
+ David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu>
-- You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see
-extend.txt.
+- This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of
+ 2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you
+ get to keep both pieces.
+- If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or post to
+ the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev (making it clear
+ that you are using this modified version of IDLE).
-File menu:
+- Changes:
-The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu.
+ - The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes programs
+ in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC mechanism to an
+ OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing unnamed programs
+ (through a temporary file). It does not yet support debugging.
+ - When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped to
+ exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back into the
+ user program, that part of the traceback will be shown.
-Edit menu:
+ - The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular, it now
+ supports a readline() function used to implement user input, and a
+ scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of a previous run
+ by scrolling it out of the window.
-New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog.
+ - Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with just a
+ blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening a file in
+ such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of that window
+ instead of creating another window. Because of the need to have a
+ well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of IDLE can be
+ running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to report their
+ command line arguments to the copy already running.
-Commands to tabify or untabify a region.
+ - The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large
+ 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'.
-Command to format a paragraph.
+ - 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is
+ present.
+ - A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation
+ instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent.
-Debug menu:
+- New modules:
+
+ ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader
+ loader.py Bootstraps user program
+ protocol.py RPC protocol
+ Remote.py User-process interpreter
+ spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs
-JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer
-automaticall pops up when you get a traceback.
+- Files modified:
-Windows menu:
+ autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked )
+ bindings.py ( menus reorganized )
+ config.txt ( execbinding enabled )
+ editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' )
+ filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" )
+ formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked )
+ idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname )
+ idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? )
+ iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention )
+ keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked )
+ outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc )
+ pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior )
+ readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> )
-Zoom height -- make the window full height.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Help menu:
-The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and
-even edit it if you like.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98.
-======================================================================
IDLEfork README
===============
-IDLEfork is an official experimental fork of Python's Integrated
-DeveLopment Environment IDLE. The biggest change is to execute
-Python code in a separate process, which is /restarted/ for each
-Run (F5) initiated from an editor window. This enhancement of
-IDLE has often been requested, and is now finally available,
-complete with debugger.
+IDLEfork is an official experimental fork of Python's Integrated DeveLopment
+Environment, IDLE. The biggest change is to execute Python code in a separate
+process, which is /restarted/ for each Run (F5) initiated from an editor
+window. This enhancement of IDLE has often been requested, and is now finally
+available, complete with the IDLE debugger. The magic "reload/import *"
+incantations are no longer required when editing/testing a module two or three
+steps down the import chain.
-There is also a new GUI configuration manager which makes it easy
-to select fonts, colors, and startup options.
+There is also a new GUI configuration manager which makes it easy to select
+fonts, colors, keybindings, and startup options. There is new feature where
+the user can specify additional help sources, either locally or on the web.
-IDLEfork will be merged back into the Python distribution in the
-near future (probably 2.3), replacing the current version of IDLE.
+IDLEfork will be merged back into the Python distribution in the near future
+(probably 2.3), replacing the current version of IDLE.
-As David Scherer aptly put it in the original IDLEfork README,
-"It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you get to
-keep both pieces."
+For information on this release, refer to NEWS.txt
-If you find bugs let us know about them by using the IDLEfork Bug
-Tracker. See the IDLEfork home page at
+As David Scherer aptly put it in the original IDLEfork README, "It is alpha
+software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces."
-http://idlefork.sourceforge.net
-
-for details. Patches are always appreciated at the IDLEfork Patch
-Tracker.
-
-Please see the files NEWS.txt and ChangeLog for more up to date
-information on changes in this release of IDLEfork.
-
-Thanks for trying IDLEfork.
+If you find bugs let us know about them by using the IDLEfork Bug Tracker. See
+the IDLEfork home page at
+http://idlefork.sourceforge.net
-IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 0
---------------------------------
-
-Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The
-output of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to
-inspect the environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1
-the shell environment was separate from the environment of the user
-code.)
-
-Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
+for details. Patches are always appreciated at the IDLEfork Patch Tracker, and
+Change Requests should be posted to the RFE Tracker at
-Adapted to the Mac platform.
+https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=9579&atid=359579
-Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
+There is a mail list for IDLE: idle-dev@python.org. You can join at
-Known issues:
+http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
-- Can't kill a tight loop in the Windows version: Use the Task Manager!
-- Printing under Linux may be problematic.
-- The debugger is pretty slow.
-- RPC stack levels are not being pruned from debugger tracebacks.
-- Changelog and NEWS.txt are incomplete.
+Thanks for trying IDLEfork.
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