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+IDLE History
+============
+
+This file contains the release messages for previous IDLE releases.
+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
+------------------------
+
+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.)
+
+FEATURES
+
+IDLE has the following features:
+
+- coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk)
+
+- cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are
+currently problems with Tcl/Tk)
+
+- multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing
+and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips
+
+- Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter)
+
+- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view  and step)
+
+USAGE
+
+The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able
+to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell.  On Windows, you can
+run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up
+a DOS console.  If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows,
+use the batch file idle.bat.
+
+Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed,
+not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option.
+Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options.
+
+IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a
+Python 1.5.2 distribution.  (An older version of IDLE is distributed
+with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.)
+
+COPYRIGHT
+
+IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice
+(http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html).