| IDLEfork README |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| IDLEfork will be merged back into the Python distribution in the near future |
| (probably 2.3), replacing the current version of IDLE. |
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| For information on this release, refer to NEWS.txt |
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| 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." |
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| If you find bugs let us know about them by using the IDLEfork Bug Tracker. See |
| the IDLEfork home page at |
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| http://idlefork.sourceforge.net |
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| for details. Patches are always appreciated at the IDLEfork Patch Tracker, and |
| Change Requests should be posted to the RFE Tracker at |
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| https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=9579&atid=359579 |
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| There is a mail list for IDLE: idle-dev@python.org. You can join at |
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| http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev |
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| Thanks for trying IDLEfork. |