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Kurt B. Kaiser020d3d92011-03-17 00:05:38 -04001What's New in IDLE 2.7.2?
2=======================
3
4*Release date: XX-XX-XXXX*
5
6- <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows. Issue3851.
7
Benjamin Peterson743242a2010-07-03 13:49:03 +00008What's New in IDLE 2.7?
9=======================
Amaury Forgeot d'Arcdd8d8242008-04-21 22:35:30 +000010
Benjamin Peterson743242a2010-07-03 13:49:03 +000011*Release date: 07-03-2010*
Amaury Forgeot d'Arcdd8d8242008-04-21 22:35:30 +000012
Kurt B. Kaiser106ac462009-05-03 01:03:44 +000013- idle.py modified and simplified to better support developing experimental
14 versions of IDLE which are not installed in the standard location.
15
Kurt B. Kaiser94290d32009-04-26 23:22:11 +000016- OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" wasn't working with
17 file paths containing spaces. Bug 5559.
18
Kurt B. Kaiserf13447f2009-04-23 02:36:01 +000019- Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, file not being
20 accessed Patch 5783 Guilherme Polo
21
Kurt B. Kaiser013d6cc2009-04-04 07:03:48 +000022- Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist simultaneously. Thanks to
23 David Scherer for suggesting the use of an ephemeral port for the GUI.
24 Patch 1529142 Weeble.
25
Kurt B. Kaiser4724f402009-04-02 02:44:54 +000026- Remove port spec from run.py and fix bug where subprocess fails to
27 extract port from command line when warnings are present.
28
Kurt B. Kaiserce465112009-03-30 16:22:00 +000029- Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr to handle
Kurt B. Kaiser4724f402009-04-02 02:44:54 +000030 mixed space/tab properly. Issue 5129, patch by Guilherme Polo.
Kurt B. Kaiserce465112009-03-30 16:22:00 +000031
Ronald Oussoren8c954842009-01-02 12:59:32 +000032- Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present
33
Martin v. Löwis7d7e1b72009-01-24 15:45:18 +000034
35What's New in IDLE 2.6?
36=======================
37
38*Release date: 01-Oct-2008*
39
Amaury Forgeot d'Arcdd8d8242008-04-21 22:35:30 +000040- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
41 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
42
Kurt B. Kaiser93cdae52008-04-27 21:07:41 +000043- Home / Control-A toggles between left margin and end of leading white
44 space. Patch 1196903 Jeff Shute.
45
Kurt B. Kaiser83101902008-04-27 21:52:19 +000046- Improved AutoCompleteWindow logic. Patch 2062 Tal Einat.
47
48- Autocompletion of filenames now support alternate separators, e.g. the
49 '/' char on Windows. Patch 2061 Tal Einat.
Kurt B. Kaiser9c5c0af2008-04-27 21:38:05 +000050
Anthony Baxter78b1a082006-08-18 07:29:02 +000051What's New in IDLE 2.6a1?
52=========================
53
Barry Warsaw9d225e62008-03-01 03:00:52 +000054*Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
Kurt B. Kaiserb4aaa762008-01-23 22:19:23 +000055
Kurt B. Kaiserf05fa332008-02-15 22:25:09 +000056- Configured selection highlighting colors were ignored; updating highlighting
57 in the config dialog would cause non-Python files to be colored as if they
58 were Python source; improve use of ColorDelagator. Patch 1334. Tal Einat.
59
Kurt B. Kaisere312cfd2008-02-15 21:56:36 +000060- ScriptBinding event handlers weren't returning 'break'. Patch 2050, Tal Einat.
61
Kurt B. Kaiserf30ba3d2008-01-23 22:55:26 +000062- There was an error on exit if no sys.exitfunc was defined. Issue 1647.
63
Kurt B. Kaiserb4aaa762008-01-23 22:19:23 +000064- Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
65 Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
Anthony Baxter78b1a082006-08-18 07:29:02 +000066
Kurt B. Kaiser28c7bcf2007-12-28 04:18:01 +000067- Configure Dialog: improved layout for keybinding. Patch 1457 Tal Einat.
68
Kurt B. Kaiser20172f92007-10-30 02:38:54 +000069- tabpage.py updated: tabbedPages.py now supports multiple dynamic rows
70 of tabs. Patch 1612746 Tal Einat.
71
Kurt B. Kaiser60d58402007-10-28 19:03:59 +000072- Add confirmation dialog before printing. Patch 1717170 Tal Einat.
73
Kurt B. Kaiser631fee62007-10-10 01:06:47 +000074- Show paste position if > 80 col. Patch 1659326 Tal Einat.
75
Kurt B. Kaisercca976b2007-10-10 00:55:40 +000076- Update cursor color without restarting. Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
77
Kurt B. Kaiserc8f65e62007-10-09 19:31:30 +000078- Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
79 Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
80
Kurt B. Kaisere3fde8f2007-10-04 03:11:12 +000081- configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
82
Kurt B. Kaiserd5f49102007-10-04 02:53:07 +000083- textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
84
Kurt B. Kaiser0b634ef2007-10-04 02:09:17 +000085- Clean up EditorWindow close.
86
Kurt B. Kaiserac45aff2008-02-14 00:08:55 +000087- Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
88
89- OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console
90
91- Bug in idlelib.MultiCall: Options dialog was crashing IDLE if there was an
92 option in config-extensions w/o a value. Patch #1672481, Tal Einat
93
Kurt B. Kaiser209de1f2007-02-08 22:58:18 +000094- Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
95 mouse and cursor selection in ACWindow implemented; double Tab inserts
96 current selection and closes ACW (similar to double-click and Return); scroll
97 wheel now works in ACW. Added AutoComplete instructions to IDLE Help.
98
Kurt B. Kaiserca30acf2007-02-07 03:39:41 +000099- AutoCompleteWindow moved below input line, will move above if there
100 isn't enough space. Patch 1621265 Tal Einat
101
Kurt B. Kaiserecf796e2007-02-05 23:02:16 +0000102- Calltips now 'handle' tuples in the argument list (display '<tuple>' :)
103 Suggested solution by Christos Georgiou, Bug 791968.
104
Kurt B. Kaiser90f84922007-02-05 06:03:18 +0000105- Add 'raw' support to configHandler. Patch 1650174 Tal Einat.
106
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +0000107- Avoid hang when encountering a duplicate in a completion list. Bug 1571112.
108
Martin v. Löwis8609da92006-12-03 09:54:46 +0000109- Patch #1362975: Rework CodeContext indentation algorithm to
110 avoid hard-coding pixel widths.
111
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +0000112- Bug #813342: Start the IDLE subprocess with -Qnew if the parent
113 is started with that option.
114
Kurt B. Kaiser0b634ef2007-10-04 02:09:17 +0000115- Honor the "Cancel" action in the save dialog (Debian bug #299092)
116
Kurt B. Kaiserc426ffc2006-10-01 21:16:45 +0000117- Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
118 check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
119 first. Bug 1562716, 1562719
120
Anthony Baxter78b1a082006-08-18 07:29:02 +0000121- IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
122 the Python release of which it's a part.
123
124
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +0000125What's New in IDLE 1.2?
126=======================
127
128*Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
129
130
Kurt B. Kaiser312e5af2006-08-09 16:46:15 +0000131What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
132=========================
133
Anthony Baxterb4096662006-08-16 03:42:26 +0000134*Release date: 17-AUG-2006*
Kurt B. Kaiser312e5af2006-08-09 16:46:15 +0000135
Kurt B. Kaiser7ae35482006-08-16 21:45:59 +0000136- File menu hotkeys: there were three 'p' assignments. Reassign the
137 'Save Copy As' and 'Print' hotkeys to 'y' and 't'. Change the
138 Shell hotkey from 's' to 'l'.
139
Kurt B. Kaiserd112bc72006-08-16 05:01:42 +0000140- IDLE honors new quit() and exit() commands from site.py Quitter() object.
141 Patch 1540892, Jim Jewett
142
143- The 'with' statement is now a Code Context block opener.
144 Patch 1540851, Jim Jewett
Kurt B. Kaiser2a7ff292006-08-16 03:15:26 +0000145
Kurt B. Kaisercd3d8be2006-08-10 17:11:09 +0000146- Retrieval of previous shell command was not always preserving indentation
147 (since 1.2a1) Patch 1528468 Tal Einat.
148
Kurt B. Kaiser1fe9ca02006-08-10 01:41:17 +0000149- Changing tokenize (39046) to detect dedent broke tabnanny check (since 1.2a1)
150
Kurt B. Kaiser53f2b5f2006-08-09 20:34:46 +0000151- ToggleTab dialog was setting indent to 8 even if cancelled (since 1.2a1).
152
Andrew M. Kuchlingfaeeab72006-08-09 18:23:14 +0000153- When used w/o subprocess, all exceptions were preceded by an error
Kurt B. Kaiser312e5af2006-08-09 16:46:15 +0000154 message claiming they were IDLE internal errors (since 1.2a1).
155
Anthony Baxter5d32a9f2006-08-02 07:43:09 +0000156What's New in IDLE 1.2b3?
Kurt B. Kaiser4b7e35b2006-07-18 04:03:16 +0000157=========================
158
Anthony Baxter5d32a9f2006-08-02 07:43:09 +0000159*Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
Kurt B. Kaiser4b7e35b2006-07-18 04:03:16 +0000160
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +0000161- Bug #1525817: Don't truncate short lines in IDLE's tool tips.
162
163- Bug #1517990: IDLE keybindings on MacOS X now work correctly
164
165- Bug #1517996: IDLE now longer shows the default Tk menu when a
166 path browser, class browser or debugger is the frontmost window on MacOS X
167
Kurt B. Kaisera2946a42006-07-24 18:05:51 +0000168- EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
169
Kurt B. Kaiserb3c4d162006-07-24 17:13:23 +0000170- EditorWindow failed when used stand-alone if sys.ps1 not set.
171 Bug 1010370 Dave Florek
172
Kurt B. Kaiserc6bacd52006-07-23 04:19:49 +0000173- Tooltips failed on new-syle class __init__ args. Bug 1027566 Loren Guthrie
174
Kurt B. Kaiser43476e02006-07-20 22:22:52 +0000175- Avoid occasional failure to detect closing paren properly.
176 Patch 1407280 Tal Einat
177
Kurt B. Kaiser4b7e35b2006-07-18 04:03:16 +0000178- Rebinding Tab key was inserting 'tab' instead of 'Tab'. Bug 1179168.
179
180- Colorizer now handles #<builtin> correctly, also unicode strings and
181 'as' keyword in comment directly following import command. Closes 1325071.
182 Patch 1479219 Tal Einat
183
Anthony Baxter70e8e872006-07-10 07:41:04 +0000184What's New in IDLE 1.2b2?
185=========================
186
187*Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
188
Anthony Baxterd1136802006-06-19 12:04:15 +0000189What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
190=========================
191
192*Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
193
Anthony Baxterc7d00322006-04-27 02:11:24 +0000194What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
195=========================
196
197*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
198
Anthony Baxterebed3f62006-04-03 15:03:44 +0000199What's New in IDLE 1.2a1?
200=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000201
Anthony Baxterebed3f62006-04-03 15:03:44 +0000202*Release date: 05-APR-2006*
Kurt B. Kaiser5c6e0a12005-11-22 21:09:37 +0000203
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +0000204- Patch #1162825: Support non-ASCII characters in IDLE window titles.
205
Kurt B. Kaiser70f05c52006-03-19 20:40:05 +0000206- Source file f.flush() after writing; trying to avoid lossage if user
207 kills GUI.
208
Kurt B. Kaiser5c6e0a12005-11-22 21:09:37 +0000209- Options / Keys / Advanced dialog made functional. Also, allow binding
210 of 'movement' keys.
211
212- 'syntax' patch adds improved calltips and a new class attribute listbox.
213 MultiCall module allows binding multiple actions to an event.
214 Patch 906702 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000215
Kurt B. Kaiserb61602c2005-11-15 07:20:06 +0000216- Better indentation after first line of string continuation.
217 IDLEfork Patch 681992, Noam Raphael
218
Kurt B. Kaiser389482c2005-10-03 20:08:25 +0000219- Fixed CodeContext alignment problem, following suggestion from Tal Einat.
220
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000221- Increased performance in CodeContext extension Patch 936169 Noam Raphael
222
Kurt B. Kaiser2618c7f2005-08-23 02:27:23 +0000223- Mac line endings were incorrect when pasting code from some browsers
224 when using X11 and the Fink distribution. Python Bug 1263656.
225
Kurt B. Kaisera7daba62005-06-19 18:56:15 +0000226- <Enter> when cursor is on a previous command retrieves that command. Instead
227 of replacing the input line, the previous command is now appended to the
228 input line. Indentation is preserved, and undo is enabled.
229 Patch 1196917 Jeff Shute
230
Kurt B. Kaiserca7329c2005-06-12 05:19:23 +0000231- Clarify "tab/space" Error Dialog and "Tab Width" Dialog associated with
232 the Untabify command.
233
234- Corrected "tab/space" Error Dialog to show correct menu for Untabify.
235 Patch 1196980 Jeff Shute
236
Kurt B. Kaiserdf506ea2005-06-12 04:33:30 +0000237- New files are colorized by default, and colorizing is removed when
238 saving as non-Python files. Patch 1196895 Jeff Shute
239 Closes Python Bugs 775012 and 800432, partial fix IDLEfork 763524
240
Kurt B. Kaiser935ea9a2005-05-10 03:44:24 +0000241- Improve subprocess link error notification.
242
Kurt B. Kaiser20345fb2005-05-05 23:29:54 +0000243- run.py: use Queue's blocking feature instead of sleeping in the main
244 loop. Patch # 1190163 Michiel de Hoon
245
Kurt B. Kaiser0676dfd2005-02-03 01:37:14 +0000246- Add config-main option to make the 'history' feature non-cyclic.
247 Default remains cyclic. Python Patch 914546 Noam Raphael.
248
Kurt B. Kaiseracdef852005-01-31 03:34:26 +0000249- Removed ability to configure tabs indent from Options dialog. This 'feature'
250 has never worked and no one has complained. It is still possible to set a
251 default tabs (v. spaces) indent 'manually' via config-main.def (or to turn on
252 tabs for the current EditorWindow via the Format menu) but IDLE will
253 encourage indentation via spaces.
254
255- Enable setting the indentation width using the Options dialog.
256 Bug # 783877
257
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000258- Add keybindings for del-word-left and del-word-right.
259
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000260- Discourage using an indent width other than 8 when using tabs to indent
261 Python code.
262
263- Restore use of EditorWindow.set_indentation_params(), was dead code since
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000264 Autoindent was merged into EditorWindow. This allows IDLE to conform to the
265 indentation width of a loaded file. (But it still will not switch to tabs
266 even if the file uses tabs.) Any change in indent width is local to that
267 window.
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000268
269- Add Tabnanny check before Run/F5, not just when Checking module.
270
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000271- If an extension can't be loaded, print warning and skip it instead of
272 erroring out.
273
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000274- Improve error handling when .idlerc can't be created (warn and exit).
275
Kurt B. Kaiser70f05c52006-03-19 20:40:05 +0000276- The GUI was hanging if the shell window was closed while a raw_input()
Kurt B. Kaiser5c3df352004-12-23 04:20:59 +0000277 was pending. Restored the quit() of the readline() mainloop().
278 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2004-December/002307.html
279
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000280- The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
281 remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
282
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000283What's New in IDLE 1.1?
284=======================
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000285
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000286*Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000287
288- On OpenBSD, terminating IDLE with ctrl-c from the command line caused a
289 stuck subprocess MainThread because only the SocketThread was exiting.
290
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000291What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
292=============================
293
Anthony Baxter5cc727a2004-11-18 12:32:27 +0000294*Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000295
Kurt B. Kaiser03562a52004-11-16 21:31:08 +0000296- Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
297 button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
298 config-keys.cfg). Also true for Theme/highlights. Python Bug 1064535.
299
Kurt B. Kaiserf7a88992004-11-13 21:05:58 +0000300- A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
301 raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch). Python Bug 1063840.
302
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000303What's New in IDLE 1.1b2?
304=========================
305
Anthony Baxter9f41f3a2004-11-03 06:21:37 +0000306*Release date: 03-NOV-2004*
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000307
308- When paragraph reformat width was made configurable, a bug was
309 introduced that caused reformatting of comment blocks to ignore how
310 far the block was indented, effectively adding the indentation width
311 to the reformat width. This has been repaired, and the reformat
312 width is again a bound on the total width of reformatted lines.
313
Anthony Baxter6a587c12004-10-15 08:07:21 +0000314What's New in IDLE 1.1b1?
315=========================
316
317*Release date: 15-OCT-2004*
318
319
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000320What's New in IDLE 1.1a3?
321=========================
322
323*Release date: 02-SEP-2004*
324
325- Improve keyboard focus binding, especially in Windows menu. Improve
326 window raising, especially in the Windows menu and in the debugger.
327 IDLEfork 763524.
328
Mark Dickinson3e4caeb2009-02-21 20:27:01 +0000329- If user passes a non-existent filename on the commandline, just
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000330 open a new file, don't raise a dialog. IDLEfork 854928.
331
332
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000333What's New in IDLE 1.1a2?
334=========================
335
Anthony Baxterff347ca2004-08-05 07:21:01 +0000336*Release date: 05-AUG-2004*
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000337
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000338- EditorWindow.py was not finding the .chm help file on Windows. Typo
339 at Rev 1.54. Python Bug 990954
340
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000341- checking sys.platform for substring 'win' was breaking IDLE docs on Mac
342 (darwin). Also, Mac Safari browser requires full file:// URIs. SF 900580.
343
344
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000345What's New in IDLE 1.1a1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000346=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000347
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000348*Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000349
Kurt B. Kaiser49a5fe12004-07-04 01:25:56 +0000350- Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
351 user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
352 check and for runtime warnings raised in the subprocess.
353
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000354- CodeContext hint pane visibility state is now persistent across sessions.
355 The pane no longer appears in the shell window. Added capability to limit
356 extensions to shell window or editor windows. Noam Raphael addition
357 to Patch 936169.
358
359- Paragraph reformat width is now a configurable parameter in the
360 Options GUI.
361
Kurt B. Kaiser54d1a3b2004-04-21 20:06:26 +0000362- New Extension: CodeContext. Provides block structuring hints for code
363 which has scrolled above an edit window. Patch 936169 Noam Raphael.
364
Kurt B. Kaisercf6f1b62004-04-11 03:16:07 +0000365- If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
366 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
367
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000368- If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will
369 update immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +0000370
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000371- Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000372 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not
373 refreshed and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000374
Kurt B. Kaiserd6ab77d2004-01-21 19:21:11 +0000375- rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
376 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
377 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
378 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
379 into pollpacket().
380
381- Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
382
Kurt B. Kaiseraf3eb872004-01-21 18:54:30 +0000383- Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
384 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
385 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
386 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
387 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
388
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000389- Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000390 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000391
Kurt B. Kaiser2303b1c2003-11-24 05:26:16 +0000392- Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
393 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
394 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
395
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000396- After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000397 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000398 IDLEfork Patch 844675
399
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000400- IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
401 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
402
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000403- IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
404 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
405
406- config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
407 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
408
409
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000410What's New in IDLE 1.0?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000411=======================
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000412
413*Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
414
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000415- Added a banner to the shell discussing warnings possibly raised by personal
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000416 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
417
418
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000419What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000420===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000421
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000422*Release date: 24-Jul-2003*
423
424- Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
425
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000426
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000427What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000428===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000429
430*Release date: 18-Jul-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000431
432- Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
433 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
434
435- Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
436
437- Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
438 Python Patch 768187
439
440- Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
441 Python Bug 767794
442
443- Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
444 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
445 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
446
447
448What's New in IDLE 1.0b2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000449=========================
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000450
451*Release date: 29-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000452
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000453- Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
454 file Latin-1.
455
456- Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
457 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
458 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
459
460- TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
461 viewer instead of reading from a file.
462
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000463- (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
464 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
465 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
466
467- Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
468
469- When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
470 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
471
472- The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
473
474- Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
475
476- Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
477 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
478
479- Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
480 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
481
482- Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
483 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
484
485- File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
486 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
487
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000488
Kurt B. Kaiser9a90e702003-04-25 17:48:08 +0000489What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000490=============================
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000491
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000492*Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000493
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000494- The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000495 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000496
497- Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
498 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
499 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
500
501- IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
502 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
503
504- Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
505 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
506
507- Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
508 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
509
510- Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
511 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
512 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
513 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
514
515- Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
516 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
517 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
518
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000519- Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
520 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
521
522- When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
523 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
524 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
525
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000526- Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
527 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
528 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
529 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000530
531- Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
532 command line.
533
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000534- Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
535 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
536
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000537- Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000538 using the subprocess.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000539
540- Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
541 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
542 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
543 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000544 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
545 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
546 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
547 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000548
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000549- Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
550 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
551 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
552 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
553 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
554 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
555 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
556 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
557 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
558 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
559
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000560- Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
561 calls to signal.signal().
562
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000563- Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000564 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000565 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
566 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000567
Kurt B. Kaiser94afd302003-03-12 20:52:00 +0000568- Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
569 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
570
571- Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
572 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
573
574- Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
575 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
576
577- Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
578 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
579
580- Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
581 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
582
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000583- Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
584
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000585- Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000586
587- Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
588
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000589- Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000590 exception formatting to the subprocess.
591
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000592
593
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000594What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
595===================================
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000596
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000597*Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
598
599- Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
600
601- Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
602
603- Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
604
605- Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
606 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
607
608- If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
609 modules from the traceback displayed.
610
611- Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
612
613- IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
614 build directory
615
616- Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000617
Kurt B. Kaiser5ec186b2003-01-17 04:04:06 +0000618- Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
619 of the selection.
620
621- Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
622 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
623
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000624- Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
625
626- Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
627
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000628- Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000629 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
630 validated, as before.)
631
632- Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000633 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000634 number.
635
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000636- Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000637 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
638
639- Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
640 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
641 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
642
643- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
644
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000645- Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
646
647- Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
648 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
649
650- Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
651
652- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
653 to parents.
654
655- Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
656 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
657 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
658 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
659
660- If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
661 accessing python.org.
662
663- Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000664 them work in the installed configuration, also.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000665
666- On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
667 less mouse action!
668
669- Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
670 window location persistence.
671
672- Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
673
674- Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
675
676- Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
677
678- Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000679 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
680 IDLE help.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000681
682- Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000683 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
684 recent restart boundary.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000685
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000686- Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000687
688- Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
689
690- Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
691
692- In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
693 Properly credit David Scherer.
694
695- Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
696
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000697
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000698What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
699===================================
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000700
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000701*Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
Steven M. Gava88ff7362001-07-21 09:50:55 +0000702
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000703- First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
704 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000705
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000706- Adapted to the Mac platform.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000707
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000708- Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
709 which provides details of command line usage.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000710
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000711- Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
712
713- Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
714 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
715 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
716 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
717
718- Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
719
720- Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
721 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
722 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
723 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000724
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000725--------------------------------------------------------------------
726Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
727--------------------------------------------------------------------
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000728
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David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000730
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David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000732