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Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -04001What's New in IDLE 3.1.4?
2=========================
3
Kurt B. Kaiser0a429822011-05-12 15:25:24 -04004*Release date: XX-XXX-11*
5
6- Issue #11896: Save on Close failed despite selecting "Yes" in dialog.
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -04007
8- Issue #1028: Ctrl-space binding to show completions was causing IDLE to exit.
9 Tk < 8.5 was sending invalid Unicode null; replaced with valid null.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -040010
Kurt B. Kaiser946f1722011-03-25 20:29:13 -040011- <Home> toggle failing on Tk 8.5, causing IDLE exits and strange selection
12 behavior. Issue 4676. Improve selection extension behaviour.
Kurt B. Kaiser946f1722011-03-25 20:29:13 -040013
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -040014- <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows. Issue 3851.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -040015
16
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000017What's New in IDLE 3.1b1?
18=========================
19
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -040020*Release date: 06-May-09*
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000021
Kurt B. Kaiser5c32f672009-04-27 05:36:55 +000022- Use of 'filter' in keybindingDialog.py was causing custom key assignment to
23 fail. Patch 5707 amaury.forgeotdarc.
24
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000025
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000026What's New in IDLE 3.1a1?
27=========================
28
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000029*Release date: 07-Mar-09*
Kurt B. Kaiser113f0e82009-04-04 20:38:52 +000030
Martin v. Löwis7e158452009-01-18 20:23:36 +000031- Issue #4815: Offer conversion to UTF-8 if source files have
32 no encoding declaration and are not encoded in UTF-8.
33
Martin v. Löwis975a0792009-01-18 20:15:42 +000034- Issue #4008: Fix problems with non-ASCII source files.
35
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000036- Issue #4323: Always encode source as UTF-8 without asking
37 the user (unless a different encoding is declared); remove
38 user configuration of source encoding; all according to
39 PEP 3120.
40
Ronald Oussorene9f8bf02009-01-02 13:10:34 +000041- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
42 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
43
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000044What's New in IDLE 2.7? (UNRELEASED, but merged into 3.1 releases above.)
45=======================
46
Benjamin Petersonffeda292010-01-09 18:48:46 +000047*Release date: XX-XXX-2010*
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000048
Kurt B. Kaiser1521fda2009-05-06 03:38:31 +000049- idle.py modified and simplified to better support developing experimental
50 versions of IDLE which are not installed in the standard location.
51
Georg Brandl7b2669b2009-04-27 16:58:05 +000052- OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" wasn't working with
53 file paths containing spaces. Bug 5559.
54
Kurt B. Kaiserc34ed8e2009-04-26 01:33:55 +000055- Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, file not being
56 accessed Patch 5783 Guilherme Polo
57
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000058- Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist simultaneously. Thanks to
59 David Scherer for suggesting the use of an ephemeral port for the GUI.
60 Patch 1529142 Weeble.
61
62- Remove port spec from run.py and fix bug where subprocess fails to
63 extract port from command line when warnings are present.
64
65- Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr to handle
66 mixed space/tab properly. Issue 5120, patch by Guilherme Polo.
67
68- Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present
69
70What's New in IDLE 3.0 final?
71=============================
72
73*Release date: 03-Dec-2008*
74
75- IDLE would print a "Unhandled server exception!" message when internal
76 debugging is enabled.
77
78- Issue #4455: IDLE failed to display the windows list when two windows have
79 the same title.
80
81- Issue #4383: When IDLE cannot make the connection to its subprocess, it would
82 fail to properly display the error message.
83
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000084
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000085What's New in IDLE 3.0a3?
86=========================
87
Barry Warsaw659fc422008-03-01 17:45:23 +000088*Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
Kurt B. Kaiserf609a342007-12-28 03:57:56 +000089
90- help() was not paging to the shell. Issue1650.
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000091
92- CodeContext was not importing.
93
94- Corrected two 3.0 compatibility errors reported by Mark Summerfield:
95 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-December/011491.html
96
97- Shell was not colorizing due to bug introduced at r57998, Bug 1586.
98
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000099- Issue #1585: IDLE uses non-existent xrange() function.
100
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +0000101
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +0000102What's New in IDLE 3.0a2?
103=========================
104
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +0000105*Release date: 06-Dec-2007*
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +0000106
107- Windows EOL sequence not converted correctly, encoding error.
108 Caused file save to fail. Bug 1130.
109
110
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +0000111What's New in IDLE 3.0a1?
112=========================
113
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000114*Release date: 31-Aug-2007*
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +0000115
116- IDLE converted to Python 3000 syntax.
117
118- Strings became Unicode.
119
120- CallTips module now uses the inspect module to produce the argspec.
121
122- IDLE modules now use absolute import instead of implied relative import.
123
124- atexit call replaces sys.exitfunc. The functionality of delete-exitfunc flag
125 in config-main.cfg remains unchanged: if set, registered exit functions will
126 be cleared before IDLE exits.
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +0000127
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000128
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000129What's New in IDLE 2.6 final?
130=============================
131
132*Release date: 01-Oct-2008*, merged into 3.0 releases detailed above (3.0rc2)
133
134- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
135 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
136
137- Home / Control-A toggles between left margin and end of leading white
138 space. issue1196903, patch by Jeff Shute.
139
140- Improved AutoCompleteWindow logic. issue2062, patch by Tal Einat.
141
142- Autocompletion of filenames now support alternate separators, e.g. the
143 '/' char on Windows. issue2061 Patch by Tal Einat.
144
Christian Heimesa156e092008-02-16 07:38:31 +0000145- Configured selection highlighting colors were ignored; updating highlighting
146 in the config dialog would cause non-Python files to be colored as if they
147 were Python source; improve use of ColorDelagator. Patch 1334. Tal Einat.
148
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000149- ScriptBinding event handlers weren't returning 'break'. Patch 2050, Tal Einat
Christian Heimesa156e092008-02-16 07:38:31 +0000150
Christian Heimesbbffeb62008-01-24 09:42:52 +0000151- There was an error on exit if no sys.exitfunc was defined. Issue 1647.
152
153- Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
154 Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
155
Christian Heimes9a371592007-12-28 14:08:13 +0000156- Configure Dialog: improved layout for keybinding. Patch 1457 Tal Einat.
157
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +0000158- tabpage.py updated: tabbedPages.py now supports multiple dynamic rows
159 of tabs. Patch 1612746 Tal Einat.
160
161- Add confirmation dialog before printing. Patch 1717170 Tal Einat.
162
163- Show paste position if > 80 col. Patch 1659326 Tal Einat.
164
165- Update cursor color without restarting. Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
166
167- Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
168 Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
169
170- configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
171
172- textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
173
174- Clean up EditorWindow close.
175
Christian Heimes68f5fbe2008-02-14 08:27:37 +0000176- Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
177
178- OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console
179
180- Bug in idlelib.MultiCall: Options dialog was crashing IDLE if there was an
181 option in config-extensions w/o a value. Patch #1672481, Tal Einat
182
Thomas Wouterscf297e42007-02-23 15:07:44 +0000183- Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
184 mouse and cursor selection in ACWindow implemented; double Tab inserts
185 current selection and closes ACW (similar to double-click and Return); scroll
186 wheel now works in ACW. Added AutoComplete instructions to IDLE Help.
187
188- AutoCompleteWindow moved below input line, will move above if there
189 isn't enough space. Patch 1621265 Tal Einat
190
191- Calltips now 'handle' tuples in the argument list (display '<tuple>' :)
192 Suggested solution by Christos Georgiou, Bug 791968.
193
194- Add 'raw' support to configHandler. Patch 1650174 Tal Einat.
195
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000196- Avoid hang when encountering a duplicate in a completion list. Bug 1571112.
197
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000198- Patch #1362975: Rework CodeContext indentation algorithm to
199 avoid hard-coding pixel widths.
200
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000201- Bug #813342: Start the IDLE subprocess with -Qnew if the parent
202 is started with that option.
203
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +0000204- Honor the "Cancel" action in the save dialog (Debian bug #299092)
205
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000206- Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
207 check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
208 first. Bug 1562716, 1562719
209
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000210- IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
211 the Python release of which it's a part.
212
213
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000214What's New in IDLE 1.2?
215=======================
216
217*Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
218
219
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000220What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
221=========================
222
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000223*Release date: 17-AUG-2006*
224
225- File menu hotkeys: there were three 'p' assignments. Reassign the
226 'Save Copy As' and 'Print' hotkeys to 'y' and 't'. Change the
227 Shell hotkey from 's' to 'l'.
228
229- IDLE honors new quit() and exit() commands from site.py Quitter() object.
230 Patch 1540892, Jim Jewett
231
232- The 'with' statement is now a Code Context block opener.
233 Patch 1540851, Jim Jewett
234
235- Retrieval of previous shell command was not always preserving indentation
236 (since 1.2a1) Patch 1528468 Tal Einat.
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000237
238- Changing tokenize (39046) to detect dedent broke tabnanny check (since 1.2a1)
239
240- ToggleTab dialog was setting indent to 8 even if cancelled (since 1.2a1).
241
242- When used w/o subprocess, all exceptions were preceded by an error
243 message claiming they were IDLE internal errors (since 1.2a1).
244
245What's New in IDLE 1.2b3?
246=========================
247
248*Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
249
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000250- Bug #1525817: Don't truncate short lines in IDLE's tool tips.
251
252- Bug #1517990: IDLE keybindings on MacOS X now work correctly
253
254- Bug #1517996: IDLE now longer shows the default Tk menu when a
255 path browser, class browser or debugger is the frontmost window on MacOS X
256
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000257- EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
258
259- EditorWindow failed when used stand-alone if sys.ps1 not set.
260 Bug 1010370 Dave Florek
261
262- Tooltips failed on new-syle class __init__ args. Bug 1027566 Loren Guthrie
263
264- Avoid occasional failure to detect closing paren properly.
265 Patch 1407280 Tal Einat
266
267- Rebinding Tab key was inserting 'tab' instead of 'Tab'. Bug 1179168.
268
269- Colorizer now handles #<builtin> correctly, also unicode strings and
270 'as' keyword in comment directly following import command. Closes 1325071.
271 Patch 1479219 Tal Einat
272
273What's New in IDLE 1.2b2?
274=========================
275
276*Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
277
278What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
279=========================
280
281*Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
282
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +0000283What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
284=========================
285
286*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
287
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000288What's New in IDLE 1.2a1?
289=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000290
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000291*Release date: 05-APR-2006*
292
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000293- Patch #1162825: Support non-ASCII characters in IDLE window titles.
294
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000295- Source file f.flush() after writing; trying to avoid lossage if user
296 kills GUI.
Kurt B. Kaiser5c6e0a12005-11-22 21:09:37 +0000297
298- Options / Keys / Advanced dialog made functional. Also, allow binding
299 of 'movement' keys.
300
301- 'syntax' patch adds improved calltips and a new class attribute listbox.
302 MultiCall module allows binding multiple actions to an event.
303 Patch 906702 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000304
Kurt B. Kaiserb61602c2005-11-15 07:20:06 +0000305- Better indentation after first line of string continuation.
306 IDLEfork Patch 681992, Noam Raphael
307
Kurt B. Kaiser389482c2005-10-03 20:08:25 +0000308- Fixed CodeContext alignment problem, following suggestion from Tal Einat.
309
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000310- Increased performance in CodeContext extension Patch 936169 Noam Raphael
311
Kurt B. Kaiser2618c7f2005-08-23 02:27:23 +0000312- Mac line endings were incorrect when pasting code from some browsers
313 when using X11 and the Fink distribution. Python Bug 1263656.
314
Kurt B. Kaisera7daba62005-06-19 18:56:15 +0000315- <Enter> when cursor is on a previous command retrieves that command. Instead
316 of replacing the input line, the previous command is now appended to the
317 input line. Indentation is preserved, and undo is enabled.
318 Patch 1196917 Jeff Shute
319
Kurt B. Kaiserca7329c2005-06-12 05:19:23 +0000320- Clarify "tab/space" Error Dialog and "Tab Width" Dialog associated with
321 the Untabify command.
322
323- Corrected "tab/space" Error Dialog to show correct menu for Untabify.
324 Patch 1196980 Jeff Shute
325
Kurt B. Kaiserdf506ea2005-06-12 04:33:30 +0000326- New files are colorized by default, and colorizing is removed when
327 saving as non-Python files. Patch 1196895 Jeff Shute
328 Closes Python Bugs 775012 and 800432, partial fix IDLEfork 763524
329
Kurt B. Kaiser935ea9a2005-05-10 03:44:24 +0000330- Improve subprocess link error notification.
331
Kurt B. Kaiser20345fb2005-05-05 23:29:54 +0000332- run.py: use Queue's blocking feature instead of sleeping in the main
333 loop. Patch # 1190163 Michiel de Hoon
334
Kurt B. Kaiser0676dfd2005-02-03 01:37:14 +0000335- Add config-main option to make the 'history' feature non-cyclic.
336 Default remains cyclic. Python Patch 914546 Noam Raphael.
337
Kurt B. Kaiseracdef852005-01-31 03:34:26 +0000338- Removed ability to configure tabs indent from Options dialog. This 'feature'
339 has never worked and no one has complained. It is still possible to set a
340 default tabs (v. spaces) indent 'manually' via config-main.def (or to turn on
341 tabs for the current EditorWindow via the Format menu) but IDLE will
342 encourage indentation via spaces.
343
344- Enable setting the indentation width using the Options dialog.
345 Bug # 783877
346
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000347- Add keybindings for del-word-left and del-word-right.
348
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000349- Discourage using an indent width other than 8 when using tabs to indent
350 Python code.
351
352- Restore use of EditorWindow.set_indentation_params(), was dead code since
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000353 Autoindent was merged into EditorWindow. This allows IDLE to conform to the
354 indentation width of a loaded file. (But it still will not switch to tabs
355 even if the file uses tabs.) Any change in indent width is local to that
356 window.
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000357
358- Add Tabnanny check before Run/F5, not just when Checking module.
359
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000360- If an extension can't be loaded, print warning and skip it instead of
361 erroring out.
362
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000363- Improve error handling when .idlerc can't be created (warn and exit).
364
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000365- The GUI was hanging if the shell window was closed while a raw_input()
Kurt B. Kaiser5c3df352004-12-23 04:20:59 +0000366 was pending. Restored the quit() of the readline() mainloop().
367 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2004-December/002307.html
368
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000369- The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
370 remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
371
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000372What's New in IDLE 1.1?
373=======================
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000374
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000375*Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000376
377- On OpenBSD, terminating IDLE with ctrl-c from the command line caused a
378 stuck subprocess MainThread because only the SocketThread was exiting.
379
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000380What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
381=============================
382
Anthony Baxter5cc727a2004-11-18 12:32:27 +0000383*Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000384
Kurt B. Kaiser03562a52004-11-16 21:31:08 +0000385- Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
386 button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
387 config-keys.cfg). Also true for Theme/highlights. Python Bug 1064535.
388
Kurt B. Kaiserf7a88992004-11-13 21:05:58 +0000389- A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
390 raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch). Python Bug 1063840.
391
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000392What's New in IDLE 1.1b2?
393=========================
394
Anthony Baxter9f41f3a2004-11-03 06:21:37 +0000395*Release date: 03-NOV-2004*
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000396
397- When paragraph reformat width was made configurable, a bug was
398 introduced that caused reformatting of comment blocks to ignore how
399 far the block was indented, effectively adding the indentation width
400 to the reformat width. This has been repaired, and the reformat
401 width is again a bound on the total width of reformatted lines.
402
Anthony Baxter6a587c12004-10-15 08:07:21 +0000403What's New in IDLE 1.1b1?
404=========================
405
406*Release date: 15-OCT-2004*
407
408
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000409What's New in IDLE 1.1a3?
410=========================
411
412*Release date: 02-SEP-2004*
413
414- Improve keyboard focus binding, especially in Windows menu. Improve
415 window raising, especially in the Windows menu and in the debugger.
416 IDLEfork 763524.
417
Mark Dickinson934896d2009-02-21 20:59:32 +0000418- If user passes a non-existent filename on the commandline, just
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000419 open a new file, don't raise a dialog. IDLEfork 854928.
420
421
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000422What's New in IDLE 1.1a2?
423=========================
424
Anthony Baxterff347ca2004-08-05 07:21:01 +0000425*Release date: 05-AUG-2004*
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000426
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000427- EditorWindow.py was not finding the .chm help file on Windows. Typo
428 at Rev 1.54. Python Bug 990954
429
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000430- checking sys.platform for substring 'win' was breaking IDLE docs on Mac
431 (darwin). Also, Mac Safari browser requires full file:// URIs. SF 900580.
432
433
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000434What's New in IDLE 1.1a1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000435=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000436
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000437*Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000438
Kurt B. Kaiser49a5fe12004-07-04 01:25:56 +0000439- Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
440 user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
441 check and for runtime warnings raised in the subprocess.
442
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000443- CodeContext hint pane visibility state is now persistent across sessions.
444 The pane no longer appears in the shell window. Added capability to limit
445 extensions to shell window or editor windows. Noam Raphael addition
446 to Patch 936169.
447
448- Paragraph reformat width is now a configurable parameter in the
449 Options GUI.
450
Kurt B. Kaiser54d1a3b2004-04-21 20:06:26 +0000451- New Extension: CodeContext. Provides block structuring hints for code
452 which has scrolled above an edit window. Patch 936169 Noam Raphael.
453
Kurt B. Kaisercf6f1b62004-04-11 03:16:07 +0000454- If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
455 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
456
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000457- If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will
458 update immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +0000459
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000460- Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000461 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not
462 refreshed and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000463
Kurt B. Kaiserd6ab77d2004-01-21 19:21:11 +0000464- rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
465 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
466 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
467 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
468 into pollpacket().
469
470- Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
471
Kurt B. Kaiseraf3eb872004-01-21 18:54:30 +0000472- Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
473 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
474 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
475 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
476 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
477
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000478- Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000479 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000480
Kurt B. Kaiser2303b1c2003-11-24 05:26:16 +0000481- Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
482 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
483 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
484
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000485- After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000486 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000487 IDLEfork Patch 844675
488
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000489- IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
490 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
491
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000492- IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
493 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
494
495- config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
496 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
497
498
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000499What's New in IDLE 1.0?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000500=======================
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000501
502*Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
503
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000504- Added a banner to the shell discussing warnings possibly raised by personal
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000505 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
506
507
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000508What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000509===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000510
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000511*Release date: 24-Jul-2003*
512
513- Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
514
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000515
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000516What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000517===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000518
519*Release date: 18-Jul-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000520
521- Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
522 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
523
524- Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
525
526- Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
527 Python Patch 768187
528
529- Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
530 Python Bug 767794
531
532- Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
533 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
534 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
535
536
537What's New in IDLE 1.0b2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000538=========================
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000539
540*Release date: 29-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000541
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000542- Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
543 file Latin-1.
544
545- Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
546 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
547 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
548
549- TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
550 viewer instead of reading from a file.
551
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000552- (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
553 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
554 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
555
556- Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
557
558- When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
559 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
560
561- The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
562
563- Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
564
565- Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
566 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
567
568- Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
569 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
570
571- Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
572 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
573
574- File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
575 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
576
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000577
Kurt B. Kaiser9a90e702003-04-25 17:48:08 +0000578What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000579=============================
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000580
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000581*Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000582
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000583- The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000584 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000585
586- Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
587 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
588 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
589
590- IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
591 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
592
593- Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
594 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
595
596- Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
597 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
598
599- Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
600 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
601 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
602 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
603
604- Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
605 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
606 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
607
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000608- Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
609 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
610
611- When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
612 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
613 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
614
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000615- Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
616 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
617 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
618 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000619
620- Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
621 command line.
622
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000623- Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
624 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
625
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000626- Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000627 using the subprocess.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000628
629- Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
630 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
631 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
632 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000633 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
634 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
635 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
636 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000637
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000638- Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
639 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
640 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
641 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
642 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
643 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
644 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
645 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
646 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
647 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
648
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000649- Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
650 calls to signal.signal().
651
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000652- Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000653 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000654 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
655 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000656
Kurt B. Kaiser94afd302003-03-12 20:52:00 +0000657- Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
658 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
659
660- Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
661 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
662
663- Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
664 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
665
666- Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
667 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
668
669- Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
670 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
671
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000672- Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
673
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000674- Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000675
676- Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
677
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000678- Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000679 exception formatting to the subprocess.
680
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000681
682
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000683What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
684===================================
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000685
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000686*Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
687
688- Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
689
690- Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
691
692- Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
693
694- Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
695 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
696
697- If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
698 modules from the traceback displayed.
699
700- Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
701
702- IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
703 build directory
704
705- Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000706
Kurt B. Kaiser5ec186b2003-01-17 04:04:06 +0000707- Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
708 of the selection.
709
710- Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
711 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
712
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000713- Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
714
715- Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
716
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000717- Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000718 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
719 validated, as before.)
720
721- Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000722 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000723 number.
724
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000725- Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000726 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
727
728- Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
729 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
730 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
731
732- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
733
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000734- Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
735
736- Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
737 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
738
739- Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
740
741- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
742 to parents.
743
744- Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
745 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
746 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
747 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
748
749- If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
750 accessing python.org.
751
752- Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000753 them work in the installed configuration, also.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000754
755- On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
756 less mouse action!
757
758- Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
759 window location persistence.
760
761- Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
762
763- Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
764
765- Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
766
767- Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000768 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
769 IDLE help.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000770
771- Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000772 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
773 recent restart boundary.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000774
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000775- Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000776
777- Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
778
779- Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
780
781- In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
782 Properly credit David Scherer.
783
784- Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
785
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000786
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000787What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
788===================================
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000789
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000790*Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
Steven M. Gava88ff7362001-07-21 09:50:55 +0000791
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000792- First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
793 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000794
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000795- Adapted to the Mac platform.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000796
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000797- Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
798 which provides details of command line usage.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000799
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000800- Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
801
802- Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
803 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
804 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
805 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
806
807- Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
808
809- Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
810 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
811 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
812 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000813
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000814--------------------------------------------------------------------
815Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
816--------------------------------------------------------------------
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000817
818
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000819
820
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000821