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Kurt B. Kaiser6551baa2011-05-11 13:54:44 -04001What's New in IDLE 3.2.1?
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -04002=========================
3
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -04004*Release date: 15-May-11*
5
6- Issue #1028: Ctrl-space binding to show completions was causing IDLE to exit.
7 Tk < 8.5 was sending invalid Unicode null; replaced with valid null.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -04008
Kurt B. Kaiser946f1722011-03-25 20:29:13 -04009- <Home> toggle failing on Tk 8.5, causing IDLE exits and strange selection
10 behavior. Issue 4676. Improve selection extension behaviour.
Kurt B. Kaiser946f1722011-03-25 20:29:13 -040011
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -040012- <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows. Issue 3851.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -040013
14
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000015What's New in IDLE 3.1b1?
16=========================
17
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -040018*Release date: 06-May-09*
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000019
Kurt B. Kaiser5c32f672009-04-27 05:36:55 +000020- Use of 'filter' in keybindingDialog.py was causing custom key assignment to
21 fail. Patch 5707 amaury.forgeotdarc.
22
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000023
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000024What's New in IDLE 3.1a1?
25=========================
26
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000027*Release date: 07-Mar-09*
Kurt B. Kaiser113f0e82009-04-04 20:38:52 +000028
Martin v. Löwis7e158452009-01-18 20:23:36 +000029- Issue #4815: Offer conversion to UTF-8 if source files have
30 no encoding declaration and are not encoded in UTF-8.
31
Martin v. Löwis975a0792009-01-18 20:15:42 +000032- Issue #4008: Fix problems with non-ASCII source files.
33
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000034- Issue #4323: Always encode source as UTF-8 without asking
35 the user (unless a different encoding is declared); remove
36 user configuration of source encoding; all according to
37 PEP 3120.
38
Ronald Oussorene9f8bf02009-01-02 13:10:34 +000039- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
40 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
41
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000042What's New in IDLE 2.7? (UNRELEASED, but merged into 3.1 releases above.)
43=======================
44
Benjamin Petersonffeda292010-01-09 18:48:46 +000045*Release date: XX-XXX-2010*
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000046
Kurt B. Kaiser1521fda2009-05-06 03:38:31 +000047- idle.py modified and simplified to better support developing experimental
48 versions of IDLE which are not installed in the standard location.
49
Georg Brandl7b2669b2009-04-27 16:58:05 +000050- OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" wasn't working with
51 file paths containing spaces. Bug 5559.
52
Kurt B. Kaiserc34ed8e2009-04-26 01:33:55 +000053- Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, file not being
54 accessed Patch 5783 Guilherme Polo
55
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000056- Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist simultaneously. Thanks to
57 David Scherer for suggesting the use of an ephemeral port for the GUI.
58 Patch 1529142 Weeble.
59
60- Remove port spec from run.py and fix bug where subprocess fails to
61 extract port from command line when warnings are present.
62
63- Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr to handle
64 mixed space/tab properly. Issue 5120, patch by Guilherme Polo.
65
66- Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present
67
68What's New in IDLE 3.0 final?
69=============================
70
71*Release date: 03-Dec-2008*
72
73- IDLE would print a "Unhandled server exception!" message when internal
74 debugging is enabled.
75
76- Issue #4455: IDLE failed to display the windows list when two windows have
77 the same title.
78
79- Issue #4383: When IDLE cannot make the connection to its subprocess, it would
80 fail to properly display the error message.
81
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000082
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000083What's New in IDLE 3.0a3?
84=========================
85
Barry Warsaw659fc422008-03-01 17:45:23 +000086*Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
Kurt B. Kaiserf609a342007-12-28 03:57:56 +000087
88- help() was not paging to the shell. Issue1650.
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000089
90- CodeContext was not importing.
91
92- Corrected two 3.0 compatibility errors reported by Mark Summerfield:
93 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-December/011491.html
94
95- Shell was not colorizing due to bug introduced at r57998, Bug 1586.
96
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000097- Issue #1585: IDLE uses non-existent xrange() function.
98
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000099
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +0000100What's New in IDLE 3.0a2?
101=========================
102
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +0000103*Release date: 06-Dec-2007*
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +0000104
105- Windows EOL sequence not converted correctly, encoding error.
106 Caused file save to fail. Bug 1130.
107
108
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +0000109What's New in IDLE 3.0a1?
110=========================
111
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000112*Release date: 31-Aug-2007*
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +0000113
114- IDLE converted to Python 3000 syntax.
115
116- Strings became Unicode.
117
118- CallTips module now uses the inspect module to produce the argspec.
119
120- IDLE modules now use absolute import instead of implied relative import.
121
122- atexit call replaces sys.exitfunc. The functionality of delete-exitfunc flag
123 in config-main.cfg remains unchanged: if set, registered exit functions will
124 be cleared before IDLE exits.
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +0000125
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000126
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000127What's New in IDLE 2.6 final?
128=============================
129
130*Release date: 01-Oct-2008*, merged into 3.0 releases detailed above (3.0rc2)
131
132- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
133 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
134
135- Home / Control-A toggles between left margin and end of leading white
136 space. issue1196903, patch by Jeff Shute.
137
138- Improved AutoCompleteWindow logic. issue2062, patch by Tal Einat.
139
140- Autocompletion of filenames now support alternate separators, e.g. the
141 '/' char on Windows. issue2061 Patch by Tal Einat.
142
Christian Heimesa156e092008-02-16 07:38:31 +0000143- Configured selection highlighting colors were ignored; updating highlighting
144 in the config dialog would cause non-Python files to be colored as if they
145 were Python source; improve use of ColorDelagator. Patch 1334. Tal Einat.
146
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000147- ScriptBinding event handlers weren't returning 'break'. Patch 2050, Tal Einat
Christian Heimesa156e092008-02-16 07:38:31 +0000148
Christian Heimesbbffeb62008-01-24 09:42:52 +0000149- There was an error on exit if no sys.exitfunc was defined. Issue 1647.
150
151- Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
152 Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
153
Christian Heimes9a371592007-12-28 14:08:13 +0000154- Configure Dialog: improved layout for keybinding. Patch 1457 Tal Einat.
155
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +0000156- tabpage.py updated: tabbedPages.py now supports multiple dynamic rows
157 of tabs. Patch 1612746 Tal Einat.
158
159- Add confirmation dialog before printing. Patch 1717170 Tal Einat.
160
161- Show paste position if > 80 col. Patch 1659326 Tal Einat.
162
163- Update cursor color without restarting. Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
164
165- Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
166 Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
167
168- configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
169
170- textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
171
172- Clean up EditorWindow close.
173
Christian Heimes68f5fbe2008-02-14 08:27:37 +0000174- Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
175
176- OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console
177
178- Bug in idlelib.MultiCall: Options dialog was crashing IDLE if there was an
179 option in config-extensions w/o a value. Patch #1672481, Tal Einat
180
Thomas Wouterscf297e42007-02-23 15:07:44 +0000181- Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
182 mouse and cursor selection in ACWindow implemented; double Tab inserts
183 current selection and closes ACW (similar to double-click and Return); scroll
184 wheel now works in ACW. Added AutoComplete instructions to IDLE Help.
185
186- AutoCompleteWindow moved below input line, will move above if there
187 isn't enough space. Patch 1621265 Tal Einat
188
189- Calltips now 'handle' tuples in the argument list (display '<tuple>' :)
190 Suggested solution by Christos Georgiou, Bug 791968.
191
192- Add 'raw' support to configHandler. Patch 1650174 Tal Einat.
193
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000194- Avoid hang when encountering a duplicate in a completion list. Bug 1571112.
195
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000196- Patch #1362975: Rework CodeContext indentation algorithm to
197 avoid hard-coding pixel widths.
198
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000199- Bug #813342: Start the IDLE subprocess with -Qnew if the parent
200 is started with that option.
201
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +0000202- Honor the "Cancel" action in the save dialog (Debian bug #299092)
203
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000204- Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
205 check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
206 first. Bug 1562716, 1562719
207
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000208- IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
209 the Python release of which it's a part.
210
211
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000212What's New in IDLE 1.2?
213=======================
214
215*Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
216
217
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000218What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
219=========================
220
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000221*Release date: 17-AUG-2006*
222
223- File menu hotkeys: there were three 'p' assignments. Reassign the
224 'Save Copy As' and 'Print' hotkeys to 'y' and 't'. Change the
225 Shell hotkey from 's' to 'l'.
226
227- IDLE honors new quit() and exit() commands from site.py Quitter() object.
228 Patch 1540892, Jim Jewett
229
230- The 'with' statement is now a Code Context block opener.
231 Patch 1540851, Jim Jewett
232
233- Retrieval of previous shell command was not always preserving indentation
234 (since 1.2a1) Patch 1528468 Tal Einat.
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000235
236- Changing tokenize (39046) to detect dedent broke tabnanny check (since 1.2a1)
237
238- ToggleTab dialog was setting indent to 8 even if cancelled (since 1.2a1).
239
240- When used w/o subprocess, all exceptions were preceded by an error
241 message claiming they were IDLE internal errors (since 1.2a1).
242
243What's New in IDLE 1.2b3?
244=========================
245
246*Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
247
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000248- Bug #1525817: Don't truncate short lines in IDLE's tool tips.
249
250- Bug #1517990: IDLE keybindings on MacOS X now work correctly
251
252- Bug #1517996: IDLE now longer shows the default Tk menu when a
253 path browser, class browser or debugger is the frontmost window on MacOS X
254
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000255- EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
256
257- EditorWindow failed when used stand-alone if sys.ps1 not set.
258 Bug 1010370 Dave Florek
259
260- Tooltips failed on new-syle class __init__ args. Bug 1027566 Loren Guthrie
261
262- Avoid occasional failure to detect closing paren properly.
263 Patch 1407280 Tal Einat
264
265- Rebinding Tab key was inserting 'tab' instead of 'Tab'. Bug 1179168.
266
267- Colorizer now handles #<builtin> correctly, also unicode strings and
268 'as' keyword in comment directly following import command. Closes 1325071.
269 Patch 1479219 Tal Einat
270
271What's New in IDLE 1.2b2?
272=========================
273
274*Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
275
276What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
277=========================
278
279*Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
280
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +0000281What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
282=========================
283
284*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
285
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000286What's New in IDLE 1.2a1?
287=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000288
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000289*Release date: 05-APR-2006*
290
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000291- Patch #1162825: Support non-ASCII characters in IDLE window titles.
292
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000293- Source file f.flush() after writing; trying to avoid lossage if user
294 kills GUI.
Kurt B. Kaiser5c6e0a12005-11-22 21:09:37 +0000295
296- Options / Keys / Advanced dialog made functional. Also, allow binding
297 of 'movement' keys.
298
299- 'syntax' patch adds improved calltips and a new class attribute listbox.
300 MultiCall module allows binding multiple actions to an event.
301 Patch 906702 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000302
Kurt B. Kaiserb61602c2005-11-15 07:20:06 +0000303- Better indentation after first line of string continuation.
304 IDLEfork Patch 681992, Noam Raphael
305
Kurt B. Kaiser389482c2005-10-03 20:08:25 +0000306- Fixed CodeContext alignment problem, following suggestion from Tal Einat.
307
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000308- Increased performance in CodeContext extension Patch 936169 Noam Raphael
309
Kurt B. Kaiser2618c7f2005-08-23 02:27:23 +0000310- Mac line endings were incorrect when pasting code from some browsers
311 when using X11 and the Fink distribution. Python Bug 1263656.
312
Kurt B. Kaisera7daba62005-06-19 18:56:15 +0000313- <Enter> when cursor is on a previous command retrieves that command. Instead
314 of replacing the input line, the previous command is now appended to the
315 input line. Indentation is preserved, and undo is enabled.
316 Patch 1196917 Jeff Shute
317
Kurt B. Kaiserca7329c2005-06-12 05:19:23 +0000318- Clarify "tab/space" Error Dialog and "Tab Width" Dialog associated with
319 the Untabify command.
320
321- Corrected "tab/space" Error Dialog to show correct menu for Untabify.
322 Patch 1196980 Jeff Shute
323
Kurt B. Kaiserdf506ea2005-06-12 04:33:30 +0000324- New files are colorized by default, and colorizing is removed when
325 saving as non-Python files. Patch 1196895 Jeff Shute
326 Closes Python Bugs 775012 and 800432, partial fix IDLEfork 763524
327
Kurt B. Kaiser935ea9a2005-05-10 03:44:24 +0000328- Improve subprocess link error notification.
329
Kurt B. Kaiser20345fb2005-05-05 23:29:54 +0000330- run.py: use Queue's blocking feature instead of sleeping in the main
331 loop. Patch # 1190163 Michiel de Hoon
332
Kurt B. Kaiser0676dfd2005-02-03 01:37:14 +0000333- Add config-main option to make the 'history' feature non-cyclic.
334 Default remains cyclic. Python Patch 914546 Noam Raphael.
335
Kurt B. Kaiseracdef852005-01-31 03:34:26 +0000336- Removed ability to configure tabs indent from Options dialog. This 'feature'
337 has never worked and no one has complained. It is still possible to set a
338 default tabs (v. spaces) indent 'manually' via config-main.def (or to turn on
339 tabs for the current EditorWindow via the Format menu) but IDLE will
340 encourage indentation via spaces.
341
342- Enable setting the indentation width using the Options dialog.
343 Bug # 783877
344
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000345- Add keybindings for del-word-left and del-word-right.
346
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000347- Discourage using an indent width other than 8 when using tabs to indent
348 Python code.
349
350- Restore use of EditorWindow.set_indentation_params(), was dead code since
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000351 Autoindent was merged into EditorWindow. This allows IDLE to conform to the
352 indentation width of a loaded file. (But it still will not switch to tabs
353 even if the file uses tabs.) Any change in indent width is local to that
354 window.
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000355
356- Add Tabnanny check before Run/F5, not just when Checking module.
357
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000358- If an extension can't be loaded, print warning and skip it instead of
359 erroring out.
360
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000361- Improve error handling when .idlerc can't be created (warn and exit).
362
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000363- The GUI was hanging if the shell window was closed while a raw_input()
Kurt B. Kaiser5c3df352004-12-23 04:20:59 +0000364 was pending. Restored the quit() of the readline() mainloop().
365 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2004-December/002307.html
366
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000367- The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
368 remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
369
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000370What's New in IDLE 1.1?
371=======================
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000372
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000373*Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000374
375- On OpenBSD, terminating IDLE with ctrl-c from the command line caused a
376 stuck subprocess MainThread because only the SocketThread was exiting.
377
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000378What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
379=============================
380
Anthony Baxter5cc727a2004-11-18 12:32:27 +0000381*Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000382
Kurt B. Kaiser03562a52004-11-16 21:31:08 +0000383- Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
384 button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
385 config-keys.cfg). Also true for Theme/highlights. Python Bug 1064535.
386
Kurt B. Kaiserf7a88992004-11-13 21:05:58 +0000387- A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
388 raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch). Python Bug 1063840.
389
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000390What's New in IDLE 1.1b2?
391=========================
392
Anthony Baxter9f41f3a2004-11-03 06:21:37 +0000393*Release date: 03-NOV-2004*
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000394
395- When paragraph reformat width was made configurable, a bug was
396 introduced that caused reformatting of comment blocks to ignore how
397 far the block was indented, effectively adding the indentation width
398 to the reformat width. This has been repaired, and the reformat
399 width is again a bound on the total width of reformatted lines.
400
Anthony Baxter6a587c12004-10-15 08:07:21 +0000401What's New in IDLE 1.1b1?
402=========================
403
404*Release date: 15-OCT-2004*
405
406
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000407What's New in IDLE 1.1a3?
408=========================
409
410*Release date: 02-SEP-2004*
411
412- Improve keyboard focus binding, especially in Windows menu. Improve
413 window raising, especially in the Windows menu and in the debugger.
414 IDLEfork 763524.
415
Mark Dickinson934896d2009-02-21 20:59:32 +0000416- If user passes a non-existent filename on the commandline, just
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000417 open a new file, don't raise a dialog. IDLEfork 854928.
418
419
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000420What's New in IDLE 1.1a2?
421=========================
422
Anthony Baxterff347ca2004-08-05 07:21:01 +0000423*Release date: 05-AUG-2004*
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000424
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000425- EditorWindow.py was not finding the .chm help file on Windows. Typo
426 at Rev 1.54. Python Bug 990954
427
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000428- checking sys.platform for substring 'win' was breaking IDLE docs on Mac
429 (darwin). Also, Mac Safari browser requires full file:// URIs. SF 900580.
430
431
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000432What's New in IDLE 1.1a1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000433=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000434
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000435*Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000436
Kurt B. Kaiser49a5fe12004-07-04 01:25:56 +0000437- Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
438 user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
439 check and for runtime warnings raised in the subprocess.
440
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000441- CodeContext hint pane visibility state is now persistent across sessions.
442 The pane no longer appears in the shell window. Added capability to limit
443 extensions to shell window or editor windows. Noam Raphael addition
444 to Patch 936169.
445
446- Paragraph reformat width is now a configurable parameter in the
447 Options GUI.
448
Kurt B. Kaiser54d1a3b2004-04-21 20:06:26 +0000449- New Extension: CodeContext. Provides block structuring hints for code
450 which has scrolled above an edit window. Patch 936169 Noam Raphael.
451
Kurt B. Kaisercf6f1b62004-04-11 03:16:07 +0000452- If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
453 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
454
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000455- If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will
456 update immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +0000457
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000458- Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000459 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not
460 refreshed and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000461
Kurt B. Kaiserd6ab77d2004-01-21 19:21:11 +0000462- rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
463 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
464 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
465 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
466 into pollpacket().
467
468- Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
469
Kurt B. Kaiseraf3eb872004-01-21 18:54:30 +0000470- Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
471 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
472 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
473 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
474 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
475
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000476- Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000477 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000478
Kurt B. Kaiser2303b1c2003-11-24 05:26:16 +0000479- Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
480 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
481 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
482
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000483- After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000484 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000485 IDLEfork Patch 844675
486
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000487- IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
488 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
489
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000490- IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
491 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
492
493- config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
494 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
495
496
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000497What's New in IDLE 1.0?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000498=======================
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000499
500*Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
501
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000502- Added a banner to the shell discussing warnings possibly raised by personal
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000503 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
504
505
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000506What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000507===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000508
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000509*Release date: 24-Jul-2003*
510
511- Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
512
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000513
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000514What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000515===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000516
517*Release date: 18-Jul-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000518
519- Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
520 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
521
522- Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
523
524- Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
525 Python Patch 768187
526
527- Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
528 Python Bug 767794
529
530- Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
531 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
532 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
533
534
535What's New in IDLE 1.0b2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000536=========================
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000537
538*Release date: 29-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000539
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000540- Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
541 file Latin-1.
542
543- Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
544 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
545 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
546
547- TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
548 viewer instead of reading from a file.
549
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000550- (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
551 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
552 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
553
554- Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
555
556- When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
557 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
558
559- The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
560
561- Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
562
563- Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
564 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
565
566- Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
567 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
568
569- Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
570 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
571
572- File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
573 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
574
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000575
Kurt B. Kaiser9a90e702003-04-25 17:48:08 +0000576What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000577=============================
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000578
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000579*Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000580
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000581- The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000582 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000583
584- Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
585 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
586 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
587
588- IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
589 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
590
591- Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
592 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
593
594- Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
595 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
596
597- Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
598 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
599 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
600 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
601
602- Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
603 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
604 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
605
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000606- Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
607 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
608
609- When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
610 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
611 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
612
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000613- Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
614 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
615 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
616 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000617
618- Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
619 command line.
620
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000621- Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
622 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
623
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000624- Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000625 using the subprocess.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000626
627- Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
628 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
629 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
630 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000631 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
632 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
633 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
634 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000635
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000636- Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
637 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
638 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
639 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
640 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
641 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
642 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
643 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
644 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
645 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
646
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000647- Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
648 calls to signal.signal().
649
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000650- Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000651 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000652 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
653 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000654
Kurt B. Kaiser94afd302003-03-12 20:52:00 +0000655- Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
656 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
657
658- Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
659 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
660
661- Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
662 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
663
664- Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
665 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
666
667- Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
668 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
669
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000670- Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
671
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000672- Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000673
674- Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
675
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000676- Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000677 exception formatting to the subprocess.
678
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000679
680
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000681What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
682===================================
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000683
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000684*Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
685
686- Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
687
688- Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
689
690- Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
691
692- Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
693 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
694
695- If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
696 modules from the traceback displayed.
697
698- Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
699
700- IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
701 build directory
702
703- Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000704
Kurt B. Kaiser5ec186b2003-01-17 04:04:06 +0000705- Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
706 of the selection.
707
708- Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
709 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
710
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000711- Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
712
713- Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
714
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000715- Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000716 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
717 validated, as before.)
718
719- Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000720 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000721 number.
722
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000723- Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000724 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
725
726- Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
727 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
728 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
729
730- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
731
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000732- Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
733
734- Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
735 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
736
737- Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
738
739- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
740 to parents.
741
742- Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
743 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
744 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
745 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
746
747- If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
748 accessing python.org.
749
750- Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000751 them work in the installed configuration, also.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000752
753- On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
754 less mouse action!
755
756- Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
757 window location persistence.
758
759- Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
760
761- Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
762
763- Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
764
765- Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000766 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
767 IDLE help.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000768
769- Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000770 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
771 recent restart boundary.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000772
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000773- Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000774
775- Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
776
777- Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
778
779- In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
780 Properly credit David Scherer.
781
782- Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
783
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000784
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000785What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
786===================================
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000787
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000788*Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
Steven M. Gava88ff7362001-07-21 09:50:55 +0000789
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000790- First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
791 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000792
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000793- Adapted to the Mac platform.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000794
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000795- Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
796 which provides details of command line usage.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000797
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000798- Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
799
800- Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
801 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
802 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
803 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
804
805- Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
806
807- Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
808 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
809 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
810 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000811
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000812--------------------------------------------------------------------
813Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
814--------------------------------------------------------------------
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000815
816
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000817
818
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000819