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Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +00001What's New in IDLE 3.1a1?
2=========================
3
4*Release date: XX-XXX-XXXX*
5
6- Issue #4323: Always encode source as UTF-8 without asking
7 the user (unless a different encoding is declared); remove
8 user configuration of source encoding; all according to
9 PEP 3120.
10
Ronald Oussorene9f8bf02009-01-02 13:10:34 +000011- Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present
12
13- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
14 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
15
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000016
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000017What's New in IDLE 3.0a3?
18=========================
19
Barry Warsaw659fc422008-03-01 17:45:23 +000020*Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
Kurt B. Kaiserf609a342007-12-28 03:57:56 +000021
22- help() was not paging to the shell. Issue1650.
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000023
24- CodeContext was not importing.
25
26- Corrected two 3.0 compatibility errors reported by Mark Summerfield:
27 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-December/011491.html
28
29- Shell was not colorizing due to bug introduced at r57998, Bug 1586.
30
31
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +000032What's New in IDLE 3.0a2?
33=========================
34
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000035*Release date: 06-Dec-2007*
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +000036
37- Windows EOL sequence not converted correctly, encoding error.
38 Caused file save to fail. Bug 1130.
39
40
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +000041What's New in IDLE 3.0a1?
42=========================
43
44*Release date: 31-AUG-2007*
45
46- IDLE converted to Python 3000 syntax.
47
48- Strings became Unicode.
49
50- CallTips module now uses the inspect module to produce the argspec.
51
52- IDLE modules now use absolute import instead of implied relative import.
53
54- atexit call replaces sys.exitfunc. The functionality of delete-exitfunc flag
55 in config-main.cfg remains unchanged: if set, registered exit functions will
56 be cleared before IDLE exits.
57
58
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +000059What's New in IDLE 2.6a1?
60=========================
61
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000062*Release date: XX-XXX-200X* UNRELEASED, but merged into 3.0
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +000063
Christian Heimesa156e092008-02-16 07:38:31 +000064- Configured selection highlighting colors were ignored; updating highlighting
65 in the config dialog would cause non-Python files to be colored as if they
66 were Python source; improve use of ColorDelagator. Patch 1334. Tal Einat.
67
68- ScriptBinding event handlers weren't returning 'break'. Patch 2050, Tal Einat.
69
Christian Heimesbbffeb62008-01-24 09:42:52 +000070- There was an error on exit if no sys.exitfunc was defined. Issue 1647.
71
72- Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
73 Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
74
Christian Heimes9a371592007-12-28 14:08:13 +000075- Configure Dialog: improved layout for keybinding. Patch 1457 Tal Einat.
76
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +000077- tabpage.py updated: tabbedPages.py now supports multiple dynamic rows
78 of tabs. Patch 1612746 Tal Einat.
79
80- Add confirmation dialog before printing. Patch 1717170 Tal Einat.
81
82- Show paste position if > 80 col. Patch 1659326 Tal Einat.
83
84- Update cursor color without restarting. Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
85
86- Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
87 Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
88
89- configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
90
91- textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
92
93- Clean up EditorWindow close.
94
Christian Heimes68f5fbe2008-02-14 08:27:37 +000095- Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
96
97- OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console
98
99- Bug in idlelib.MultiCall: Options dialog was crashing IDLE if there was an
100 option in config-extensions w/o a value. Patch #1672481, Tal Einat
101
Thomas Wouterscf297e42007-02-23 15:07:44 +0000102- Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
103 mouse and cursor selection in ACWindow implemented; double Tab inserts
104 current selection and closes ACW (similar to double-click and Return); scroll
105 wheel now works in ACW. Added AutoComplete instructions to IDLE Help.
106
107- AutoCompleteWindow moved below input line, will move above if there
108 isn't enough space. Patch 1621265 Tal Einat
109
110- Calltips now 'handle' tuples in the argument list (display '<tuple>' :)
111 Suggested solution by Christos Georgiou, Bug 791968.
112
113- Add 'raw' support to configHandler. Patch 1650174 Tal Einat.
114
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000115- Avoid hang when encountering a duplicate in a completion list. Bug 1571112.
116
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000117- Patch #1362975: Rework CodeContext indentation algorithm to
118 avoid hard-coding pixel widths.
119
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000120- Bug #813342: Start the IDLE subprocess with -Qnew if the parent
121 is started with that option.
122
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +0000123- Honor the "Cancel" action in the save dialog (Debian bug #299092)
124
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000125- Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
126 check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
127 first. Bug 1562716, 1562719
128
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000129- IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
130 the Python release of which it's a part.
131
132
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000133What's New in IDLE 1.2?
134=======================
135
136*Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
137
138
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000139What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
140=========================
141
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000142*Release date: 17-AUG-2006*
143
144- File menu hotkeys: there were three 'p' assignments. Reassign the
145 'Save Copy As' and 'Print' hotkeys to 'y' and 't'. Change the
146 Shell hotkey from 's' to 'l'.
147
148- IDLE honors new quit() and exit() commands from site.py Quitter() object.
149 Patch 1540892, Jim Jewett
150
151- The 'with' statement is now a Code Context block opener.
152 Patch 1540851, Jim Jewett
153
154- Retrieval of previous shell command was not always preserving indentation
155 (since 1.2a1) Patch 1528468 Tal Einat.
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000156
157- Changing tokenize (39046) to detect dedent broke tabnanny check (since 1.2a1)
158
159- ToggleTab dialog was setting indent to 8 even if cancelled (since 1.2a1).
160
161- When used w/o subprocess, all exceptions were preceded by an error
162 message claiming they were IDLE internal errors (since 1.2a1).
163
164What's New in IDLE 1.2b3?
165=========================
166
167*Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
168
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000169- Bug #1525817: Don't truncate short lines in IDLE's tool tips.
170
171- Bug #1517990: IDLE keybindings on MacOS X now work correctly
172
173- Bug #1517996: IDLE now longer shows the default Tk menu when a
174 path browser, class browser or debugger is the frontmost window on MacOS X
175
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000176- EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
177
178- EditorWindow failed when used stand-alone if sys.ps1 not set.
179 Bug 1010370 Dave Florek
180
181- Tooltips failed on new-syle class __init__ args. Bug 1027566 Loren Guthrie
182
183- Avoid occasional failure to detect closing paren properly.
184 Patch 1407280 Tal Einat
185
186- Rebinding Tab key was inserting 'tab' instead of 'Tab'. Bug 1179168.
187
188- Colorizer now handles #<builtin> correctly, also unicode strings and
189 'as' keyword in comment directly following import command. Closes 1325071.
190 Patch 1479219 Tal Einat
191
192What's New in IDLE 1.2b2?
193=========================
194
195*Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
196
197What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
198=========================
199
200*Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
201
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +0000202What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
203=========================
204
205*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
206
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000207What's New in IDLE 1.2a1?
208=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000209
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000210*Release date: 05-APR-2006*
211
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000212- Patch #1162825: Support non-ASCII characters in IDLE window titles.
213
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000214- Source file f.flush() after writing; trying to avoid lossage if user
215 kills GUI.
Kurt B. Kaiser5c6e0a12005-11-22 21:09:37 +0000216
217- Options / Keys / Advanced dialog made functional. Also, allow binding
218 of 'movement' keys.
219
220- 'syntax' patch adds improved calltips and a new class attribute listbox.
221 MultiCall module allows binding multiple actions to an event.
222 Patch 906702 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000223
Kurt B. Kaiserb61602c2005-11-15 07:20:06 +0000224- Better indentation after first line of string continuation.
225 IDLEfork Patch 681992, Noam Raphael
226
Kurt B. Kaiser389482c2005-10-03 20:08:25 +0000227- Fixed CodeContext alignment problem, following suggestion from Tal Einat.
228
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000229- Increased performance in CodeContext extension Patch 936169 Noam Raphael
230
Kurt B. Kaiser2618c7f2005-08-23 02:27:23 +0000231- Mac line endings were incorrect when pasting code from some browsers
232 when using X11 and the Fink distribution. Python Bug 1263656.
233
Kurt B. Kaisera7daba62005-06-19 18:56:15 +0000234- <Enter> when cursor is on a previous command retrieves that command. Instead
235 of replacing the input line, the previous command is now appended to the
236 input line. Indentation is preserved, and undo is enabled.
237 Patch 1196917 Jeff Shute
238
Kurt B. Kaiserca7329c2005-06-12 05:19:23 +0000239- Clarify "tab/space" Error Dialog and "Tab Width" Dialog associated with
240 the Untabify command.
241
242- Corrected "tab/space" Error Dialog to show correct menu for Untabify.
243 Patch 1196980 Jeff Shute
244
Kurt B. Kaiserdf506ea2005-06-12 04:33:30 +0000245- New files are colorized by default, and colorizing is removed when
246 saving as non-Python files. Patch 1196895 Jeff Shute
247 Closes Python Bugs 775012 and 800432, partial fix IDLEfork 763524
248
Kurt B. Kaiser935ea9a2005-05-10 03:44:24 +0000249- Improve subprocess link error notification.
250
Kurt B. Kaiser20345fb2005-05-05 23:29:54 +0000251- run.py: use Queue's blocking feature instead of sleeping in the main
252 loop. Patch # 1190163 Michiel de Hoon
253
Kurt B. Kaiser0676dfd2005-02-03 01:37:14 +0000254- Add config-main option to make the 'history' feature non-cyclic.
255 Default remains cyclic. Python Patch 914546 Noam Raphael.
256
Kurt B. Kaiseracdef852005-01-31 03:34:26 +0000257- Removed ability to configure tabs indent from Options dialog. This 'feature'
258 has never worked and no one has complained. It is still possible to set a
259 default tabs (v. spaces) indent 'manually' via config-main.def (or to turn on
260 tabs for the current EditorWindow via the Format menu) but IDLE will
261 encourage indentation via spaces.
262
263- Enable setting the indentation width using the Options dialog.
264 Bug # 783877
265
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000266- Add keybindings for del-word-left and del-word-right.
267
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000268- Discourage using an indent width other than 8 when using tabs to indent
269 Python code.
270
271- Restore use of EditorWindow.set_indentation_params(), was dead code since
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000272 Autoindent was merged into EditorWindow. This allows IDLE to conform to the
273 indentation width of a loaded file. (But it still will not switch to tabs
274 even if the file uses tabs.) Any change in indent width is local to that
275 window.
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000276
277- Add Tabnanny check before Run/F5, not just when Checking module.
278
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000279- If an extension can't be loaded, print warning and skip it instead of
280 erroring out.
281
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000282- Improve error handling when .idlerc can't be created (warn and exit).
283
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000284- The GUI was hanging if the shell window was closed while a raw_input()
Kurt B. Kaiser5c3df352004-12-23 04:20:59 +0000285 was pending. Restored the quit() of the readline() mainloop().
286 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2004-December/002307.html
287
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000288- The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
289 remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
290
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000291What's New in IDLE 1.1?
292=======================
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000293
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000294*Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000295
296- On OpenBSD, terminating IDLE with ctrl-c from the command line caused a
297 stuck subprocess MainThread because only the SocketThread was exiting.
298
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000299What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
300=============================
301
Anthony Baxter5cc727a2004-11-18 12:32:27 +0000302*Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000303
Kurt B. Kaiser03562a52004-11-16 21:31:08 +0000304- Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
305 button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
306 config-keys.cfg). Also true for Theme/highlights. Python Bug 1064535.
307
Kurt B. Kaiserf7a88992004-11-13 21:05:58 +0000308- A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
309 raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch). Python Bug 1063840.
310
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000311What's New in IDLE 1.1b2?
312=========================
313
Anthony Baxter9f41f3a2004-11-03 06:21:37 +0000314*Release date: 03-NOV-2004*
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000315
316- When paragraph reformat width was made configurable, a bug was
317 introduced that caused reformatting of comment blocks to ignore how
318 far the block was indented, effectively adding the indentation width
319 to the reformat width. This has been repaired, and the reformat
320 width is again a bound on the total width of reformatted lines.
321
Anthony Baxter6a587c12004-10-15 08:07:21 +0000322What's New in IDLE 1.1b1?
323=========================
324
325*Release date: 15-OCT-2004*
326
327
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000328What's New in IDLE 1.1a3?
329=========================
330
331*Release date: 02-SEP-2004*
332
333- Improve keyboard focus binding, especially in Windows menu. Improve
334 window raising, especially in the Windows menu and in the debugger.
335 IDLEfork 763524.
336
337- If user passes a non-existant filename on the commandline, just
338 open a new file, don't raise a dialog. IDLEfork 854928.
339
340
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000341What's New in IDLE 1.1a2?
342=========================
343
Anthony Baxterff347ca2004-08-05 07:21:01 +0000344*Release date: 05-AUG-2004*
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000345
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000346- EditorWindow.py was not finding the .chm help file on Windows. Typo
347 at Rev 1.54. Python Bug 990954
348
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000349- checking sys.platform for substring 'win' was breaking IDLE docs on Mac
350 (darwin). Also, Mac Safari browser requires full file:// URIs. SF 900580.
351
352
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000353What's New in IDLE 1.1a1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000354=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000355
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000356*Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000357
Kurt B. Kaiser49a5fe12004-07-04 01:25:56 +0000358- Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
359 user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
360 check and for runtime warnings raised in the subprocess.
361
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000362- CodeContext hint pane visibility state is now persistent across sessions.
363 The pane no longer appears in the shell window. Added capability to limit
364 extensions to shell window or editor windows. Noam Raphael addition
365 to Patch 936169.
366
367- Paragraph reformat width is now a configurable parameter in the
368 Options GUI.
369
Kurt B. Kaiser54d1a3b2004-04-21 20:06:26 +0000370- New Extension: CodeContext. Provides block structuring hints for code
371 which has scrolled above an edit window. Patch 936169 Noam Raphael.
372
Kurt B. Kaisercf6f1b62004-04-11 03:16:07 +0000373- If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
374 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
375
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000376- If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will
377 update immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +0000378
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000379- Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000380 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not
381 refreshed and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000382
Kurt B. Kaiserd6ab77d2004-01-21 19:21:11 +0000383- rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
384 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
385 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
386 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
387 into pollpacket().
388
389- Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
390
Kurt B. Kaiseraf3eb872004-01-21 18:54:30 +0000391- Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
392 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
393 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
394 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
395 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
396
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000397- Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000398 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000399
Kurt B. Kaiser2303b1c2003-11-24 05:26:16 +0000400- Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
401 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
402 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
403
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000404- After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000405 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000406 IDLEfork Patch 844675
407
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000408- IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
409 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
410
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000411- IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
412 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
413
414- config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
415 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
416
417
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000418What's New in IDLE 1.0?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000419=======================
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000420
421*Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
422
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000423- Added a banner to the shell discussing warnings possibly raised by personal
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000424 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
425
426
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000427What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000428===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000429
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000430*Release date: 24-Jul-2003*
431
432- Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
433
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000434
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000435What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000436===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000437
438*Release date: 18-Jul-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000439
440- Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
441 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
442
443- Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
444
445- Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
446 Python Patch 768187
447
448- Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
449 Python Bug 767794
450
451- Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
452 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
453 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
454
455
456What's New in IDLE 1.0b2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000457=========================
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000458
459*Release date: 29-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000460
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000461- Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
462 file Latin-1.
463
464- Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
465 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
466 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
467
468- TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
469 viewer instead of reading from a file.
470
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000471- (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
472 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
473 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
474
475- Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
476
477- When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
478 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
479
480- The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
481
482- Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
483
484- Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
485 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
486
487- Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
488 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
489
490- Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
491 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
492
493- File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
494 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
495
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000496
Kurt B. Kaiser9a90e702003-04-25 17:48:08 +0000497What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000498=============================
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000499
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000500*Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000501
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000502- The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000503 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000504
505- Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
506 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
507 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
508
509- IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
510 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
511
512- Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
513 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
514
515- Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
516 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
517
518- Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
519 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
520 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
521 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
522
523- Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
524 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
525 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
526
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000527- Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
528 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
529
530- When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
531 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
532 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
533
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000534- Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
535 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
536 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
537 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000538
539- Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
540 command line.
541
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000542- Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
543 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
544
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000545- Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000546 using the subprocess.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000547
548- Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
549 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
550 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
551 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000552 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
553 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
554 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
555 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000556
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000557- Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
558 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
559 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
560 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
561 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
562 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
563 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
564 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
565 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
566 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
567
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000568- Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
569 calls to signal.signal().
570
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000571- Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000572 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000573 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
574 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000575
Kurt B. Kaiser94afd302003-03-12 20:52:00 +0000576- Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
577 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
578
579- Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
580 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
581
582- Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
583 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
584
585- Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
586 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
587
588- Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
589 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
590
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000591- Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
592
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000593- Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000594
595- Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
596
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000597- Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000598 exception formatting to the subprocess.
599
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000600
601
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000602What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
603===================================
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000604
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000605*Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
606
607- Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
608
609- Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
610
611- Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
612
613- Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
614 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
615
616- If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
617 modules from the traceback displayed.
618
619- Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
620
621- IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
622 build directory
623
624- Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000625
Kurt B. Kaiser5ec186b2003-01-17 04:04:06 +0000626- Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
627 of the selection.
628
629- Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
630 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
631
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000632- Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
633
634- Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
635
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000636- Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000637 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
638 validated, as before.)
639
640- Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000641 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000642 number.
643
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000644- Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000645 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
646
647- Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
648 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
649 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
650
651- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
652
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000653- Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
654
655- Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
656 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
657
658- Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
659
660- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
661 to parents.
662
663- Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
664 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
665 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
666 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
667
668- If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
669 accessing python.org.
670
671- Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000672 them work in the installed configuration, also.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000673
674- On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
675 less mouse action!
676
677- Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
678 window location persistence.
679
680- Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
681
682- Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
683
684- Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
685
686- Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000687 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
688 IDLE help.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000689
690- Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000691 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
692 recent restart boundary.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000693
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000694- Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000695
696- Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
697
698- Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
699
700- In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
701 Properly credit David Scherer.
702
703- Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
704
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000705
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000706What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
707===================================
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000708
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000709*Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
Steven M. Gava88ff7362001-07-21 09:50:55 +0000710
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000711- First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
712 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000713
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000714- Adapted to the Mac platform.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000715
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000716- Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
717 which provides details of command line usage.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000718
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000719- Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
720
721- Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
722 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
723 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
724 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
725
726- Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
727
728- Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
729 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
730 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
731 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000732
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000733--------------------------------------------------------------------
734Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
735--------------------------------------------------------------------
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000736
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David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000740