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Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +00001What's New in IDLE 1.1a0?
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +00002===================================
3
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +00004*Release date: XX-XXX-2004*
5
Kurt B. Kaisercf6f1b62004-04-11 03:16:07 +00006- If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
7 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
8
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +00009- If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will update
Kurt B. Kaisercf6f1b62004-04-11 03:16:07 +000010 immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +000011
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +000012- Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +000013 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not refreshed
14 and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +000015
Kurt B. Kaiserd6ab77d2004-01-21 19:21:11 +000016- rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
17 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
18 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
19 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
20 into pollpacket().
21
22- Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
23
Kurt B. Kaiseraf3eb872004-01-21 18:54:30 +000024- Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
25 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
26 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
27 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
28 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
29
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +000030- Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
31 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +000032
Kurt B. Kaiser2303b1c2003-11-24 05:26:16 +000033- Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
34 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
35 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
36
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +000037- After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
38 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
39 IDLEfork Patch 844675
40
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +000041- IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
42 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
43
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +000044- IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
45 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
46
47- config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
48 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
49
50
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +000051What's New in IDLE 1.0?
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53
54*Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
55
56- Added a banner to the shell discussimg warnings possibly raised by personal
57 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
58
59
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +000060What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 2?
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +000061===================================
62
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +000063*Release date: 24-Jul-2003*
64
65- Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
66
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +000067
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +000068What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 1?
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70
71*Release date: 18-Jul-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +000072
73- Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
74 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
75
76- Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
77
78- Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
79 Python Patch 768187
80
81- Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
82 Python Bug 767794
83
84- Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
85 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
86 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
87
88
89What's New in IDLE 1.0b2?
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91
92*Release date: 29-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +000093
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +000094- Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
95 file Latin-1.
96
97- Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
98 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
99 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
100
101- TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
102 viewer instead of reading from a file.
103
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000104- (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
105 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
106 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
107
108- Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
109
110- When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
111 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
112
113- The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
114
115- Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
116
117- Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
118 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
119
120- Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
121 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
122
123- Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
124 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
125
126- File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
127 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
128
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000129
Kurt B. Kaiser9a90e702003-04-25 17:48:08 +0000130What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000131===================================
132
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000133*Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000134
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000135- The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
136 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
137
138- Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
139 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
140 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
141
142- IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
143 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
144
145- Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
146 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
147
148- Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
149 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
150
151- Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
152 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
153 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
154 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
155
156- Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
157 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
158 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
159
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000160- Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
161 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
162
163- When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
164 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
165 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
166
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000167- Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
168 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
169 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
170 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000171
172- Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
173 command line.
174
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000175- Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
176 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
177
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000178- Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000179 using the subprocess.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000180
181- Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
182 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
183 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
184 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000185 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
186 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
187 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
188 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000189
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000190- Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
191 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
192 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
193 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
194 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
195 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
196 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
197 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
198 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
199 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
200
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000201- Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
202 calls to signal.signal().
203
204- Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000205 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000206 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
207 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000208
Kurt B. Kaiser94afd302003-03-12 20:52:00 +0000209- Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
210 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
211
212- Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
213 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
214
215- Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
216 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
217
218- Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
219 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
220
221- Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
222 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
223
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000224- Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
225
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000226- Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000227
228- Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
229
230- Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
231 exception formatting to the subprocess.
232
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000233
234
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000235What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
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Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000237
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000238*Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
239
240- Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
241
242- Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
243
244- Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
245
246- Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
247 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
248
249- If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
250 modules from the traceback displayed.
251
252- Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
253
254- IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
255 build directory
256
257- Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000258
Kurt B. Kaiser5ec186b2003-01-17 04:04:06 +0000259- Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
260 of the selection.
261
262- Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
263 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
264
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000265- Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
266
267- Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
268
269- Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
270 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
271 validated, as before.)
272
273- Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
274 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
275 number.
276
277- Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
278 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
279
280- Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
281 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
282 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
283
284- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
285
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000286- Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
287
288- Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
289 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
290
291- Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
292
293- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
294 to parents.
295
296- Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
297 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
298 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
299 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
300
301- If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
302 accessing python.org.
303
304- Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
305 them work in the installed configuration, also.
306
307- On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
308 less mouse action!
309
310- Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
311 window location persistence.
312
313- Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
314
315- Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
316
317- Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
318
319- Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000320 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
321 IDLE help.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000322
323- Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000324 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
325 recent restart boundary.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000326
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000327- Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000328
329- Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
330
331- Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
332
333- In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
334 Properly credit David Scherer.
335
336- Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
337
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000338
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000339What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
340===================================
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000341
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000342*Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
Steven M. Gava88ff7362001-07-21 09:50:55 +0000343
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000344- First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
345 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000346
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000347- Adapted to the Mac platform.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000348
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000349- Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
350 which provides details of command line usage.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000351
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000352- Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
353
354- Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
355 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
356 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
357 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
358
359- Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
360
361- Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
362 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
363 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
364 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000365
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000366--------------------------------------------------------------------
367Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
368--------------------------------------------------------------------
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000369
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David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000371
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David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000373