Steven M. Gava | d39993e | 2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | IDLEfork NEWS |
| 2 | ============= |
| 3 | (For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.) |
| 4 | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | IDLEfork 0.8.1 (xx JUN 2001) |
| 8 | ---------------------------- |
| 9 | New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork |
| 10 | project. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with |
| 13 | current cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional |
| 14 | coding by Kurt B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | This release is basically functional but also contains some known |
| 17 | breakages, for instance with running things from the shell window, that |
| 18 | may well have been introduced in a hasty attempt to change IDLEfork's |
| 19 | previous startup behaviour. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is |
| 22 | launching into a new stage of development. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and |
| 25 | exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted |
| 26 | by David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR on a branch, |
| 27 | while stabilisation and development of less heavyweight improvements |
| 28 | (like user customisation) can continue on the trunk. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | |
| 31 | IDLE fork 0.7.1 (15 AUG 2000) |
| 32 | ----------------------------- |
| 33 | First project tarball released. |
| 34 | |
| 35 | This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a |
| 36 | combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional |
| 37 | changes coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and |
| 38 | Nicholas Riley. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | |
Steven M. Gava | 4d712a4 | 2001-07-19 04:49:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | original IDLE NEWS.txt : |
| 42 | ======================== |
| 43 | |
David Scherer | 7aced17 | 2000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000) |
| 45 | ------------------------- |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond: |
| 48 | |
| 49 | - Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka). |
| 50 | |
| 51 | - Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack |
| 52 | Viewer menu, not by the debugger.) |
| 53 | |
| 54 | - Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats |
| 55 | them correctly (MH) |
| 56 | |
| 57 | - New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands |
| 58 | much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path |
| 59 | browsers (TP) |
| 60 | |
| 61 | - Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of |
| 62 | multi-line statements (TP) |
| 63 | |
| 64 | - Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function |
| 65 | followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the |
| 66 | window to close the tip window (MH) |
| 67 | |
| 68 | - Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP) |
| 69 | |
| 70 | - New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks |
| 71 | familiar to Windows users |
| 72 | |
| 73 | - Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now |
| 74 | always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works |
| 75 | correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module |
| 76 | name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script: |
| 77 | this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also |
| 78 | sets sys.argv[] to the script name |
| 79 | |
| 80 | New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99) |
| 81 | ------------------------ |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows |
| 84 | a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path, |
| 85 | directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class |
| 86 | browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module, |
| 87 | MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog. |
| 88 | |
| 89 | New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99) |
| 90 | ------------------------- |
| 91 | |
| 92 | Most important changes: |
| 93 | |
| 94 | - Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger. |
| 95 | Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a |
| 96 | reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger. |
| 97 | |
| 98 | - Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows |
| 99 | menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed. |
| 100 | |
| 101 | - Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts |
| 102 | with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer" |
| 103 | (was: JIT stack viewer) menu items. |
| 104 | |
| 105 | - Added a Quit button to the Debugger API. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | - The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path. |
| 108 | |
| 109 | - Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical |
| 110 | filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a |
| 111 | lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the |
| 112 | debugger though.) |
| 113 | |
| 114 | - Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works. |
| 115 | |
| 116 | - Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the |
| 117 | class browser. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | - Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class |
| 120 | browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text |
| 121 | windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.) |
| 122 | |
| 123 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 124 | |
| 125 | New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99) |
| 126 | ------------------------ |
| 127 | |
| 128 | Lots of changes; here are the highlights: |
| 129 | |
| 130 | General: |
| 131 | |
| 132 | - You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see |
| 133 | extend.txt. |
| 134 | |
| 135 | |
| 136 | File menu: |
| 137 | |
| 138 | The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | |
| 141 | Edit menu: |
| 142 | |
| 143 | New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog. |
| 144 | |
| 145 | Commands to tabify or untabify a region. |
| 146 | |
| 147 | Command to format a paragraph. |
| 148 | |
| 149 | |
| 150 | Debug menu: |
| 151 | |
| 152 | JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer |
| 153 | automaticall pops up when you get a traceback. |
| 154 | |
| 155 | Windows menu: |
| 156 | |
| 157 | Zoom height -- make the window full height. |
| 158 | |
| 159 | |
| 160 | Help menu: |
| 161 | |
| 162 | The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and |
| 163 | even edit it if you like. |
| 164 | |
| 165 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 166 | |
| 167 | IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98. |
| 168 | |
| 169 | ====================================================================== |