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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
Kurt B. Kaiserdfbe1592011-05-14 17:20:09 -04006- Issue #6378: Further adjust idle.bat to start associated Python
7
Kurt B. Kaiser0a429822011-05-12 15:25:24 -04008- Issue #11896: Save on Close failed despite selecting "Yes" in dialog.
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -04009
10- Issue #1028: Ctrl-space binding to show completions was causing IDLE to exit.
11 Tk < 8.5 was sending invalid Unicode null; replaced with valid null.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -040012
Kurt B. Kaiser946f1722011-03-25 20:29:13 -040013- <Home> toggle failing on Tk 8.5, causing IDLE exits and strange selection
14 behavior. Issue 4676. Improve selection extension behaviour.
Kurt B. Kaiser946f1722011-03-25 20:29:13 -040015
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -040016- <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows. Issue 3851.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -040017
18
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000019What's New in IDLE 3.1b1?
20=========================
21
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -040022*Release date: 06-May-09*
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000023
Kurt B. Kaiser5c32f672009-04-27 05:36:55 +000024- Use of 'filter' in keybindingDialog.py was causing custom key assignment to
25 fail. Patch 5707 amaury.forgeotdarc.
26
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000027
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000028What's New in IDLE 3.1a1?
29=========================
30
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000031*Release date: 07-Mar-09*
Kurt B. Kaiser113f0e82009-04-04 20:38:52 +000032
Martin v. Löwis7e158452009-01-18 20:23:36 +000033- Issue #4815: Offer conversion to UTF-8 if source files have
34 no encoding declaration and are not encoded in UTF-8.
35
Martin v. Löwis975a0792009-01-18 20:15:42 +000036- Issue #4008: Fix problems with non-ASCII source files.
37
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000038- Issue #4323: Always encode source as UTF-8 without asking
39 the user (unless a different encoding is declared); remove
40 user configuration of source encoding; all according to
41 PEP 3120.
42
Ronald Oussorene9f8bf02009-01-02 13:10:34 +000043- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
44 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
45
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000046What's New in IDLE 2.7? (UNRELEASED, but merged into 3.1 releases above.)
47=======================
48
Benjamin Petersonffeda292010-01-09 18:48:46 +000049*Release date: XX-XXX-2010*
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000050
Kurt B. Kaiser1521fda2009-05-06 03:38:31 +000051- idle.py modified and simplified to better support developing experimental
52 versions of IDLE which are not installed in the standard location.
53
Georg Brandl7b2669b2009-04-27 16:58:05 +000054- OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" wasn't working with
55 file paths containing spaces. Bug 5559.
56
Kurt B. Kaiserc34ed8e2009-04-26 01:33:55 +000057- Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, file not being
58 accessed Patch 5783 Guilherme Polo
59
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000060- Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist simultaneously. Thanks to
61 David Scherer for suggesting the use of an ephemeral port for the GUI.
62 Patch 1529142 Weeble.
63
64- Remove port spec from run.py and fix bug where subprocess fails to
65 extract port from command line when warnings are present.
66
67- Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr to handle
Kurt B. Kaiserdfbe1592011-05-14 17:20:09 -040068 mixed space/tab properly. Issue 5129, patch by Guilherme Polo.
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +000069
70- Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present
71
72What's New in IDLE 3.0 final?
73=============================
74
75*Release date: 03-Dec-2008*
76
77- IDLE would print a "Unhandled server exception!" message when internal
78 debugging is enabled.
79
80- Issue #4455: IDLE failed to display the windows list when two windows have
81 the same title.
82
83- Issue #4383: When IDLE cannot make the connection to its subprocess, it would
84 fail to properly display the error message.
85
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +000086
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000087What's New in IDLE 3.0a3?
88=========================
89
Barry Warsaw659fc422008-03-01 17:45:23 +000090*Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
Kurt B. Kaiserf609a342007-12-28 03:57:56 +000091
92- help() was not paging to the shell. Issue1650.
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000093
94- CodeContext was not importing.
95
96- Corrected two 3.0 compatibility errors reported by Mark Summerfield:
97 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-December/011491.html
98
99- Shell was not colorizing due to bug introduced at r57998, Bug 1586.
100
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000101- Issue #1585: IDLE uses non-existent xrange() function.
102
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +0000103
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +0000104What's New in IDLE 3.0a2?
105=========================
106
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +0000107*Release date: 06-Dec-2007*
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +0000108
109- Windows EOL sequence not converted correctly, encoding error.
110 Caused file save to fail. Bug 1130.
111
112
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +0000113What's New in IDLE 3.0a1?
114=========================
115
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000116*Release date: 31-Aug-2007*
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +0000117
118- IDLE converted to Python 3000 syntax.
119
120- Strings became Unicode.
121
122- CallTips module now uses the inspect module to produce the argspec.
123
124- IDLE modules now use absolute import instead of implied relative import.
125
126- atexit call replaces sys.exitfunc. The functionality of delete-exitfunc flag
127 in config-main.cfg remains unchanged: if set, registered exit functions will
128 be cleared before IDLE exits.
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +0000129
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000130
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000131What's New in IDLE 2.6 final?
132=============================
133
134*Release date: 01-Oct-2008*, merged into 3.0 releases detailed above (3.0rc2)
135
136- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
137 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
138
139- Home / Control-A toggles between left margin and end of leading white
140 space. issue1196903, patch by Jeff Shute.
141
142- Improved AutoCompleteWindow logic. issue2062, patch by Tal Einat.
143
144- Autocompletion of filenames now support alternate separators, e.g. the
145 '/' char on Windows. issue2061 Patch by Tal Einat.
146
Christian Heimesa156e092008-02-16 07:38:31 +0000147- Configured selection highlighting colors were ignored; updating highlighting
148 in the config dialog would cause non-Python files to be colored as if they
149 were Python source; improve use of ColorDelagator. Patch 1334. Tal Einat.
150
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000151- ScriptBinding event handlers weren't returning 'break'. Patch 2050, Tal Einat
Christian Heimesa156e092008-02-16 07:38:31 +0000152
Christian Heimesbbffeb62008-01-24 09:42:52 +0000153- There was an error on exit if no sys.exitfunc was defined. Issue 1647.
154
155- Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
156 Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
157
Christian Heimes9a371592007-12-28 14:08:13 +0000158- Configure Dialog: improved layout for keybinding. Patch 1457 Tal Einat.
159
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +0000160- tabpage.py updated: tabbedPages.py now supports multiple dynamic rows
161 of tabs. Patch 1612746 Tal Einat.
162
163- Add confirmation dialog before printing. Patch 1717170 Tal Einat.
164
165- Show paste position if > 80 col. Patch 1659326 Tal Einat.
166
167- Update cursor color without restarting. Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
168
169- Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
170 Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
171
172- configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
173
174- textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
175
176- Clean up EditorWindow close.
177
Christian Heimes68f5fbe2008-02-14 08:27:37 +0000178- Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
179
180- OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console
181
182- Bug in idlelib.MultiCall: Options dialog was crashing IDLE if there was an
183 option in config-extensions w/o a value. Patch #1672481, Tal Einat
184
Thomas Wouterscf297e42007-02-23 15:07:44 +0000185- Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
186 mouse and cursor selection in ACWindow implemented; double Tab inserts
187 current selection and closes ACW (similar to double-click and Return); scroll
188 wheel now works in ACW. Added AutoComplete instructions to IDLE Help.
189
190- AutoCompleteWindow moved below input line, will move above if there
191 isn't enough space. Patch 1621265 Tal Einat
192
193- Calltips now 'handle' tuples in the argument list (display '<tuple>' :)
194 Suggested solution by Christos Georgiou, Bug 791968.
195
196- Add 'raw' support to configHandler. Patch 1650174 Tal Einat.
197
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000198- Avoid hang when encountering a duplicate in a completion list. Bug 1571112.
199
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000200- Patch #1362975: Rework CodeContext indentation algorithm to
201 avoid hard-coding pixel widths.
202
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000203- Bug #813342: Start the IDLE subprocess with -Qnew if the parent
204 is started with that option.
205
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +0000206- Honor the "Cancel" action in the save dialog (Debian bug #299092)
207
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000208- Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
209 check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
210 first. Bug 1562716, 1562719
211
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000212- IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
213 the Python release of which it's a part.
214
215
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000216What's New in IDLE 1.2?
217=======================
218
219*Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
220
221
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000222What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
223=========================
224
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000225*Release date: 17-AUG-2006*
226
227- File menu hotkeys: there were three 'p' assignments. Reassign the
228 'Save Copy As' and 'Print' hotkeys to 'y' and 't'. Change the
229 Shell hotkey from 's' to 'l'.
230
231- IDLE honors new quit() and exit() commands from site.py Quitter() object.
232 Patch 1540892, Jim Jewett
233
234- The 'with' statement is now a Code Context block opener.
235 Patch 1540851, Jim Jewett
236
237- Retrieval of previous shell command was not always preserving indentation
238 (since 1.2a1) Patch 1528468 Tal Einat.
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000239
240- Changing tokenize (39046) to detect dedent broke tabnanny check (since 1.2a1)
241
242- ToggleTab dialog was setting indent to 8 even if cancelled (since 1.2a1).
243
244- When used w/o subprocess, all exceptions were preceded by an error
245 message claiming they were IDLE internal errors (since 1.2a1).
246
247What's New in IDLE 1.2b3?
248=========================
249
250*Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
251
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000252- Bug #1525817: Don't truncate short lines in IDLE's tool tips.
253
254- Bug #1517990: IDLE keybindings on MacOS X now work correctly
255
256- Bug #1517996: IDLE now longer shows the default Tk menu when a
257 path browser, class browser or debugger is the frontmost window on MacOS X
258
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000259- EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
260
261- EditorWindow failed when used stand-alone if sys.ps1 not set.
262 Bug 1010370 Dave Florek
263
264- Tooltips failed on new-syle class __init__ args. Bug 1027566 Loren Guthrie
265
266- Avoid occasional failure to detect closing paren properly.
267 Patch 1407280 Tal Einat
268
269- Rebinding Tab key was inserting 'tab' instead of 'Tab'. Bug 1179168.
270
271- Colorizer now handles #<builtin> correctly, also unicode strings and
272 'as' keyword in comment directly following import command. Closes 1325071.
273 Patch 1479219 Tal Einat
274
275What's New in IDLE 1.2b2?
276=========================
277
278*Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
279
280What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
281=========================
282
283*Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
284
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +0000285What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
286=========================
287
288*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
289
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000290What's New in IDLE 1.2a1?
291=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000292
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000293*Release date: 05-APR-2006*
294
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000295- Patch #1162825: Support non-ASCII characters in IDLE window titles.
296
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000297- Source file f.flush() after writing; trying to avoid lossage if user
298 kills GUI.
Kurt B. Kaiser5c6e0a12005-11-22 21:09:37 +0000299
300- Options / Keys / Advanced dialog made functional. Also, allow binding
301 of 'movement' keys.
302
303- 'syntax' patch adds improved calltips and a new class attribute listbox.
304 MultiCall module allows binding multiple actions to an event.
305 Patch 906702 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000306
Kurt B. Kaiserb61602c2005-11-15 07:20:06 +0000307- Better indentation after first line of string continuation.
308 IDLEfork Patch 681992, Noam Raphael
309
Kurt B. Kaiser389482c2005-10-03 20:08:25 +0000310- Fixed CodeContext alignment problem, following suggestion from Tal Einat.
311
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000312- Increased performance in CodeContext extension Patch 936169 Noam Raphael
313
Kurt B. Kaiser2618c7f2005-08-23 02:27:23 +0000314- Mac line endings were incorrect when pasting code from some browsers
315 when using X11 and the Fink distribution. Python Bug 1263656.
316
Kurt B. Kaisera7daba62005-06-19 18:56:15 +0000317- <Enter> when cursor is on a previous command retrieves that command. Instead
318 of replacing the input line, the previous command is now appended to the
319 input line. Indentation is preserved, and undo is enabled.
320 Patch 1196917 Jeff Shute
321
Kurt B. Kaiserca7329c2005-06-12 05:19:23 +0000322- Clarify "tab/space" Error Dialog and "Tab Width" Dialog associated with
323 the Untabify command.
324
325- Corrected "tab/space" Error Dialog to show correct menu for Untabify.
326 Patch 1196980 Jeff Shute
327
Kurt B. Kaiserdf506ea2005-06-12 04:33:30 +0000328- New files are colorized by default, and colorizing is removed when
329 saving as non-Python files. Patch 1196895 Jeff Shute
330 Closes Python Bugs 775012 and 800432, partial fix IDLEfork 763524
331
Kurt B. Kaiser935ea9a2005-05-10 03:44:24 +0000332- Improve subprocess link error notification.
333
Kurt B. Kaiser20345fb2005-05-05 23:29:54 +0000334- run.py: use Queue's blocking feature instead of sleeping in the main
335 loop. Patch # 1190163 Michiel de Hoon
336
Kurt B. Kaiser0676dfd2005-02-03 01:37:14 +0000337- Add config-main option to make the 'history' feature non-cyclic.
338 Default remains cyclic. Python Patch 914546 Noam Raphael.
339
Kurt B. Kaiseracdef852005-01-31 03:34:26 +0000340- Removed ability to configure tabs indent from Options dialog. This 'feature'
341 has never worked and no one has complained. It is still possible to set a
342 default tabs (v. spaces) indent 'manually' via config-main.def (or to turn on
343 tabs for the current EditorWindow via the Format menu) but IDLE will
344 encourage indentation via spaces.
345
346- Enable setting the indentation width using the Options dialog.
347 Bug # 783877
348
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000349- Add keybindings for del-word-left and del-word-right.
350
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000351- Discourage using an indent width other than 8 when using tabs to indent
352 Python code.
353
354- Restore use of EditorWindow.set_indentation_params(), was dead code since
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000355 Autoindent was merged into EditorWindow. This allows IDLE to conform to the
356 indentation width of a loaded file. (But it still will not switch to tabs
357 even if the file uses tabs.) Any change in indent width is local to that
358 window.
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000359
360- Add Tabnanny check before Run/F5, not just when Checking module.
361
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000362- If an extension can't be loaded, print warning and skip it instead of
363 erroring out.
364
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000365- Improve error handling when .idlerc can't be created (warn and exit).
366
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000367- The GUI was hanging if the shell window was closed while a raw_input()
Kurt B. Kaiser5c3df352004-12-23 04:20:59 +0000368 was pending. Restored the quit() of the readline() mainloop().
369 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2004-December/002307.html
370
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000371- The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
372 remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
373
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000374What's New in IDLE 1.1?
375=======================
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000376
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000377*Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000378
379- On OpenBSD, terminating IDLE with ctrl-c from the command line caused a
380 stuck subprocess MainThread because only the SocketThread was exiting.
381
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000382What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
383=============================
384
Anthony Baxter5cc727a2004-11-18 12:32:27 +0000385*Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000386
Kurt B. Kaiser03562a52004-11-16 21:31:08 +0000387- Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
388 button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
389 config-keys.cfg). Also true for Theme/highlights. Python Bug 1064535.
390
Kurt B. Kaiserf7a88992004-11-13 21:05:58 +0000391- A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
392 raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch). Python Bug 1063840.
393
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000394What's New in IDLE 1.1b2?
395=========================
396
Anthony Baxter9f41f3a2004-11-03 06:21:37 +0000397*Release date: 03-NOV-2004*
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000398
399- When paragraph reformat width was made configurable, a bug was
400 introduced that caused reformatting of comment blocks to ignore how
401 far the block was indented, effectively adding the indentation width
402 to the reformat width. This has been repaired, and the reformat
403 width is again a bound on the total width of reformatted lines.
404
Anthony Baxter6a587c12004-10-15 08:07:21 +0000405What's New in IDLE 1.1b1?
406=========================
407
408*Release date: 15-OCT-2004*
409
410
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000411What's New in IDLE 1.1a3?
412=========================
413
414*Release date: 02-SEP-2004*
415
416- Improve keyboard focus binding, especially in Windows menu. Improve
417 window raising, especially in the Windows menu and in the debugger.
418 IDLEfork 763524.
419
Mark Dickinson934896d2009-02-21 20:59:32 +0000420- If user passes a non-existent filename on the commandline, just
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000421 open a new file, don't raise a dialog. IDLEfork 854928.
422
423
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000424What's New in IDLE 1.1a2?
425=========================
426
Anthony Baxterff347ca2004-08-05 07:21:01 +0000427*Release date: 05-AUG-2004*
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000428
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000429- EditorWindow.py was not finding the .chm help file on Windows. Typo
430 at Rev 1.54. Python Bug 990954
431
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000432- checking sys.platform for substring 'win' was breaking IDLE docs on Mac
433 (darwin). Also, Mac Safari browser requires full file:// URIs. SF 900580.
434
435
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000436What's New in IDLE 1.1a1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000437=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000438
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000439*Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000440
Kurt B. Kaiser49a5fe12004-07-04 01:25:56 +0000441- Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
442 user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
443 check and for runtime warnings raised in the subprocess.
444
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000445- CodeContext hint pane visibility state is now persistent across sessions.
446 The pane no longer appears in the shell window. Added capability to limit
447 extensions to shell window or editor windows. Noam Raphael addition
448 to Patch 936169.
449
450- Paragraph reformat width is now a configurable parameter in the
451 Options GUI.
452
Kurt B. Kaiser54d1a3b2004-04-21 20:06:26 +0000453- New Extension: CodeContext. Provides block structuring hints for code
454 which has scrolled above an edit window. Patch 936169 Noam Raphael.
455
Kurt B. Kaisercf6f1b62004-04-11 03:16:07 +0000456- If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
457 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
458
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000459- If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will
460 update immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +0000461
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000462- Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000463 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not
464 refreshed and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000465
Kurt B. Kaiserd6ab77d2004-01-21 19:21:11 +0000466- rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
467 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
468 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
469 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
470 into pollpacket().
471
472- Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
473
Kurt B. Kaiseraf3eb872004-01-21 18:54:30 +0000474- Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
475 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
476 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
477 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
478 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
479
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000480- Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000481 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000482
Kurt B. Kaiser2303b1c2003-11-24 05:26:16 +0000483- Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
484 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
485 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
486
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000487- After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000488 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000489 IDLEfork Patch 844675
490
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000491- IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
492 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
493
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000494- IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
495 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
496
497- config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
498 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
499
500
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000501What's New in IDLE 1.0?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000502=======================
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000503
504*Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
505
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000506- Added a banner to the shell discussing warnings possibly raised by personal
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000507 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
508
509
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000510What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000511===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000512
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000513*Release date: 24-Jul-2003*
514
515- Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
516
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000517
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000518What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000519===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000520
521*Release date: 18-Jul-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000522
523- Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
524 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
525
526- Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
527
528- Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
529 Python Patch 768187
530
531- Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
532 Python Bug 767794
533
534- Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
535 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
536 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
537
538
539What's New in IDLE 1.0b2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000540=========================
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000541
542*Release date: 29-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000543
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000544- Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
545 file Latin-1.
546
547- Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
548 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
549 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
550
551- TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
552 viewer instead of reading from a file.
553
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000554- (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
555 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
556 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
557
558- Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
559
560- When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
561 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
562
563- The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
564
565- Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
566
567- Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
568 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
569
570- Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
571 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
572
573- Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
574 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
575
576- File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
577 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
578
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000579
Kurt B. Kaiser9a90e702003-04-25 17:48:08 +0000580What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000581=============================
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000582
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000583*Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000584
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000585- The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000586 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000587
588- Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
589 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
590 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
591
592- IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
593 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
594
595- Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
596 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
597
598- Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
599 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
600
601- Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
602 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
603 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
604 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
605
606- Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
607 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
608 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
609
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000610- Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
611 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
612
613- When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
614 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
615 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
616
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000617- Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
618 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
619 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
620 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000621
622- Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
623 command line.
624
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000625- Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
626 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
627
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000628- Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000629 using the subprocess.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000630
631- Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
632 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
633 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
634 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000635 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
636 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
637 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
638 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000639
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000640- Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
641 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
642 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
643 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
644 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
645 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
646 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
647 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
648 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
649 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
650
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000651- Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
652 calls to signal.signal().
653
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000654- Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000655 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000656 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
657 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000658
Kurt B. Kaiser94afd302003-03-12 20:52:00 +0000659- Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
660 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
661
662- Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
663 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
664
665- Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
666 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
667
668- Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
669 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
670
671- Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
672 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
673
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000674- Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
675
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000676- Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000677
678- Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
679
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000680- Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000681 exception formatting to the subprocess.
682
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000683
684
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000685What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
686===================================
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000687
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000688*Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
689
690- Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
691
692- Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
693
694- Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
695
696- Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
697 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
698
699- If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
700 modules from the traceback displayed.
701
702- Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
703
704- IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
705 build directory
706
707- Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000708
Kurt B. Kaiser5ec186b2003-01-17 04:04:06 +0000709- Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
710 of the selection.
711
712- Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
713 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
714
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000715- Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
716
717- Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
718
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000719- Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000720 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
721 validated, as before.)
722
723- Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000724 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000725 number.
726
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000727- Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000728 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
729
730- Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
731 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
732 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
733
734- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
735
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000736- Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
737
738- Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
739 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
740
741- Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
742
743- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
744 to parents.
745
746- Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
747 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
748 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
749 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
750
751- If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
752 accessing python.org.
753
754- Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000755 them work in the installed configuration, also.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000756
757- On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
758 less mouse action!
759
760- Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
761 window location persistence.
762
763- Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
764
765- Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
766
767- Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
768
769- Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000770 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
771 IDLE help.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000772
773- Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000774 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
775 recent restart boundary.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000776
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000777- Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000778
779- Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
780
781- Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
782
783- In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
784 Properly credit David Scherer.
785
786- Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
787
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000788
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000789What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
790===================================
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000791
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000792*Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
Steven M. Gava88ff7362001-07-21 09:50:55 +0000793
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000794- First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
795 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000796
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000797- Adapted to the Mac platform.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000798
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000799- Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
800 which provides details of command line usage.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000801
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000802- Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
803
804- Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
805 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
806 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
807 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
808
809- Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
810
811- Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
812 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
813 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
814 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000815
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000816--------------------------------------------------------------------
817Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
818--------------------------------------------------------------------
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000819
820
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000821
822
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000823