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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
11
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000012What's New in IDLE 3.0a3?
13=========================
14
Barry Warsaw659fc422008-03-01 17:45:23 +000015*Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
Kurt B. Kaiserf609a342007-12-28 03:57:56 +000016
17- help() was not paging to the shell. Issue1650.
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000018
19- CodeContext was not importing.
20
21- Corrected two 3.0 compatibility errors reported by Mark Summerfield:
22 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-December/011491.html
23
24- Shell was not colorizing due to bug introduced at r57998, Bug 1586.
25
26
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +000027What's New in IDLE 3.0a2?
28=========================
29
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000030*Release date: 06-Dec-2007*
Kurt B. Kaiser3e623ba2007-10-09 23:12:31 +000031
32- Windows EOL sequence not converted correctly, encoding error.
33 Caused file save to fail. Bug 1130.
34
35
Kurt B. Kaiserbc3b3452007-08-30 22:16:49 +000036What's New in IDLE 3.0a1?
37=========================
38
39*Release date: 31-AUG-2007*
40
41- IDLE converted to Python 3000 syntax.
42
43- Strings became Unicode.
44
45- CallTips module now uses the inspect module to produce the argspec.
46
47- IDLE modules now use absolute import instead of implied relative import.
48
49- atexit call replaces sys.exitfunc. The functionality of delete-exitfunc flag
50 in config-main.cfg remains unchanged: if set, registered exit functions will
51 be cleared before IDLE exits.
52
53
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +000054What's New in IDLE 2.6a1?
55=========================
56
Kurt B. Kaiser8a78cad2007-12-13 03:38:16 +000057*Release date: XX-XXX-200X* UNRELEASED, but merged into 3.0
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +000058
Christian Heimesa156e092008-02-16 07:38:31 +000059- Configured selection highlighting colors were ignored; updating highlighting
60 in the config dialog would cause non-Python files to be colored as if they
61 were Python source; improve use of ColorDelagator. Patch 1334. Tal Einat.
62
63- ScriptBinding event handlers weren't returning 'break'. Patch 2050, Tal Einat.
64
Christian Heimesbbffeb62008-01-24 09:42:52 +000065- There was an error on exit if no sys.exitfunc was defined. Issue 1647.
66
67- Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
68 Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
69
Christian Heimes9a371592007-12-28 14:08:13 +000070- Configure Dialog: improved layout for keybinding. Patch 1457 Tal Einat.
71
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +000072- tabpage.py updated: tabbedPages.py now supports multiple dynamic rows
73 of tabs. Patch 1612746 Tal Einat.
74
75- Add confirmation dialog before printing. Patch 1717170 Tal Einat.
76
77- Show paste position if > 80 col. Patch 1659326 Tal Einat.
78
79- Update cursor color without restarting. Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
80
81- Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
82 Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
83
84- configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
85
86- textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
87
88- Clean up EditorWindow close.
89
Christian Heimes68f5fbe2008-02-14 08:27:37 +000090- Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
91
92- OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console
93
94- Bug in idlelib.MultiCall: Options dialog was crashing IDLE if there was an
95 option in config-extensions w/o a value. Patch #1672481, Tal Einat
96
Thomas Wouterscf297e42007-02-23 15:07:44 +000097- Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
98 mouse and cursor selection in ACWindow implemented; double Tab inserts
99 current selection and closes ACW (similar to double-click and Return); scroll
100 wheel now works in ACW. Added AutoComplete instructions to IDLE Help.
101
102- AutoCompleteWindow moved below input line, will move above if there
103 isn't enough space. Patch 1621265 Tal Einat
104
105- Calltips now 'handle' tuples in the argument list (display '<tuple>' :)
106 Suggested solution by Christos Georgiou, Bug 791968.
107
108- Add 'raw' support to configHandler. Patch 1650174 Tal Einat.
109
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000110- Avoid hang when encountering a duplicate in a completion list. Bug 1571112.
111
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000112- Patch #1362975: Rework CodeContext indentation algorithm to
113 avoid hard-coding pixel widths.
114
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000115- Bug #813342: Start the IDLE subprocess with -Qnew if the parent
116 is started with that option.
117
Guido van Rossum8ce8a782007-11-01 19:42:39 +0000118- Honor the "Cancel" action in the save dialog (Debian bug #299092)
119
Thomas Wouters89f507f2006-12-13 04:49:30 +0000120- Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
121 check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
122 first. Bug 1562716, 1562719
123
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000124- IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
125 the Python release of which it's a part.
126
127
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000128What's New in IDLE 1.2?
129=======================
130
131*Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
132
133
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000134What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
135=========================
136
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000137*Release date: 17-AUG-2006*
138
139- File menu hotkeys: there were three 'p' assignments. Reassign the
140 'Save Copy As' and 'Print' hotkeys to 'y' and 't'. Change the
141 Shell hotkey from 's' to 'l'.
142
143- IDLE honors new quit() and exit() commands from site.py Quitter() object.
144 Patch 1540892, Jim Jewett
145
146- The 'with' statement is now a Code Context block opener.
147 Patch 1540851, Jim Jewett
148
149- Retrieval of previous shell command was not always preserving indentation
150 (since 1.2a1) Patch 1528468 Tal Einat.
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000151
152- Changing tokenize (39046) to detect dedent broke tabnanny check (since 1.2a1)
153
154- ToggleTab dialog was setting indent to 8 even if cancelled (since 1.2a1).
155
156- When used w/o subprocess, all exceptions were preceded by an error
157 message claiming they were IDLE internal errors (since 1.2a1).
158
159What's New in IDLE 1.2b3?
160=========================
161
162*Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
163
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000164- Bug #1525817: Don't truncate short lines in IDLE's tool tips.
165
166- Bug #1517990: IDLE keybindings on MacOS X now work correctly
167
168- Bug #1517996: IDLE now longer shows the default Tk menu when a
169 path browser, class browser or debugger is the frontmost window on MacOS X
170
Thomas Wouters0e3f5912006-08-11 14:57:12 +0000171- EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
172
173- EditorWindow failed when used stand-alone if sys.ps1 not set.
174 Bug 1010370 Dave Florek
175
176- Tooltips failed on new-syle class __init__ args. Bug 1027566 Loren Guthrie
177
178- Avoid occasional failure to detect closing paren properly.
179 Patch 1407280 Tal Einat
180
181- Rebinding Tab key was inserting 'tab' instead of 'Tab'. Bug 1179168.
182
183- Colorizer now handles #<builtin> correctly, also unicode strings and
184 'as' keyword in comment directly following import command. Closes 1325071.
185 Patch 1479219 Tal Einat
186
187What's New in IDLE 1.2b2?
188=========================
189
190*Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
191
192What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
193=========================
194
195*Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
196
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +0000197What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
198=========================
199
200*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
201
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000202What's New in IDLE 1.2a1?
203=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000204
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000205*Release date: 05-APR-2006*
206
Thomas Wouters902d6eb2007-01-09 23:18:33 +0000207- Patch #1162825: Support non-ASCII characters in IDLE window titles.
208
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000209- Source file f.flush() after writing; trying to avoid lossage if user
210 kills GUI.
Kurt B. Kaiser5c6e0a12005-11-22 21:09:37 +0000211
212- Options / Keys / Advanced dialog made functional. Also, allow binding
213 of 'movement' keys.
214
215- 'syntax' patch adds improved calltips and a new class attribute listbox.
216 MultiCall module allows binding multiple actions to an event.
217 Patch 906702 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000218
Kurt B. Kaiserb61602c2005-11-15 07:20:06 +0000219- Better indentation after first line of string continuation.
220 IDLEfork Patch 681992, Noam Raphael
221
Kurt B. Kaiser389482c2005-10-03 20:08:25 +0000222- Fixed CodeContext alignment problem, following suggestion from Tal Einat.
223
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000224- Increased performance in CodeContext extension Patch 936169 Noam Raphael
225
Kurt B. Kaiser2618c7f2005-08-23 02:27:23 +0000226- Mac line endings were incorrect when pasting code from some browsers
227 when using X11 and the Fink distribution. Python Bug 1263656.
228
Kurt B. Kaisera7daba62005-06-19 18:56:15 +0000229- <Enter> when cursor is on a previous command retrieves that command. Instead
230 of replacing the input line, the previous command is now appended to the
231 input line. Indentation is preserved, and undo is enabled.
232 Patch 1196917 Jeff Shute
233
Kurt B. Kaiserca7329c2005-06-12 05:19:23 +0000234- Clarify "tab/space" Error Dialog and "Tab Width" Dialog associated with
235 the Untabify command.
236
237- Corrected "tab/space" Error Dialog to show correct menu for Untabify.
238 Patch 1196980 Jeff Shute
239
Kurt B. Kaiserdf506ea2005-06-12 04:33:30 +0000240- New files are colorized by default, and colorizing is removed when
241 saving as non-Python files. Patch 1196895 Jeff Shute
242 Closes Python Bugs 775012 and 800432, partial fix IDLEfork 763524
243
Kurt B. Kaiser935ea9a2005-05-10 03:44:24 +0000244- Improve subprocess link error notification.
245
Kurt B. Kaiser20345fb2005-05-05 23:29:54 +0000246- run.py: use Queue's blocking feature instead of sleeping in the main
247 loop. Patch # 1190163 Michiel de Hoon
248
Kurt B. Kaiser0676dfd2005-02-03 01:37:14 +0000249- Add config-main option to make the 'history' feature non-cyclic.
250 Default remains cyclic. Python Patch 914546 Noam Raphael.
251
Kurt B. Kaiseracdef852005-01-31 03:34:26 +0000252- Removed ability to configure tabs indent from Options dialog. This 'feature'
253 has never worked and no one has complained. It is still possible to set a
254 default tabs (v. spaces) indent 'manually' via config-main.def (or to turn on
255 tabs for the current EditorWindow via the Format menu) but IDLE will
256 encourage indentation via spaces.
257
258- Enable setting the indentation width using the Options dialog.
259 Bug # 783877
260
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000261- Add keybindings for del-word-left and del-word-right.
262
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000263- Discourage using an indent width other than 8 when using tabs to indent
264 Python code.
265
266- Restore use of EditorWindow.set_indentation_params(), was dead code since
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000267 Autoindent was merged into EditorWindow. This allows IDLE to conform to the
268 indentation width of a loaded file. (But it still will not switch to tabs
269 even if the file uses tabs.) Any change in indent width is local to that
270 window.
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000271
272- Add Tabnanny check before Run/F5, not just when Checking module.
273
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000274- If an extension can't be loaded, print warning and skip it instead of
275 erroring out.
276
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000277- Improve error handling when .idlerc can't be created (warn and exit).
278
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000279- The GUI was hanging if the shell window was closed while a raw_input()
Kurt B. Kaiser5c3df352004-12-23 04:20:59 +0000280 was pending. Restored the quit() of the readline() mainloop().
281 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2004-December/002307.html
282
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000283- The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
284 remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
285
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000286What's New in IDLE 1.1?
287=======================
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000288
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000289*Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000290
291- On OpenBSD, terminating IDLE with ctrl-c from the command line caused a
292 stuck subprocess MainThread because only the SocketThread was exiting.
293
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000294What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
295=============================
296
Anthony Baxter5cc727a2004-11-18 12:32:27 +0000297*Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000298
Kurt B. Kaiser03562a52004-11-16 21:31:08 +0000299- Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
300 button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
301 config-keys.cfg). Also true for Theme/highlights. Python Bug 1064535.
302
Kurt B. Kaiserf7a88992004-11-13 21:05:58 +0000303- A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
304 raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch). Python Bug 1063840.
305
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000306What's New in IDLE 1.1b2?
307=========================
308
Anthony Baxter9f41f3a2004-11-03 06:21:37 +0000309*Release date: 03-NOV-2004*
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000310
311- When paragraph reformat width was made configurable, a bug was
312 introduced that caused reformatting of comment blocks to ignore how
313 far the block was indented, effectively adding the indentation width
314 to the reformat width. This has been repaired, and the reformat
315 width is again a bound on the total width of reformatted lines.
316
Anthony Baxter6a587c12004-10-15 08:07:21 +0000317What's New in IDLE 1.1b1?
318=========================
319
320*Release date: 15-OCT-2004*
321
322
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000323What's New in IDLE 1.1a3?
324=========================
325
326*Release date: 02-SEP-2004*
327
328- Improve keyboard focus binding, especially in Windows menu. Improve
329 window raising, especially in the Windows menu and in the debugger.
330 IDLEfork 763524.
331
332- If user passes a non-existant filename on the commandline, just
333 open a new file, don't raise a dialog. IDLEfork 854928.
334
335
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000336What's New in IDLE 1.1a2?
337=========================
338
Anthony Baxterff347ca2004-08-05 07:21:01 +0000339*Release date: 05-AUG-2004*
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000340
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000341- EditorWindow.py was not finding the .chm help file on Windows. Typo
342 at Rev 1.54. Python Bug 990954
343
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000344- checking sys.platform for substring 'win' was breaking IDLE docs on Mac
345 (darwin). Also, Mac Safari browser requires full file:// URIs. SF 900580.
346
347
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000348What's New in IDLE 1.1a1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000349=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000350
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000351*Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000352
Kurt B. Kaiser49a5fe12004-07-04 01:25:56 +0000353- Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
354 user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
355 check and for runtime warnings raised in the subprocess.
356
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000357- CodeContext hint pane visibility state is now persistent across sessions.
358 The pane no longer appears in the shell window. Added capability to limit
359 extensions to shell window or editor windows. Noam Raphael addition
360 to Patch 936169.
361
362- Paragraph reformat width is now a configurable parameter in the
363 Options GUI.
364
Kurt B. Kaiser54d1a3b2004-04-21 20:06:26 +0000365- New Extension: CodeContext. Provides block structuring hints for code
366 which has scrolled above an edit window. Patch 936169 Noam Raphael.
367
Kurt B. Kaisercf6f1b62004-04-11 03:16:07 +0000368- If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
369 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
370
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000371- If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will
372 update immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +0000373
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000374- Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000375 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not
376 refreshed and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000377
Kurt B. Kaiserd6ab77d2004-01-21 19:21:11 +0000378- rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
379 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
380 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
381 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
382 into pollpacket().
383
384- Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
385
Kurt B. Kaiseraf3eb872004-01-21 18:54:30 +0000386- Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
387 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
388 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
389 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
390 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
391
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000392- Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000393 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000394
Kurt B. Kaiser2303b1c2003-11-24 05:26:16 +0000395- Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
396 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
397 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
398
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000399- After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000400 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000401 IDLEfork Patch 844675
402
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000403- IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
404 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
405
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000406- IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
407 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
408
409- config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
410 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
411
412
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000413What's New in IDLE 1.0?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000414=======================
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000415
416*Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
417
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000418- Added a banner to the shell discussing warnings possibly raised by personal
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000419 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
420
421
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000422What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000423===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000424
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000425*Release date: 24-Jul-2003*
426
427- Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
428
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000429
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000430What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000431===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000432
433*Release date: 18-Jul-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000434
435- Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
436 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
437
438- Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
439
440- Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
441 Python Patch 768187
442
443- Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
444 Python Bug 767794
445
446- Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
447 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
448 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
449
450
451What's New in IDLE 1.0b2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000452=========================
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000453
454*Release date: 29-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000455
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000456- Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
457 file Latin-1.
458
459- Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
460 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
461 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
462
463- TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
464 viewer instead of reading from a file.
465
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000466- (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
467 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
468 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
469
470- Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
471
472- When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
473 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
474
475- The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
476
477- Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
478
479- Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
480 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
481
482- Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
483 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
484
485- Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
486 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
487
488- File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
489 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
490
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000491
Kurt B. Kaiser9a90e702003-04-25 17:48:08 +0000492What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000493=============================
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000494
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000495*Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000496
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000497- The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000498 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000499
500- Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
501 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
502 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
503
504- IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
505 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
506
507- Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
508 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
509
510- Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
511 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
512
513- Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
514 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
515 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
516 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
517
518- Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
519 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
520 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
521
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000522- Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
523 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
524
525- When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
526 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
527 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
528
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000529- Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
530 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
531 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
532 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000533
534- Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
535 command line.
536
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000537- Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
538 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
539
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000540- Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000541 using the subprocess.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000542
543- Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
544 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
545 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
546 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000547 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
548 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
549 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
550 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000551
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000552- Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
553 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
554 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
555 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
556 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
557 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
558 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
559 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
560 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
561 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
562
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000563- Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
564 calls to signal.signal().
565
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000566- Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000567 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000568 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
569 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000570
Kurt B. Kaiser94afd302003-03-12 20:52:00 +0000571- Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
572 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
573
574- Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
575 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
576
577- Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
578 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
579
580- Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
581 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
582
583- Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
584 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
585
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000586- Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
587
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000588- Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000589
590- Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
591
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000592- Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000593 exception formatting to the subprocess.
594
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000595
596
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000597What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
598===================================
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000599
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000600*Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
601
602- Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
603
604- Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
605
606- Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
607
608- Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
609 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
610
611- If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
612 modules from the traceback displayed.
613
614- Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
615
616- IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
617 build directory
618
619- Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000620
Kurt B. Kaiser5ec186b2003-01-17 04:04:06 +0000621- Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
622 of the selection.
623
624- Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
625 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
626
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000627- Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
628
629- Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
630
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000631- Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000632 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
633 validated, as before.)
634
635- Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000636 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000637 number.
638
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000639- Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000640 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
641
642- Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
643 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
644 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
645
646- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
647
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000648- Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
649
650- Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
651 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
652
653- Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
654
655- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
656 to parents.
657
658- Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
659 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
660 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
661 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
662
663- If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
664 accessing python.org.
665
666- Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000667 them work in the installed configuration, also.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000668
669- On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
670 less mouse action!
671
672- Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
673 window location persistence.
674
675- Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
676
677- Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
678
679- Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
680
681- Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000682 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
683 IDLE help.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000684
685- Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000686 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
687 recent restart boundary.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000688
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000689- Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000690
691- Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
692
693- Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
694
695- In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
696 Properly credit David Scherer.
697
698- Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
699
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000700
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000701What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
702===================================
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000703
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000704*Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
Steven M. Gava88ff7362001-07-21 09:50:55 +0000705
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000706- First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
707 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000708
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000709- Adapted to the Mac platform.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000710
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000711- Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
712 which provides details of command line usage.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000713
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000714- Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
715
716- Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
717 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
718 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
719 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
720
721- Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
722
723- Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
724 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
725 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
726 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000727
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000728--------------------------------------------------------------------
729Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
730--------------------------------------------------------------------
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000731
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David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000733
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David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000735