| README from IDLE fork 0.7.1 : |
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| EXPERIMENTAL LOADER IDLE 2000-05-29 |
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| David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu> |
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| This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of |
| 2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, |
| you get to keep both pieces. |
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| If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or |
| post to the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev |
| (making it clear that you are using this modified version of IDLE). |
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| Changes: |
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| The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes |
| programs in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC |
| mechanism to an OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing |
| unnamed programs (through a temporary file). It does not yet support |
| debugging. |
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| When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped |
| to exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back |
| into the user program, that part of the traceback will be shown. |
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| The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular, |
| it now supports a readline() function used to implement user input, |
| and a scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of |
| a previous run by scrolling it out of the window. |
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| Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with |
| just a blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening |
| a file in such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of |
| that window instead of creating another window. Because of the need to |
| have a well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of |
| IDLE can be running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to |
| report their command line arguments to the copy already running. |
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| The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large |
| 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'. |
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| 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is |
| present. |
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| A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation |
| instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent. |
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| New modules: |
| ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader |
| loader.py Bootstraps user program |
| protocol.py RPC protocol |
| Remote.py User-process interpreter |
| spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs |
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| Files modified: |
| autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked ) |
| bindings.py ( menus reorganized ) |
| config.txt ( execbinding enabled ) |
| editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' ) |
| filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" ) |
| formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked ) |
| idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname ) |
| idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? ) |
| iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention ) |
| keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked ) |
| outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc ) |
| pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior ) |
| readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> ) |
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| IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 |
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| This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based |
| IDE for Python. |
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| For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt. (For a more |
| detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.) |
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| FEATURES |
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| IDLE has the following features: |
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| - coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk) |
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| - cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are |
| currently problems with Tcl/Tk) |
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| - multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing |
| and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips |
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| - Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) |
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| - debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step) |
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| USAGE |
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| The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able |
| to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can |
| run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up |
| a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows, |
| use the batch file idle.bat. |
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| Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed, |
| not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option. |
| Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options. |
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| IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a |
| Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed |
| with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.) |
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| COPYRIGHT |
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| IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice |
| (http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html). |
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| FEEDBACK |
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| (removed, since Guido probably doesn't want complaints about my |
| changes) |
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| --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) |