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As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history.
+What's New in IDLEfork 0.8.1?
+=============================
+
+*Release date: 22-Jul-2001*
+
+- New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork
+ project.
+
+- This release requires python 2.1 or better. Compatability with earlier
+ versions of python (especially ancient ones like 1.5x) is no longer a
+ priority in IDLEfork development.
+
+- This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with current
+ cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional coding by Kurt
+ B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava.
+
+- This release is basically functional but also contains some known breakages,
+ particularly with running things from the shell window. Also the debugger is
+ not working, but I believe this was the case with the previous IDLE fork
+ release (0.7.1) as well.
+
+- This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is
+ launching into a new stage of development.
+
+- IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and
+ exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted by
+ David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR, while stabilisation
+ and development of less heavyweight improvements (like user customisation)
+ can continue on the trunk.
+
+
+What's New in IDLEfork 0.7.1?
+==============================
+
+*Release date: 15-Aug-2000*
+
+- First project tarball released.
+
+- This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a
+ combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional changes
+ coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and Nicholas Riley.
+
+
+
+IDLEfork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000
+-----------------------------
+
+ David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu>
+
+- 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.
+
+- 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).
+
+- Changes:
+
+ - 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.
+
+ - 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.
+
+ - 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.
+
+ - 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.
+
+ - The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large
+ 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'.
+
+ - 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is
+ present.
+
+ - 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.
+
+- 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
+
+- 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> )
+
+
+
IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes
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