| IDLE 0.2 - 8 January 1999 |
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| For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt. |
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| This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based |
| IDE for Python. It has the following features: |
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| - 100% pure Python |
| - multi-window text editor with multiple undo and Python colorizing |
| - Python shell (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) window subclass |
| - debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints and step) |
| - works on Windows and Unix (probably works on Mac too) |
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| The main program is in the file "idle"; on Windows you can use idle.pyw |
| to avoid popping up a DOS console. Any arguments passed are interpreted |
| as files that will be opened for editing. |
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| IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with the |
| Python 1.5.2 beta distribution (luckily, IDLE is bundled with Python |
| 1.5.2). |
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| Please send feedback to the Python newsgroup, comp.lang.python. |
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| --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) |