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Martin v. Löwis7d7e1b72009-01-24 15:45:18 +00001What's New in IDLE 2.7a0?
Amaury Forgeot d'Arcdd8d8242008-04-21 22:35:30 +00002=========================
3
Martin v. Löwis7d7e1b72009-01-24 15:45:18 +00004*Release date: XX-XXX-2009*
Amaury Forgeot d'Arcdd8d8242008-04-21 22:35:30 +00005
Kurt B. Kaiser94290d32009-04-26 23:22:11 +00006- OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" wasn't working with
7 file paths containing spaces. Bug 5559.
8
Kurt B. Kaiserf13447f2009-04-23 02:36:01 +00009- Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, file not being
10 accessed Patch 5783 Guilherme Polo
11
Kurt B. Kaiser013d6cc2009-04-04 07:03:48 +000012- Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist simultaneously. Thanks to
13 David Scherer for suggesting the use of an ephemeral port for the GUI.
14 Patch 1529142 Weeble.
15
Kurt B. Kaiser4724f402009-04-02 02:44:54 +000016- Remove port spec from run.py and fix bug where subprocess fails to
17 extract port from command line when warnings are present.
18
Kurt B. Kaiserce465112009-03-30 16:22:00 +000019- Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr to handle
Kurt B. Kaiser4724f402009-04-02 02:44:54 +000020 mixed space/tab properly. Issue 5129, patch by Guilherme Polo.
Kurt B. Kaiserce465112009-03-30 16:22:00 +000021
Ronald Oussoren8c954842009-01-02 12:59:32 +000022- Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present
23
Martin v. Löwis7d7e1b72009-01-24 15:45:18 +000024
25What's New in IDLE 2.6?
26=======================
27
28*Release date: 01-Oct-2008*
29
Amaury Forgeot d'Arcdd8d8242008-04-21 22:35:30 +000030- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
31 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
32
Kurt B. Kaiser93cdae52008-04-27 21:07:41 +000033- Home / Control-A toggles between left margin and end of leading white
34 space. Patch 1196903 Jeff Shute.
35
Kurt B. Kaiser83101902008-04-27 21:52:19 +000036- Improved AutoCompleteWindow logic. Patch 2062 Tal Einat.
37
38- Autocompletion of filenames now support alternate separators, e.g. the
39 '/' char on Windows. Patch 2061 Tal Einat.
Kurt B. Kaiser9c5c0af2008-04-27 21:38:05 +000040
Anthony Baxter78b1a082006-08-18 07:29:02 +000041What's New in IDLE 2.6a1?
42=========================
43
Barry Warsaw9d225e62008-03-01 03:00:52 +000044*Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
Kurt B. Kaiserb4aaa762008-01-23 22:19:23 +000045
Kurt B. Kaiserf05fa332008-02-15 22:25:09 +000046- Configured selection highlighting colors were ignored; updating highlighting
47 in the config dialog would cause non-Python files to be colored as if they
48 were Python source; improve use of ColorDelagator. Patch 1334. Tal Einat.
49
Kurt B. Kaisere312cfd2008-02-15 21:56:36 +000050- ScriptBinding event handlers weren't returning 'break'. Patch 2050, Tal Einat.
51
Kurt B. Kaiserf30ba3d2008-01-23 22:55:26 +000052- There was an error on exit if no sys.exitfunc was defined. Issue 1647.
53
Kurt B. Kaiserb4aaa762008-01-23 22:19:23 +000054- Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
55 Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
Anthony Baxter78b1a082006-08-18 07:29:02 +000056
Kurt B. Kaiser28c7bcf2007-12-28 04:18:01 +000057- Configure Dialog: improved layout for keybinding. Patch 1457 Tal Einat.
58
Kurt B. Kaiser20172f92007-10-30 02:38:54 +000059- tabpage.py updated: tabbedPages.py now supports multiple dynamic rows
60 of tabs. Patch 1612746 Tal Einat.
61
Kurt B. Kaiser60d58402007-10-28 19:03:59 +000062- Add confirmation dialog before printing. Patch 1717170 Tal Einat.
63
Kurt B. Kaiser631fee62007-10-10 01:06:47 +000064- Show paste position if > 80 col. Patch 1659326 Tal Einat.
65
Kurt B. Kaisercca976b2007-10-10 00:55:40 +000066- Update cursor color without restarting. Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
67
Kurt B. Kaiserc8f65e62007-10-09 19:31:30 +000068- Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
69 Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
70
Kurt B. Kaisere3fde8f2007-10-04 03:11:12 +000071- configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
72
Kurt B. Kaiserd5f49102007-10-04 02:53:07 +000073- textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
74
Kurt B. Kaiser0b634ef2007-10-04 02:09:17 +000075- Clean up EditorWindow close.
76
Kurt B. Kaiserac45aff2008-02-14 00:08:55 +000077- Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
78
79- OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console
80
81- Bug in idlelib.MultiCall: Options dialog was crashing IDLE if there was an
82 option in config-extensions w/o a value. Patch #1672481, Tal Einat
83
Kurt B. Kaiser209de1f2007-02-08 22:58:18 +000084- Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
85 mouse and cursor selection in ACWindow implemented; double Tab inserts
86 current selection and closes ACW (similar to double-click and Return); scroll
87 wheel now works in ACW. Added AutoComplete instructions to IDLE Help.
88
Kurt B. Kaiserca30acf2007-02-07 03:39:41 +000089- AutoCompleteWindow moved below input line, will move above if there
90 isn't enough space. Patch 1621265 Tal Einat
91
Kurt B. Kaiserecf796e2007-02-05 23:02:16 +000092- Calltips now 'handle' tuples in the argument list (display '<tuple>' :)
93 Suggested solution by Christos Georgiou, Bug 791968.
94
Kurt B. Kaiser90f84922007-02-05 06:03:18 +000095- Add 'raw' support to configHandler. Patch 1650174 Tal Einat.
96
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +000097- Avoid hang when encountering a duplicate in a completion list. Bug 1571112.
98
Martin v. Löwis8609da92006-12-03 09:54:46 +000099- Patch #1362975: Rework CodeContext indentation algorithm to
100 avoid hard-coding pixel widths.
101
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +0000102- Bug #813342: Start the IDLE subprocess with -Qnew if the parent
103 is started with that option.
104
Kurt B. Kaiser0b634ef2007-10-04 02:09:17 +0000105- Honor the "Cancel" action in the save dialog (Debian bug #299092)
106
Kurt B. Kaiserc426ffc2006-10-01 21:16:45 +0000107- Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
108 check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
109 first. Bug 1562716, 1562719
110
Anthony Baxter78b1a082006-08-18 07:29:02 +0000111- IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
112 the Python release of which it's a part.
113
114
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +0000115What's New in IDLE 1.2?
116=======================
117
118*Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
119
120
Kurt B. Kaiser312e5af2006-08-09 16:46:15 +0000121What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
122=========================
123
Anthony Baxterb4096662006-08-16 03:42:26 +0000124*Release date: 17-AUG-2006*
Kurt B. Kaiser312e5af2006-08-09 16:46:15 +0000125
Kurt B. Kaiser7ae35482006-08-16 21:45:59 +0000126- File menu hotkeys: there were three 'p' assignments. Reassign the
127 'Save Copy As' and 'Print' hotkeys to 'y' and 't'. Change the
128 Shell hotkey from 's' to 'l'.
129
Kurt B. Kaiserd112bc72006-08-16 05:01:42 +0000130- IDLE honors new quit() and exit() commands from site.py Quitter() object.
131 Patch 1540892, Jim Jewett
132
133- The 'with' statement is now a Code Context block opener.
134 Patch 1540851, Jim Jewett
Kurt B. Kaiser2a7ff292006-08-16 03:15:26 +0000135
Kurt B. Kaisercd3d8be2006-08-10 17:11:09 +0000136- Retrieval of previous shell command was not always preserving indentation
137 (since 1.2a1) Patch 1528468 Tal Einat.
138
Kurt B. Kaiser1fe9ca02006-08-10 01:41:17 +0000139- Changing tokenize (39046) to detect dedent broke tabnanny check (since 1.2a1)
140
Kurt B. Kaiser53f2b5f2006-08-09 20:34:46 +0000141- ToggleTab dialog was setting indent to 8 even if cancelled (since 1.2a1).
142
Andrew M. Kuchlingfaeeab72006-08-09 18:23:14 +0000143- When used w/o subprocess, all exceptions were preceded by an error
Kurt B. Kaiser312e5af2006-08-09 16:46:15 +0000144 message claiming they were IDLE internal errors (since 1.2a1).
145
Anthony Baxter5d32a9f2006-08-02 07:43:09 +0000146What's New in IDLE 1.2b3?
Kurt B. Kaiser4b7e35b2006-07-18 04:03:16 +0000147=========================
148
Anthony Baxter5d32a9f2006-08-02 07:43:09 +0000149*Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
Kurt B. Kaiser4b7e35b2006-07-18 04:03:16 +0000150
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +0000151- Bug #1525817: Don't truncate short lines in IDLE's tool tips.
152
153- Bug #1517990: IDLE keybindings on MacOS X now work correctly
154
155- Bug #1517996: IDLE now longer shows the default Tk menu when a
156 path browser, class browser or debugger is the frontmost window on MacOS X
157
Kurt B. Kaisera2946a42006-07-24 18:05:51 +0000158- EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
159
Kurt B. Kaiserb3c4d162006-07-24 17:13:23 +0000160- EditorWindow failed when used stand-alone if sys.ps1 not set.
161 Bug 1010370 Dave Florek
162
Kurt B. Kaiserc6bacd52006-07-23 04:19:49 +0000163- Tooltips failed on new-syle class __init__ args. Bug 1027566 Loren Guthrie
164
Kurt B. Kaiser43476e02006-07-20 22:22:52 +0000165- Avoid occasional failure to detect closing paren properly.
166 Patch 1407280 Tal Einat
167
Kurt B. Kaiser4b7e35b2006-07-18 04:03:16 +0000168- Rebinding Tab key was inserting 'tab' instead of 'Tab'. Bug 1179168.
169
170- Colorizer now handles #<builtin> correctly, also unicode strings and
171 'as' keyword in comment directly following import command. Closes 1325071.
172 Patch 1479219 Tal Einat
173
Anthony Baxter70e8e872006-07-10 07:41:04 +0000174What's New in IDLE 1.2b2?
175=========================
176
177*Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
178
Anthony Baxterd1136802006-06-19 12:04:15 +0000179What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
180=========================
181
182*Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
183
Anthony Baxterc7d00322006-04-27 02:11:24 +0000184What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
185=========================
186
187*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
188
Anthony Baxterebed3f62006-04-03 15:03:44 +0000189What's New in IDLE 1.2a1?
190=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000191
Anthony Baxterebed3f62006-04-03 15:03:44 +0000192*Release date: 05-APR-2006*
Kurt B. Kaiser5c6e0a12005-11-22 21:09:37 +0000193
Kurt B. Kaiserc3200b92006-12-15 05:13:11 +0000194- Patch #1162825: Support non-ASCII characters in IDLE window titles.
195
Kurt B. Kaiser70f05c52006-03-19 20:40:05 +0000196- Source file f.flush() after writing; trying to avoid lossage if user
197 kills GUI.
198
Kurt B. Kaiser5c6e0a12005-11-22 21:09:37 +0000199- Options / Keys / Advanced dialog made functional. Also, allow binding
200 of 'movement' keys.
201
202- 'syntax' patch adds improved calltips and a new class attribute listbox.
203 MultiCall module allows binding multiple actions to an event.
204 Patch 906702 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000205
Kurt B. Kaiserb61602c2005-11-15 07:20:06 +0000206- Better indentation after first line of string continuation.
207 IDLEfork Patch 681992, Noam Raphael
208
Kurt B. Kaiser389482c2005-10-03 20:08:25 +0000209- Fixed CodeContext alignment problem, following suggestion from Tal Einat.
210
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000211- Increased performance in CodeContext extension Patch 936169 Noam Raphael
212
Kurt B. Kaiser2618c7f2005-08-23 02:27:23 +0000213- Mac line endings were incorrect when pasting code from some browsers
214 when using X11 and the Fink distribution. Python Bug 1263656.
215
Kurt B. Kaisera7daba62005-06-19 18:56:15 +0000216- <Enter> when cursor is on a previous command retrieves that command. Instead
217 of replacing the input line, the previous command is now appended to the
218 input line. Indentation is preserved, and undo is enabled.
219 Patch 1196917 Jeff Shute
220
Kurt B. Kaiserca7329c2005-06-12 05:19:23 +0000221- Clarify "tab/space" Error Dialog and "Tab Width" Dialog associated with
222 the Untabify command.
223
224- Corrected "tab/space" Error Dialog to show correct menu for Untabify.
225 Patch 1196980 Jeff Shute
226
Kurt B. Kaiserdf506ea2005-06-12 04:33:30 +0000227- New files are colorized by default, and colorizing is removed when
228 saving as non-Python files. Patch 1196895 Jeff Shute
229 Closes Python Bugs 775012 and 800432, partial fix IDLEfork 763524
230
Kurt B. Kaiser935ea9a2005-05-10 03:44:24 +0000231- Improve subprocess link error notification.
232
Kurt B. Kaiser20345fb2005-05-05 23:29:54 +0000233- run.py: use Queue's blocking feature instead of sleeping in the main
234 loop. Patch # 1190163 Michiel de Hoon
235
Kurt B. Kaiser0676dfd2005-02-03 01:37:14 +0000236- Add config-main option to make the 'history' feature non-cyclic.
237 Default remains cyclic. Python Patch 914546 Noam Raphael.
238
Kurt B. Kaiseracdef852005-01-31 03:34:26 +0000239- Removed ability to configure tabs indent from Options dialog. This 'feature'
240 has never worked and no one has complained. It is still possible to set a
241 default tabs (v. spaces) indent 'manually' via config-main.def (or to turn on
242 tabs for the current EditorWindow via the Format menu) but IDLE will
243 encourage indentation via spaces.
244
245- Enable setting the indentation width using the Options dialog.
246 Bug # 783877
247
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000248- Add keybindings for del-word-left and del-word-right.
249
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000250- Discourage using an indent width other than 8 when using tabs to indent
251 Python code.
252
253- Restore use of EditorWindow.set_indentation_params(), was dead code since
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000254 Autoindent was merged into EditorWindow. This allows IDLE to conform to the
255 indentation width of a loaded file. (But it still will not switch to tabs
256 even if the file uses tabs.) Any change in indent width is local to that
257 window.
Kurt B. Kaiser6af44982005-01-19 00:22:59 +0000258
259- Add Tabnanny check before Run/F5, not just when Checking module.
260
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000261- If an extension can't be loaded, print warning and skip it instead of
262 erroring out.
263
Kurt B. Kaiser3069dbb2005-01-28 00:16:16 +0000264- Improve error handling when .idlerc can't be created (warn and exit).
265
Kurt B. Kaiser70f05c52006-03-19 20:40:05 +0000266- The GUI was hanging if the shell window was closed while a raw_input()
Kurt B. Kaiser5c3df352004-12-23 04:20:59 +0000267 was pending. Restored the quit() of the readline() mainloop().
268 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2004-December/002307.html
269
Kurt B. Kaiserdcba6622004-12-21 22:10:32 +0000270- The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
271 remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
272
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000273What's New in IDLE 1.1?
274=======================
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000275
Anthony Baxtere2648ee2004-11-30 01:28:55 +0000276*Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9535112004-11-19 15:46:49 +0000277
278- On OpenBSD, terminating IDLE with ctrl-c from the command line caused a
279 stuck subprocess MainThread because only the SocketThread was exiting.
280
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000281What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
282=============================
283
Anthony Baxter5cc727a2004-11-18 12:32:27 +0000284*Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000285
Kurt B. Kaiser03562a52004-11-16 21:31:08 +0000286- Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
287 button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
288 config-keys.cfg). Also true for Theme/highlights. Python Bug 1064535.
289
Kurt B. Kaiserf7a88992004-11-13 21:05:58 +0000290- A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
291 raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch). Python Bug 1063840.
292
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000293What's New in IDLE 1.1b2?
294=========================
295
Anthony Baxter9f41f3a2004-11-03 06:21:37 +0000296*Release date: 03-NOV-2004*
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000297
298- When paragraph reformat width was made configurable, a bug was
299 introduced that caused reformatting of comment blocks to ignore how
300 far the block was indented, effectively adding the indentation width
301 to the reformat width. This has been repaired, and the reformat
302 width is again a bound on the total width of reformatted lines.
303
Anthony Baxter6a587c12004-10-15 08:07:21 +0000304What's New in IDLE 1.1b1?
305=========================
306
307*Release date: 15-OCT-2004*
308
309
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000310What's New in IDLE 1.1a3?
311=========================
312
313*Release date: 02-SEP-2004*
314
315- Improve keyboard focus binding, especially in Windows menu. Improve
316 window raising, especially in the Windows menu and in the debugger.
317 IDLEfork 763524.
318
Mark Dickinson3e4caeb2009-02-21 20:27:01 +0000319- If user passes a non-existent filename on the commandline, just
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000320 open a new file, don't raise a dialog. IDLEfork 854928.
321
322
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000323What's New in IDLE 1.1a2?
324=========================
325
Anthony Baxterff347ca2004-08-05 07:21:01 +0000326*Release date: 05-AUG-2004*
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000327
Kurt B. Kaiser183403a2004-08-22 05:14:32 +0000328- EditorWindow.py was not finding the .chm help file on Windows. Typo
329 at Rev 1.54. Python Bug 990954
330
Kurt B. Kaiser8aa23922004-07-15 04:54:57 +0000331- checking sys.platform for substring 'win' was breaking IDLE docs on Mac
332 (darwin). Also, Mac Safari browser requires full file:// URIs. SF 900580.
333
334
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000335What's New in IDLE 1.1a1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000336=========================
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000337
Anthony Baxter3210b362004-07-08 05:59:43 +0000338*Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000339
Kurt B. Kaiser49a5fe12004-07-04 01:25:56 +0000340- Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
341 user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
342 check and for runtime warnings raised in the subprocess.
343
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000344- CodeContext hint pane visibility state is now persistent across sessions.
345 The pane no longer appears in the shell window. Added capability to limit
346 extensions to shell window or editor windows. Noam Raphael addition
347 to Patch 936169.
348
349- Paragraph reformat width is now a configurable parameter in the
350 Options GUI.
351
Kurt B. Kaiser54d1a3b2004-04-21 20:06:26 +0000352- New Extension: CodeContext. Provides block structuring hints for code
353 which has scrolled above an edit window. Patch 936169 Noam Raphael.
354
Kurt B. Kaisercf6f1b62004-04-11 03:16:07 +0000355- If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
356 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
357
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000358- If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will
359 update immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
Kurt B. Kaiser0bc3d982004-03-15 04:26:37 +0000360
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000361- Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
Kurt B. Kaiser74910222005-10-02 23:36:46 +0000362 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not
363 refreshed and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
Kurt B. Kaiser73360a32004-03-08 18:15:31 +0000364
Kurt B. Kaiserd6ab77d2004-01-21 19:21:11 +0000365- rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
366 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
367 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
368 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
369 into pollpacket().
370
371- Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
372
Kurt B. Kaiseraf3eb872004-01-21 18:54:30 +0000373- Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
374 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
375 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
376 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
377 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
378
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000379- Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
Kurt B. Kaisere9802a32004-01-02 04:04:04 +0000380 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000381
Kurt B. Kaiser2303b1c2003-11-24 05:26:16 +0000382- Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
383 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
384 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
385
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000386- After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000387 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
Kurt B. Kaiser924f6162003-11-19 04:52:32 +0000388 IDLEfork Patch 844675
389
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000390- IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
391 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
392
Kurt B. Kaiserb7855182003-08-14 14:54:28 +0000393- IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
394 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
395
396- config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
397 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
398
399
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000400What's New in IDLE 1.0?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000401=======================
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000402
403*Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
404
Kurt B. Kaiserb00e89f2005-01-18 00:54:58 +0000405- Added a banner to the shell discussing warnings possibly raised by personal
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000406 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
407
408
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000409What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000410===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000411
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000412*Release date: 24-Jul-2003*
413
414- Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
415
Kurt B. Kaiser220fecf2003-07-27 03:24:19 +0000416
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000417What's New in IDLE 1.0 release candidate 1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000418===========================================
Kurt B. Kaiser6145a622003-07-23 15:42:14 +0000419
420*Release date: 18-Jul-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000421
422- Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
423 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
424
425- Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
426
427- Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
428 Python Patch 768187
429
430- Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
431 Python Bug 767794
432
433- Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
434 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
435 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
436
437
438What's New in IDLE 1.0b2?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000439=========================
Kurt B. Kaisercca91222003-07-16 03:10:43 +0000440
441*Release date: 29-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000442
Kurt B. Kaiserc714d452003-11-24 03:23:16 +0000443- Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
444 file Latin-1.
445
446- Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
447 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
448 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
449
450- TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
451 viewer instead of reading from a file.
452
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000453- (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
454 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
455 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
456
457- Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
458
459- When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
460 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
461
462- The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
463
464- Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
465
466- Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
467 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
468
469- Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
470 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
471
472- Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
473 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
474
475- File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
476 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
477
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000478
Kurt B. Kaiser9a90e702003-04-25 17:48:08 +0000479What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
Kurt B. Kaiser4d5bc602004-06-06 01:29:22 +0000480=============================
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000481
Kurt B. Kaiser76bcb5c2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000482*Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000483
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000484- The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000485 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000486
487- Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
488 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
489 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
490
491- IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
492 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
493
494- Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
495 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
496
497- Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
498 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
499
500- Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
501 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
502 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
503 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
504
505- Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
506 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
507 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
508
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000509- Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
510 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
511
512- When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
513 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
514 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
515
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000516- Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
517 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
518 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
519 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000520
521- Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
522 command line.
523
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000524- Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
525 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
526
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000527- Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +0000528 using the subprocess.
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000529
530- Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
531 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
532 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
533 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000534 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
535 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
536 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
537 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
Kurt B. Kaiser7f38ec02003-05-15 03:19:42 +0000538
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000539- Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
540 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
541 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
542 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
543 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
544 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
545 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
546 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
547 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
548 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
549
Kurt B. Kaisera00050f2003-05-08 20:26:55 +0000550- Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
551 calls to signal.signal().
552
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000553- Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
Kurt B. Kaiser73414a22003-05-12 03:04:59 +0000554 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
Kurt B. Kaiser5ddef752003-06-01 01:11:14 +0000555 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
556 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000557
Kurt B. Kaiser94afd302003-03-12 20:52:00 +0000558- Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
559 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
560
561- Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
562 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
563
564- Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
565 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
566
567- Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
568 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
569
570- Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
571 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
572
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000573- Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
574
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000575- Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000576
577- Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
578
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000579- Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000580 exception formatting to the subprocess.
581
Kurt B. Kaiser003091c2003-02-17 18:57:16 +0000582
583
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000584What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
585===================================
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000586
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000587*Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
588
589- Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
590
591- Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
592
593- Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
594
595- Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
596 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
597
598- If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
599 modules from the traceback displayed.
600
601- Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
602
603- IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
604 build directory
605
606- Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
Kurt B. Kaiser2cb54022002-12-31 18:12:04 +0000607
Kurt B. Kaiser5ec186b2003-01-17 04:04:06 +0000608- Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
609 of the selection.
610
611- Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
612 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
613
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000614- Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
615
616- Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
617
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000618- Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000619 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
620 validated, as before.)
621
622- Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000623 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000624 number.
625
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000626- Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
Kurt B. Kaiser8e92bf72003-01-14 22:03:31 +0000627 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
628
629- Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
630 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
631 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
632
633- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
634
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000635- Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
636
637- Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
638 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
639
640- Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
641
642- Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
643 to parents.
644
645- Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
646 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
647 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
648 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
649
650- If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
651 accessing python.org.
652
653- Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000654 them work in the installed configuration, also.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000655
656- On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
657 less mouse action!
658
659- Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
660 window location persistence.
661
662- Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
663
664- Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
665
666- Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
667
668- Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000669 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
670 IDLE help.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000671
672- Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000673 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
674 recent restart boundary.
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000675
Kurt B. Kaiser7e172892003-01-27 02:40:20 +0000676- Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000677
678- Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
679
680- Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
681
682- In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
683 Properly credit David Scherer.
684
685- Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
686
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000687
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000688What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
689===================================
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000690
Tim Peters16e3cf52004-10-24 23:45:42 +0000691*Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
Steven M. Gava88ff7362001-07-21 09:50:55 +0000692
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000693- First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
694 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000695
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000696- Adapted to the Mac platform.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000697
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000698- Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
699 which provides details of command line usage.
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000700
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000701- Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
702
703- Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
704 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
705 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
706 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
707
708- Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
709
710- Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
711 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
712 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
713 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
Steven M. Gavad39993e2001-07-20 01:36:49 +0000714
Kurt B. Kaisera7b804f2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000715--------------------------------------------------------------------
716Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
717--------------------------------------------------------------------
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000718
719
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000720
721
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000722