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terryjreedy503bc632017-06-10 20:46:08 -04001What's New in IDLE 3.7.0
2Released on 2018-06-18?
3========================
4
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -04005
Terry Jan Reedy2c0c68d2017-12-04 17:04:15 -05006bpo-32207: Improve tk event exception tracebacks in IDLE.
7When tk event handling is driven by IDLE's run loop, a confusing
8and distracting queue.EMPTY traceback context is no longer added
9to tk event exception tracebacks. The traceback is now the same
10as when event handling is driven by user code. Patch based on
11a suggestion by Serhiy Storchaka.
12
Terry Jan Reedy21255fc2017-12-04 14:48:25 -050013bpo-32164: Delete unused file idlelib/tabbedpages.py.
14Use of TabbedPageSet in configdialog was replaced by ttk.Notebook.
15
16bpo-32100: Fix old and new bugs in pathbrowser; improve tests.
17Patch mostly by Cheryl Sabella.
18
19bpo-31860: The font sample in the settings dialog is now editable.
20Edits persist while IDLE remains open.
21Patch by Serhiy Storchake and Terry Jan Reedy.
22
23bpo-31858: Restrict shell prompt manipulaton to the shell.
24Editor and output windows only see an empty last prompt line. This
25simplifies the code and fixes a minor bug when newline is inserted.
26Sys.ps1, if present, is read on Shell start-up, but is not set or changed.
27Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
28
Terry Jan Reedy27288de2017-10-17 19:02:49 -040029bpo-28603: Fix a TypeError that caused a shell restart when printing
30a traceback that includes an exception that is unhashable.
31Patch by Zane Bitter.
32
33bpo-13802: Use non-Latin characters in the Font settings sample.
34Even if one selects a font that defines a limited subset of the unicode
35Basic Multilingual Plane, tcl/tk will use other fonts that define a
36character. The expanded example give users of non-Latin characters
37a better idea of what they might see in the shell and editors.
38
39To make room for the expanded sample, frames on the Font tab are
40re-arranged. The Font/Tabs help explains a bit about the additions.
41Patch by Terry Jan Reedy
42
43bpo-31460: Simplify the API of IDLE's Module Browser.
44Passing a widget instead of an flist with a root widget opens the
45option of creating a browser frame that is only part of a window.
46Passing a full file name instead of pieces assumed to come from a
47.py file opens the possibility of browsing python files that do not
48end in .py.
49
50bpo-31649: Make _htest and _utest parameters keyword-only.
51These are used to adjust code for human and unit tests.
52
53bpo-31459: Rename module browser from Class Browser to Module Browser.
54The original module-level class and method browser became a module
55browser, with the addition of module-level functions, years ago.
56Nested classes and functions were added yesterday. For back-
57compatibility, the virtual event <<open-class-browser>>, which
58appears on the Keys tab of the Settings dialog, is not changed.
59Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
60
61bpo-1612262: Module browser now shows nested classes and functions.
62Original patches for code and tests by Guilherme Polo and
63Cheryl Sabella, respectively. Revisions by Terry Jan Reedy.
64
65bpo-31500: Tk's default fonts now are scaled on HiDPI displays.
66This affects all dialogs. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
67
Terry Jan Reedy55679e02017-09-17 20:14:21 -040068bpo-31493: Fix code context update and font update timers.
69Canceling timers prevents a warning message when test_idle completes.
70
71bpo-31488: Update non-key options in former extension classes.
72When applying configdialog changes, call .reload for each feature class.
73Change ParenMatch so updated options affect existing instances attached
74to existing editor windows.
75
76bpo-31477: Improve rstrip entry in IDLE doc.
77Strip Trailing Whitespace strips more than blank spaces.
78Multiline string literals are not skipped.
79
80bpo-31480: fix tests to pass with zzdummy extension disabled. (#3590)
81To see the example in action, enable it on options extensions tab.
82
83bpo-31421: Document how IDLE runs tkinter programs.
84IDLE calls tcl/tk update in the background in order to make live
85interaction and experimentatin with tkinter applications much easier.
86
Terry Jan Reedyf6586412017-12-10 04:02:53 -050087bpo-31414: Fix tk entry box tests by deleting first.
Terry Jan Reedy8239fd72017-09-11 16:43:26 -040088Adding to an int entry is not the same as deleting and inserting
89because int('') will fail. Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
90
91bpo-27099: Convert IDLE's built-in 'extensions' to regular features.
92 About 10 IDLE features were implemented as supposedly optional
93extensions. Their different behavior could be confusing or worse for
94users and not good for maintenance. Hence the conversion.
95 The main difference for users is that user configurable key bindings
96for builtin features are now handled uniformly. Now, editing a binding
97in a keyset only affects its value in the keyset. All bindings are
98defined together in the system-specific default keysets in config-
99extensions.def. All custom keysets are saved as a whole in config-
100extension.cfg. All take effect as soon as one clicks Apply or Ok.
101 The affected events are '<<force-open-completions>>',
102'<<expand-word>>', '<<force-open-calltip>>', '<<flash-paren>>',
103'<<format-paragraph>>', '<<run-module>>', '<<check-module>>', and
104'<<zoom-height>>'. Any (global) customizations made before 3.6.3 will
105not affect their keyset-specific customization after 3.6.3. and vice
106versa.
luzpaza5293b42017-11-05 07:37:50 -0600107 Initial patch by Charles Wohlganger, revised by Terry Jan Reedy.
Terry Jan Reedy8239fd72017-09-11 16:43:26 -0400108
109bpo-31051: Rearrange condigdialog General tab.
110Sort non-Help options into Window (Shell+Editor) and Editor (only).
111Leave room for the addition of new options.
112Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
113
114bpo-30617: Add docstrings and tests for outwin subclass of editor.
115Move some data and functions from the class to module level.
116Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
117
118bpo-31287: Do not modify tkinter.messagebox in test_configdialog.
119Instead, mask it with an instance mock that can be deleted.
120Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
121
122bpo-30781: Use ttk widgets in ConfigDialog pages.
123These should especially look better on MacOSX.
124Patches by Terry Jan Reedy and Cheryl Sabella.
125
126bpo-31206: Factor HighPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
127Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
128
129bp0-31001: Add tests for configdialog highlight tab.
130Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
131
Terry Jan Reedy7f066842017-08-15 19:15:04 -0400132bpo-31205: Factor KeysPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
133The slightly modified tests continue to pass.
134Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
135
136bpo-31002: Add tests for configdialog keys tab.
137Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
138
139bpo-19903: Change calltipes to use inspect.signature.
140Idlelib.calltips.get_argspec now uses inspect.signature instead of
141inspect.getfullargspec, like help() does. This improves the signature
142in the call tip in a few different cases, including builtins converted
143to provide a signature. A message is added if the object is not
144callable, has an invalid signature, or if it has positional-only
145parameters. Patch by Louie Lu.
146
147bop-31083: Add an outline of a TabPage class in configdialog.
148Add template as comment. Update existing classes to match outline.
149Initial patch by Cheryl Sabella.
150
151bpo-31050: Factor GenPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
152The slightly modified tests for the General tab continue to pass.
153Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
154
155bpo-31004: Factor FontPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
156The slightly modified tests continue to pass. The General test
157broken by the switch to ttk.Notebook is fixed.
158Patch mostly by Cheryl Sabella.
159
Terry Jan Reedyc3aa47f2017-07-30 06:25:22 -0400160bpo-30781: IDLE - Use ttk Notebook in ConfigDialog.
Terry Jan Reedy8239fd72017-09-11 16:43:26 -0400161This improves navigation by tabbing.
Terry Jan Reedyc3aa47f2017-07-30 06:25:22 -0400162Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
163
164bpo-31060: IDLE - Finish rearranging methods of ConfigDialog.
165Grouping methods pertaining to each tab and the buttons will aid
166writing tests and improving the tabs and will enable splitting the
167groups into classes.
168Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
169
170bpo-30853: IDLE -- Factor a VarTrace class out of ConfigDialog.
171Instance tracers manages pairs consisting of a tk variable and a
172callback function. When tracing is turned on, setting the variable
173calls the function. Test coverage for the new class is 100%.
174Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
175
176bpo-31003: IDLE: Add more tests for General tab.
177Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
178
179bpo-30993: IDLE - Improve configdialog font page and tests.
180*In configdialog: Document causal pathways in create_font_tab
181docstring. Simplify some attribute names. Move set_samples calls to
182var_changed_font (idea from Cheryl Sabella). Move related functions to
183positions after the create widgets function.
184* In test_configdialog: Fix test_font_set so not order dependent. Fix
185renamed test_indent_scale so it tests the widget. Adjust tests for
186movement of set_samples call. Add tests for load functions. Put all
187font tests in one class and tab indent tests in another. Except for
188two lines, these tests completely cover the related functions.
189Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
190
191bpo-30981: IDLE -- Add more configdialog font page tests.
192
193bpo-28523: IDLE: replace 'colour' with 'color' in configdialog.
194
195bpo-30917: Add tests for idlelib.config.IdleConf.
196Increase coverage from 46% to 96%.
197Patch by Louie Lu.
198
terryjreedy0d0a32f2017-07-14 00:14:10 -0400199bpo-30913: Document ConfigDialog tk Vars, methods, and widgets in docstrings
200This will facilitate improving the dialog and splitting up the class.
201Original patch by Cheryl Sabella.
202
203bpo-30899: Add tests for ConfigParser subclasses in config.
204Coverage is 100% for those classes and ConfigChanges.
205Patch by Louie Lu.
206
Terry Jan Reedyc3aa47f2017-07-30 06:25:22 -0400207bpo-30881: Add docstrings to browser.py.
terryjreedy0d0a32f2017-07-14 00:14:10 -0400208Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
209
210bpo-30851: Remove unused tk variables in configdialog.
211One is a duplicate, one is set but cannot be altered by users.
212Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
213
214bpo-30870: Select font option with Up and Down keys, as well as with mouse.
215Added test increases configdialog coverage to 60%
216Patches mostly by Louie Lu.
217
218bpo-8231: Call config.IdleConf.GetUserCfgDir only once per process.
219
220bpo-30779: Factor ConfigChanges class from configdialog, put in config; test.
221* In config, put dump test code in a function; run it and unittest in
222 'if __name__ == '__main__'.
223* Add class config.ConfigChanges based on changes_class_v4.py on bpo issue.
224* Add class test_config.ChangesTest, partly using configdialog_tests_v1.py.
225* Revise configdialog to use ConfigChanges; see tracker msg297804.
226* Revise test_configdialog to match configdialog changes.
227* Remove configdialog functions unused or moved to ConfigChanges.
228Cheryl Sabella contributed parts of the patch.
229
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -0400230bpo-30777: Configdialog - add docstrings and improve comments.
231Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
232
233bpo-30495: Improve textview with docstrings, PEP8 names, and more tests.
234Split TextViewer class into ViewWindow, ViewFrame, and TextFrame classes
235so that instances of the latter two can be placed with other widgets
236within a multiframe window.
237Patches by Cheryl Sabella and Terry Jan Reedy.
238
Terry Jan Reedy7f066842017-08-15 19:15:04 -0400239bpo-30723: Make several improvements to parenmatch.
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -0400240* Add 'parens' style to highlight both opener and closer.
241* Make 'default' style, which is not default, a synonym for 'opener'.
242* Make time-delay work the same with all styles.
243* Add help for config dialog extensions tab, including parenmatch.
Terry Jan Reedyc3aa47f2017-07-30 06:25:22 -0400244* Add new tests.
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -0400245Original patch by Charles Wohlganger. Revisions by Terry Jan Reedy
246
247bpo-30674: Grep -- Add docstrings. Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
248
249bpo-21519: IDLE's basic custom key entry dialog now detects
250duplicates properly. Original patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
251
252bpo-29910: IDLE no longer deletes a character after commenting out a
253region by a key shortcut. Add "return 'break'" for this and other
254potential conflicts between IDLE and default key bindings.
255Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
256
257bpo-30728: Modernize idlelib.configdialog:
258* replace import * with specific imports;
259* lowercase method and attribute lines.
260Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
261
262bpo-6739: Verify user-entered key sequences by trying to bind them
263with to a tk widget. Add tests for all 3 validation functions.
264Original patch by G Polo. Tests added by Cheryl Sabella.
265Code revised and more tests added by Terry Jan Reedy
266
267bpo-24813: Add icon to help_about and make other changes.
268
terryjreedyfaa63d12017-06-16 01:54:57 -0400269bpo-15786: Fix several problems with IDLE's autocompletion box.
270The following should now work: clicking on selection box items;
271using the scrollbar; selecting an item by hitting Return.
272Hangs on MacOSX should no longer happen. Patch by Louie Lu.
273
274bpo-25514: Add doc subsubsection about IDLE failure to start.
275Popup no-connection message directs users to this section.
276
277bpo-30642: Fix reference leaks in IDLE tests.
278Patches by Louie Lu and Terry Jan Reedy.
279
280bpo-30495: Add docstrings for textview.py and use PEP8 names.
281Patches by Cheryl Sabella and Terry Jan Reedy.
282
terryjreedy503bc632017-06-10 20:46:08 -0400283bpo-30290: Help-about: use pep8 names and add tests.
284Increase coverage to 100%.
285Patches by Louie Lu, Cheryl Sabella, and Terry Jan Reedy.
286
287bpo-30303: Add _utest option to textview; add new tests.
288Increase coverage to 100%.
289Patches by Louie Lu and Terry Jan Reedy.
290
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -0400291Issue #29071: IDLE colors f-string prefixes but not invalid ur prefixes.
terryjreedy503bc632017-06-10 20:46:08 -0400292
293Issue #28572: Add 10% to coverage of IDLE's test_configdialog.
294Update and augment description of the configuration system.
295
296
297What's New in IDLE 3.6.0
298Released on 2016-12-23
299========================
Terry Jan Reedy1e957d12016-06-26 18:20:20 -0400300
Terry Jan Reedy3dad1a52016-09-12 01:57:25 -0400301- Issue #15308: Add 'interrupt execution' (^C) to Shell menu.
302 Patch by Roger Serwy, updated by Bayard Randel.
Terry Jan Reedy1e957d12016-06-26 18:20:20 -0400303
Terry Jan Reedyd92cecb2016-09-10 16:24:54 -0400304- Issue #27922: Stop IDLE tests from 'flashing' gui widgets on the screen.
305
Terry Jan Reedy70360192016-09-10 16:28:01 -0400306- Issue #27891: Consistently group and sort imports within idlelib modules.
307
308- Issue #17642: add larger font sizes for classroom projection.
309
Terry Jan Reedyd92cecb2016-09-10 16:24:54 -0400310- Add version to title of IDLE help window.
311
312- Issue #25564: In section on IDLE -- console differences, mention that
313 using exec means that __builtins__ is defined for each statement.
314
Terry Jan Reedy70360192016-09-10 16:28:01 -0400315- Issue #27821: Fix 3.6.0a3 regression that prevented custom key sets
316 from being selected when no custom theme was defined.
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400317
Terry Jan Reedyd3fb5572016-08-20 21:41:03 -0400318- Issue #27714: text_textview and test_autocomplete now pass when re-run
319 in the same process. This occurs when test_idle fails when run with the
Terry Jan Reedy9f957702016-08-21 00:18:55 -0400320 -w option but without -jn. Fix warning from test_config.
Terry Jan Reedyd3fb5572016-08-20 21:41:03 -0400321
Terry Jan Reedy97c463d2016-08-20 21:43:00 -0400322- Issue #27621: Put query response validation error messages in the query
Terry Jan Reedy49dcf9d2016-08-21 00:20:35 -0400323 box itself instead of in a separate massagebox. Redo tests to match.
Terry Jan Reedy97c463d2016-08-20 21:43:00 -0400324 Add Mac OSX refinements. Original patch by Mark Roseman.
325
326- Issue #27620: Escape key now closes Query box as cancelled.
327
328- Issue #27609: IDLE: tab after initial whitespace should tab, not
Terry Jan Reedy49dcf9d2016-08-21 00:20:35 -0400329 autocomplete. This fixes problem with writing docstrings at least
Terry Jan Reedy97c463d2016-08-20 21:43:00 -0400330 twice indented.
331
332- Issue #27609: Explicitly return None when there are also non-None
333 returns. In a few cases, reverse a condition and eliminate a return.
334
Terry Jan Reedyd3fb5572016-08-20 21:41:03 -0400335- Issue #25507: IDLE no longer runs buggy code because of its tkinter imports.
336 Users must include the same imports required to run directly in Python.
337
Terry Jan Reedy97c463d2016-08-20 21:43:00 -0400338- Issue #27173: Add 'IDLE Modern Unix' to the built-in key sets.
339 Make the default key set depend on the platform.
340 Add tests for the changes to the config module.
341
Terry Jan Reedyd3fb5572016-08-20 21:41:03 -0400342- Issue #27452: add line counter and crc to IDLE configHandler test dump.
343
Terry Jan Reedy4bf9c512016-07-10 20:30:43 -0400344- Issue #27477: IDLE search dialogs now use ttk widgets.
345
346- Issue #27173: Add 'IDLE Modern Unix' to the built-in key sets.
347 Make the default key set depend on the platform.
348 Add tests for the changes to the config module.
349
350- Issue #27452: make command line "idle-test> python test_help.py" work.
351 __file__ is relative when python is started in the file's directory.
352
353- Issue #27452: add line counter and crc to IDLE configHandler test dump.
354
355- Issue #27380: IDLE: add query.py with base Query dialog and ttk widgets.
356 Module had subclasses SectionName, ModuleName, and HelpSource, which are
357 used to get information from users by configdialog and file =>Load Module.
358 Each subclass has itw own validity checks. Using ModuleName allows users
359 to edit bad module names instead of starting over.
360 Add tests and delete the two files combined into the new one.
361
Terry Jan Reedy754a5c12016-06-26 18:22:32 -0400362- Issue #27372: Test_idle no longer changes the locale.
Terry Jan Reedy1e957d12016-06-26 18:20:20 -0400363
364- Issue #27365: Allow non-ascii chars in IDLE NEWS.txt, for contributor names.
365
366- Issue #27245: IDLE: Cleanly delete custom themes and key bindings.
367 Previously, when IDLE was started from a console or by import, a cascade
368 of warnings was emitted. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
369
Terry Jan Reedy754a5c12016-06-26 18:22:32 -0400370- Issue #24137: Run IDLE, test_idle, and htest with tkinter default root disabled.
371 Fix code and tests that fail with this restriction.
372 Fix htests to not create a second and redundant root and mainloop.
Terry Jan Reedy1e957d12016-06-26 18:20:20 -0400373
Terry Jan Reedy754a5c12016-06-26 18:22:32 -0400374- Issue #27310: Fix IDLE.app failure to launch on OS X due to vestigial import.
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400375
Terry Jan Reedy8ace13b2016-06-11 04:31:22 -0400376- Issue #5124: Paste with text selected now replaces the selection on X11.
377 This matches how paste works on Windows, Mac, most modern Linux apps,
378 and ttk widgets. Original patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
379
Terry Jan Reedyb1c9b642016-06-11 04:36:34 -0400380- Issue #24750: Switch all scrollbars in IDLE to ttk versions.
381 Where needed, minimal tests are added to cover changes.
382
383- Issue #24759: IDLE requires tk 8.5 and availability ttk widgets.
384 Delete now unneeded tk version tests and code for older versions.
385 Add test for IDLE syntax colorizer.
386
387- Issue #27239: idlelib.macosx.isXyzTk functions initialize as needed.
388
389- Issue #27262: move Aqua unbinding code, which enable context menus, to maxosx.
390
Terry Jan Reedy8bff8f62016-06-07 15:33:53 -0400391- Issue #24759: Make clear in idlelib.idle_test.__init__ that the directory
392 is a private implementation of test.test_idle and tool for maintainers.
393
Terry Jan Reedyea938ba2016-06-07 15:35:37 -0400394- Issue #27196: Stop 'ThemeChanged' warnings when running IDLE tests.
Terry Jan Reedy8bff8f62016-06-07 15:33:53 -0400395 These persisted after other warnings were suppressed in #20567.
396 Apply Serhiy Storchaka's update_idletasks solution to four test files.
397 Record this additional advice in idle_test/README.txt
398
399- Issue #20567: Revise idle_test/README.txt with advice about avoiding
400 tk warning messages from tests. Apply advice to several IDLE tests.
401
Terry Jan Reedyea938ba2016-06-07 15:35:37 -0400402- Issue # 24225: Update idlelib/README.txt with new file names
403 and event handlers.
404
405- Issue #27156: Remove obsolete code not used by IDLE. Replacements:
406 1. help.txt, replaced by help.html, is out-of-date and should not be used.
407 Its dedicated viewer has be replaced by the html viewer in help.py.
408 2. 'import idlever; I = idlever.IDLE_VERSION' is the same as
409 'import sys; I = version[:version.index(' ')]'
410 3. After 'ob = stackviewer.VariablesTreeItem(*args)',
411 'ob.keys()' == 'list(ob.object.keys).
412 4. In macosc, runningAsOSXAPP == isAquaTk; idCarbonAquaTk == isCarbonTk
413
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400414- Issue #27117: Make colorizer htest and turtledemo work with dark themes.
415 Move code for configuring text widget colors to a new function.
416
Terry Jan Reedy137bac22016-05-30 01:04:08 -0400417- Issue #24225: Rename many idlelib/*.py and idle_test/test_*.py files.
418 Edit files to replace old names with new names when the old name
419 referred to the module rather than the class it contained.
420 See the issue and IDLE section in What's New in 3.6 for more.
421
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400422- Issue #26673: When tk reports font size as 0, change to size 10.
423 Such fonts on Linux prevented the configuration dialog from opening.
424
425- Issue #21939: Add test for IDLE's percolator.
426 Original patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
427
428- Issue #21676: Add test for IDLE's replace dialog.
429 Original patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
430
431- Issue #18410: Add test for IDLE's search dialog.
Terry Jan Reedy6ff7a142016-06-22 03:55:20 -0400432 Original patch by Westley Martínez.
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400433
Terry Jan Reedy137bac22016-05-30 01:04:08 -0400434- Issue #21703: Add test for undo delegator. Patch mostly by
435 Saimadhav Heblikar .
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400436
437- Issue #27044: Add ConfigDialog.remove_var_callbacks to stop memory leaks.
438
439- Issue #23977: Add more asserts to test_delegator.
440
441- Issue #20640: Add tests for idlelib.configHelpSourceEdit.
442 Patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
443
444- In the 'IDLE-console differences' section of the IDLE doc, clarify
445 how running with IDLE affects sys.modules and the standard streams.
446
447- Issue #25507: fix incorrect change in IOBinding that prevented printing.
448 Augment IOBinding htest to include all major IOBinding functions.
449
Terry Jan Reedy6ff7a142016-06-22 03:55:20 -0400450- Issue #25905: Revert unwanted conversion of ' to ’ RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400451 MARK in README.txt and open this and NEWS.txt with 'ascii'.
452 Re-encode CREDITS.txt to utf-8 and open it with 'utf-8'.
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400453
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500454- Issue 15348: Stop the debugger engine (normally in a user process)
455 before closing the debugger window (running in the IDLE process).
456 This prevents the RuntimeErrors that were being caught and ignored.
457
458- Issue #24455: Prevent IDLE from hanging when a) closing the shell while the
459 debugger is active (15347); b) closing the debugger with the [X] button
460 (15348); and c) activating the debugger when already active (24455).
461 The patch by Mark Roseman does this by making two changes.
462 1. Suspend and resume the gui.interaction method with the tcl vwait
463 mechanism intended for this purpose (instead of root.mainloop & .quit).
464 2. In gui.run, allow any existing interaction to terminate first.
465
466- Change 'The program' to 'Your program' in an IDLE 'kill program?' message
467 to make it clearer that the program referred to is the currently running
468 user program, not IDLE itself.
469
470- Issue #24750: Improve the appearance of the IDLE editor window status bar.
471 Patch by Mark Roseman.
472
473- Issue #25313: Change the handling of new built-in text color themes to better
474 address the compatibility problem introduced by the addition of IDLE Dark.
475 Consistently use the revised idleConf.CurrentTheme everywhere in idlelib.
476
477- Issue #24782: Extension configuration is now a tab in the IDLE Preferences
478 dialog rather than a separate dialog. The former tabs are now a sorted
479 list. Patch by Mark Roseman.
480
481- Issue #22726: Re-activate the config dialog help button with some content
482 about the other buttons and the new IDLE Dark theme.
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400483
Terry Jan Reedyd17e9782015-10-04 01:14:51 -0400484- Issue #24820: IDLE now has an 'IDLE Dark' built-in text color theme.
485 It is more or less IDLE Classic inverted, with a cobalt blue background.
486 Strings, comments, keywords, ... are still green, red, orange, ... .
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500487 To use it with IDLEs released before November 2015, hit the
488 'Save as New Custom Theme' button and enter a new name,
489 such as 'Custom Dark'. The custom theme will work with any IDLE
490 release, and can be modified.
Terry Jan Reedyd17e9782015-10-04 01:14:51 -0400491
492- Issue #25224: README.txt is now an idlelib index for IDLE developers and
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500493 curious users. The previous user content is now in the IDLE doc chapter.
494 'IDLE' now means 'Integrated Development and Learning Environment'.
Terry Jan Reedyd17e9782015-10-04 01:14:51 -0400495
496- Issue #24820: Users can now set breakpoint colors in
497 Settings -> Custom Highlighting. Original patch by Mark Roseman.
498
Terry Jan Reedy9af7fe72015-09-28 23:38:57 -0400499- Issue #24972: Inactive selection background now matches active selection
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500500 background, as configured by users, on all systems. Found items are now
Terry Jan Reedy9af7fe72015-09-28 23:38:57 -0400501 always highlighted on Windows. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
502
503- Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs
504 affected by a tk regression. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
505
506- Issue #24988: Idle ScrolledList context menus (used in debugger)
507 now work on Mac Aqua. Patch by Mark Roseman.
508
509- Issue #24801: Make right-click for context menu work on Mac Aqua.
510 Patch by Mark Roseman.
511
512- Issue #25173: Associate tkinter messageboxes with a specific widget.
513 For Mac OSX, make them a 'sheet'. Patch by Mark Roseman.
514
515- Issue #25198: Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help.
516 * Properly indent fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman).
517 * Give code snippet a very Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background.
518 * Re-use initial width and height set by users for shell and editor.
519 * When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used, put the section header
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500520 at the top of the screen.
Terry Jan Reedy9af7fe72015-09-28 23:38:57 -0400521
522- Issue #25225: Condense and rewrite Idle doc section on text colors.
523
524- Issue #21995: Explain some differences between IDLE and console Python.
525
526- Issue #22820: Explain need for *print* when running file from Idle editor.
527
528- Issue #25224: Doc: augment Idle feature list and no-subprocess section.
529
530- Issue #25219: Update doc for Idle command line options.
531 Some were missing and notes were not correct.
532
Terry Jan Reedyd9763c22015-09-21 19:28:22 -0400533- Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change.
Terry Jan Reedy9af7fe72015-09-28 23:38:57 -0400534 Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
Terry Jan Reedyd9763c22015-09-21 19:28:22 -0400535
Terry Jan Reedy09fbb202015-09-21 01:07:59 -0400536- Issue #25199: Idle: add synchronization comments for future maintainers.
537
Terry Jan Reedycba1a1a2015-09-21 22:36:42 -0400538- Issue #16893: Replace help.txt with help.html for Idle doc display.
539 The new idlelib/help.html is rstripped Doc/build/html/library/idle.html.
Terry Jan Reedy09fbb202015-09-21 01:07:59 -0400540 It looks better than help.txt and will better document Idle as released.
Terry Jan Reedyd9763c22015-09-21 19:28:22 -0400541 The tkinter html viewer that works for this file was written by Mark Roseman.
Terry Jan Reedy09fbb202015-09-21 01:07:59 -0400542 The now unused EditorWindow.HelpDialog class and helt.txt file are deprecated.
543
544- Issue #24199: Deprecate unused idlelib.idlever with possible removal in 3.6.
545
Terry Jan Reedy09fbb202015-09-21 01:07:59 -0400546- Issue #24790: Remove extraneous code (which also create 2 & 3 conflicts).
547
Terry Jan Reedyc8f4bbb2015-09-21 01:10:21 -0400548
Terry Jan Reedy5c4725e2014-10-01 03:10:27 -0400549What's New in IDLE 3.5.0?
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -0400550=========================
Terry Jan Reedyc8f4bbb2015-09-21 01:10:21 -0400551*Release date: 2015-09-13*
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400552
Terry Jan Reedy5080deb2015-08-16 23:23:16 -0400553- Issue #23672: Allow Idle to edit and run files with astral chars in name.
554 Patch by Mohd Sanad Zaki Rizvi.
555
556- Issue 24745: Idle editor default font. Switch from Courier to
557 platform-sensitive TkFixedFont. This should not affect current customized
558 font selections. If there is a problem, edit $HOME/.idlerc/config-main.cfg
559 and remove 'fontxxx' entries from [Editor Window]. Patch by Mark Roseman.
560
561- Issue #21192: Idle editor. When a file is run, put its name in the restart bar.
562 Do not print false prompts. Original patch by Adnan Umer.
563
564- Issue #13884: Idle menus. Remove tearoff lines. Patch by Roger Serwy.
565
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400566- Issue #23184: remove unused names and imports in idlelib.
567 Initial patch by Al Sweigart.
568
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400569- Issue #20577: Configuration of the max line length for the FormatParagraph
570 extension has been moved from the General tab of the Idle preferences dialog
571 to the FormatParagraph tab of the Config Extensions dialog.
572 Patch by Tal Einat.
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -0400573
Terry Jan Reedy81f01fb2014-12-05 20:49:32 -0500574- Issue #16893: Update Idle doc chapter to match current Idle and add new
575 information.
576
577- Issue #3068: Add Idle extension configuration dialog to Options menu.
578 Changes are written to HOME/.idlerc/config-extensions.cfg.
579 Original patch by Tal Einat.
580
Martin Panter204bf0b2016-07-11 07:51:37 +0000581- Issue #16233: A module browser (File : Class Browser, Alt+C) requires an
Terry Jan Reedy81f01fb2014-12-05 20:49:32 -0500582 editor window with a filename. When Class Browser is requested otherwise,
583 from a shell, output window, or 'Untitled' editor, Idle no longer displays
584 an error box. It now pops up an Open Module box (Alt+M). If a valid name
585 is entered and a module is opened, a corresponding browser is also opened.
586
587- Issue #4832: Save As to type Python files automatically adds .py to the
588 name you enter (even if your system does not display it). Some systems
589 automatically add .txt when type is Text files.
590
591- Issue #21986: Code objects are not normally pickled by the pickle module.
592 To match this, they are no longer pickled when running under Idle.
Terry Jan Reedy81f01fb2014-12-05 20:49:32 -0500593
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400594- Issue #23180: Rename IDLE "Windows" menu item to "Window".
595 Patch by Al Sweigart.
Terry Jan Reedy81f01fb2014-12-05 20:49:32 -0500596
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -0400597- Issue #17390: Adjust Editor window title; remove 'Python',
598 move version to end.
599
600- Issue #14105: Idle debugger breakpoints no longer disappear
Martin Panter96a4f072016-02-10 01:17:51 +0000601 when inserting or deleting lines.
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -0400602
603- Issue #17172: Turtledemo can now be run from Idle.
604 Currently, the entry is on the Help menu, but it may move to Run.
605 Patch by Ramchandra Apt and Lita Cho.
606
607- Issue #21765: Add support for non-ascii identifiers to HyperParser.
608
609- Issue #21940: Add unittest for WidgetRedirector. Initial patch by Saimadhav
610 Heblikar.
611
612- Issue #18592: Add unittest for SearchDialogBase. Patch by Phil Webster.
613
614- Issue #21694: Add unittest for ParenMatch. Patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
615
616- Issue #21686: add unittest for HyperParser. Original patch by Saimadhav
617 Heblikar.
618
619- Issue #12387: Add missing upper(lower)case versions of default Windows key
620 bindings for Idle so Caps Lock does not disable them. Patch by Roger Serwy.
621
622- Issue #21695: Closing a Find-in-files output window while the search is
623 still in progress no longer closes Idle.
624
625- Issue #18910: Add unittest for textView. Patch by Phil Webster.
626
627- Issue #18292: Add unittest for AutoExpand. Patch by Saihadhav Heblikar.
628
629- Issue #18409: Add unittest for AutoComplete. Patch by Phil Webster.
630
Terry Jan Reedy5c4725e2014-10-01 03:10:27 -0400631- Issue #21477: htest.py - Improve framework, complete set of tests.
632 Patches by Saimadhav Heblikar
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -0400633
634- Issue #18104: Add idlelib/idle_test/htest.py with a few sample tests to begin
635 consolidating and improving human-validated tests of Idle. Change other files
636 as needed to work with htest. Running the module as __main__ runs all tests.
637
638- Issue #21139: Change default paragraph width to 72, the PEP 8 recommendation.
639
640- Issue #21284: Paragraph reformat test passes after user changes reformat width.
641
642- Issue #17654: Ensure IDLE menus are customized properly on OS X for
643 non-framework builds and for all variants of Tk.
644
645
Ned Deily5d590d82012-10-18 18:19:11 -0700646What's New in IDLE 3.4.0?
Ned Deilybfbf3f12012-10-18 18:16:44 -0700647=========================
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400648*Release date: 2014-03-16*
Ned Deilybfbf3f12012-10-18 18:16:44 -0700649
Terry Jan Reedy32622232013-03-30 18:32:19 -0400650- Issue #17390: Display Python version on Idle title bar.
651 Initial patch by Edmond Burnett.
652
Andrew Svetlov1bd7f022013-01-14 19:27:36 +0200653- Issue #5066: Update IDLE docs. Patch by Todd Rovito.
654
Georg Brandl9aa23c52013-04-06 09:40:02 +0200655- Issue #17625: Close the replace dialog after it is used.
656
Ned Deilybfbf3f12012-10-18 18:16:44 -0700657- Issue #16226: Fix IDLE Path Browser crash.
658 (Patch by Roger Serwy)
659
Ned Deilyb6d24d92012-10-22 15:18:46 -0700660- Issue #15853: Prevent IDLE crash on OS X when opening Preferences menu
661 with certain versions of Tk 8.5. Initial patch by Kevin Walzer.
662
Ned Deilybfbf3f12012-10-18 18:16:44 -0700663
Martin v. Löwis156989a2012-06-03 12:00:48 +0200664What's New in IDLE 3.3.0?
Andrew Svetlov0f71f442012-03-21 13:23:41 +0200665=========================
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400666*Release date: 2012-09-29*
Andrew Svetlov0f71f442012-03-21 13:23:41 +0200667
Georg Brandl8bc7e312013-04-06 09:36:20 +0200668- Issue #17625: Close the replace dialog after it is used.
669
Martin v. Löwis30d5e6c2012-07-25 11:32:26 +0200670- Issue #7163: Propagate return value of sys.stdout.write.
671
Martin v. Löwisc882b7c2012-07-25 10:47:20 +0200672- Issue #15318: Prevent writing to sys.stdin.
673
Ned Deilyc65ef9b2012-07-09 18:16:11 -0700674- Issue #4832: Modify IDLE to save files with .py extension by
675 default on Windows and OS X (Tk 8.5) as it already does with X11 Tk.
676
Martin v. Löwis8a75bed2012-07-11 08:29:03 +0200677- Issue #13532, #15319: Check that arguments to sys.stdout.write are strings.
Martin v. Löwis9ae3f7a2012-07-09 20:46:11 +0200678
Terry Jan Reedy2a2ce4f2012-06-07 19:41:04 -0400679- Issue # 12510: Attempt to get certain tool tips no longer crashes IDLE.
680 Erroneous tool tips have been corrected. Default added for callables.
681
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -0400682- Issue #10365: File open dialog now works instead of crashing even when
Terry Jan Reedy2a2ce4f2012-06-07 19:41:04 -0400683 parent window is closed while dialog is open.
684
685- Issue 14876: use user-selected font for highlight configuration.
686
Martin v. Löwis862d13a2012-06-03 11:55:32 +0200687- Issue #14937: Perform auto-completion of filenames in strings even for
Martin v. Löwis9f44a662012-06-03 12:32:42 +0200688 non-ASCII filenames. Likewise for identifiers.
Martin v. Löwis862d13a2012-06-03 11:55:32 +0200689
Andrew Svetlovdfe980b2012-04-05 21:54:39 +0300690- Issue #8515: Set __file__ when run file in IDLE.
691 Initial patch by Bruce Frederiksen.
692
Éric Araujo1641bb72012-03-26 23:35:31 -0400693- IDLE can be launched as `python -m idlelib`
Andrew Svetlova5cf6c42012-03-26 22:14:13 +0300694
Andrew Svetlovf3c29762012-03-31 14:10:10 +0300695- Issue #14409: IDLE now properly executes commands in the Shell window
696 when it cannot read the normal config files on startup and
697 has to use the built-in default key bindings.
698 There was previously a bug in one of the defaults.
Andrew Svetlov67ac0792012-03-29 19:01:28 +0300699
Andrew Svetlov0f71f442012-03-21 13:23:41 +0200700- Issue #3573: IDLE hangs when passing invalid command line args
701 (directory(ies) instead of file(s)).
702
Ned Deilyeb00d092012-07-30 03:38:02 -0700703- Issue #14018: Update checks for unstable system Tcl/Tk versions on OS X
704 to include versions shipped with OS X 10.7 and 10.8 in addition to 10.6.
705
Andrew Svetlov0f71f442012-03-21 13:23:41 +0200706
Kurt B. Kaiser6551baa2011-05-11 13:54:44 -0400707What's New in IDLE 3.2.1?
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -0400708=========================
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -0400709*Release date: 15-May-11*
710
Kurt B. Kaiserdfbe1592011-05-14 17:20:09 -0400711- Issue #6378: Further adjust idle.bat to start associated Python
712
Kurt B. Kaiser0a429822011-05-12 15:25:24 -0400713- Issue #11896: Save on Close failed despite selecting "Yes" in dialog.
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -0400714
715- Issue #1028: Ctrl-space binding to show completions was causing IDLE to exit.
716 Tk < 8.5 was sending invalid Unicode null; replaced with valid null.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -0400717
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -0400718- Issue #4676: <Home> toggle failing on Tk 8.5, causing IDLE exits and strange selection
719 behavior. Improve selection extension behaviour.
Kurt B. Kaiser946f1722011-03-25 20:29:13 -0400720
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -0400721- Issue #3851: <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -0400722
723
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000724What's New in IDLE 3.1b1?
725=========================
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -0400726*Release date: 06-May-09*
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +0000727
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -0400728- Issue #5707: Use of 'filter' in keybindingDialog.py was causing custom key assignment to
729 fail. Patch by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc.
Kurt B. Kaiser113f0e82009-04-04 20:38:52 +0000730
Martin v. Löwis7e158452009-01-18 20:23:36 +0000731- Issue #4815: Offer conversion to UTF-8 if source files have
732 no encoding declaration and are not encoded in UTF-8.
733
Martin v. Löwis975a0792009-01-18 20:15:42 +0000734- Issue #4008: Fix problems with non-ASCII source files.
735
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +0000736- Issue #4323: Always encode source as UTF-8 without asking
737 the user (unless a different encoding is declared); remove
738 user configuration of source encoding; all according to
739 PEP 3120.
740
Ronald Oussorene9f8bf02009-01-02 13:10:34 +0000741- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
742 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
743
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -0400744------------------------------------------------------------------------
745Refer to NEWS2x.txt and HISTORY.txt for information on earlier releases.
746------------------------------------------------------------------------