Kurt B. Kaiser | 085ce5a | 2002-12-31 17:57:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | IDLE History |
| 2 | ============ |
| 3 | |
| 4 | This file contains the release messages for previous IDLE releases. |
| 5 | As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
Kurt B. Kaiser | 76bcb5c | 2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | What's New in IDLEfork 0.8.1? |
| 9 | ============================= |
| 10 | |
| 11 | *Release date: 22-Jul-2001* |
| 12 | |
| 13 | - New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork |
| 14 | project. |
| 15 | |
Ezio Melotti | 42da663 | 2011-03-15 05:18:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 16 | - This release requires python 2.1 or better. Compatibility with earlier |
Kurt B. Kaiser | 76bcb5c | 2003-06-14 02:51:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | versions of python (especially ancient ones like 1.5x) is no longer a |
| 18 | priority in IDLEfork development. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | - This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with current |
| 21 | cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional coding by Kurt |
| 22 | B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | - This release is basically functional but also contains some known breakages, |
| 25 | particularly with running things from the shell window. Also the debugger is |
| 26 | not working, but I believe this was the case with the previous IDLE fork |
| 27 | release (0.7.1) as well. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | - This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is |
| 30 | launching into a new stage of development. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | - IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and |
| 33 | exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted by |
| 34 | David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR, while stabilisation |
| 35 | and development of less heavyweight improvements (like user customisation) |
| 36 | can continue on the trunk. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | |
| 39 | What's New in IDLEfork 0.7.1? |
| 40 | ============================== |
| 41 | |
| 42 | *Release date: 15-Aug-2000* |
| 43 | |
| 44 | - First project tarball released. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | - This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a |
| 47 | combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional changes |
| 48 | coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and Nicholas Riley. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | |
| 51 | |
| 52 | IDLEfork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000 |
| 53 | ----------------------------- |
| 54 | |
| 55 | David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu> |
| 56 | |
| 57 | - This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of |
| 58 | 2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you |
| 59 | get to keep both pieces. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | - If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or post to |
| 62 | the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev (making it clear |
| 63 | that you are using this modified version of IDLE). |
| 64 | |
| 65 | - Changes: |
| 66 | |
| 67 | - The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes programs |
| 68 | in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC mechanism to an |
| 69 | OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing unnamed programs |
| 70 | (through a temporary file). It does not yet support debugging. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | - When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped to |
| 73 | exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back into the |
| 74 | user program, that part of the traceback will be shown. |
| 75 | |
| 76 | - The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular, it now |
| 77 | supports a readline() function used to implement user input, and a |
| 78 | scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of a previous run |
| 79 | by scrolling it out of the window. |
| 80 | |
| 81 | - Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with just a |
| 82 | blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening a file in |
| 83 | such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of that window |
| 84 | instead of creating another window. Because of the need to have a |
| 85 | well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of IDLE can be |
| 86 | running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to report their |
| 87 | command line arguments to the copy already running. |
| 88 | |
| 89 | - The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large |
| 90 | 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'. |
| 91 | |
| 92 | - 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is |
| 93 | present. |
| 94 | |
| 95 | - A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation |
| 96 | instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent. |
| 97 | |
| 98 | - New modules: |
| 99 | |
| 100 | ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader |
| 101 | loader.py Bootstraps user program |
| 102 | protocol.py RPC protocol |
| 103 | Remote.py User-process interpreter |
| 104 | spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs |
| 105 | |
| 106 | - Files modified: |
| 107 | |
| 108 | autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked ) |
| 109 | bindings.py ( menus reorganized ) |
| 110 | config.txt ( execbinding enabled ) |
| 111 | editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' ) |
| 112 | filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" ) |
| 113 | formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked ) |
| 114 | idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname ) |
| 115 | idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? ) |
| 116 | iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention ) |
| 117 | keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked ) |
| 118 | outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc ) |
| 119 | pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior ) |
| 120 | readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> ) |
| 121 | |
| 122 | |
| 123 | |
Kurt B. Kaiser | a7b804f | 2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes |
| 125 | ---------------------------------------- |
Kurt B. Kaiser | 085ce5a | 2002-12-31 17:57:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | |
| 127 | This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based |
| 128 | IDE for Python. |
| 129 | |
Kurt B. Kaiser | a7b804f | 2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | (For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.) |
Kurt B. Kaiser | 085ce5a | 2002-12-31 17:57:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 131 | |
| 132 | FEATURES |
| 133 | |
| 134 | IDLE has the following features: |
| 135 | |
| 136 | - coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk) |
| 137 | |
| 138 | - cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are |
| 139 | currently problems with Tcl/Tk) |
| 140 | |
| 141 | - multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing |
| 142 | and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips |
| 143 | |
| 144 | - Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) |
| 145 | |
| 146 | - debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step) |
| 147 | |
| 148 | USAGE |
| 149 | |
| 150 | The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able |
| 151 | to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can |
| 152 | run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up |
| 153 | a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows, |
| 154 | use the batch file idle.bat. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed, |
| 157 | not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option. |
| 158 | Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options. |
| 159 | |
| 160 | IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a |
| 161 | Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed |
| 162 | with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.) |
| 163 | |
| 164 | COPYRIGHT |
| 165 | |
| 166 | IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice |
| 167 | (http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html). |
Kurt B. Kaiser | a7b804f | 2003-01-10 21:27:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | |
| 169 | |
| 170 | New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000) |
| 171 | --------------------------- |
| 172 | |
| 173 | Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond: |
| 174 | |
| 175 | - Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka). |
| 176 | |
| 177 | - Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack |
| 178 | Viewer menu, not by the debugger.) |
| 179 | |
| 180 | - Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats |
| 181 | them correctly (MH) |
| 182 | |
| 183 | - New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands |
| 184 | much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path |
| 185 | browsers (TP) |
| 186 | |
| 187 | - Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of |
| 188 | multi-line statements (TP) |
| 189 | |
| 190 | - Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function |
| 191 | followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the |
| 192 | window to close the tip window (MH) |
| 193 | |
| 194 | - Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP) |
| 195 | |
| 196 | - New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks |
| 197 | familiar to Windows users |
| 198 | |
| 199 | - Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now |
| 200 | always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works |
| 201 | correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module |
| 202 | name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script: |
| 203 | this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also |
| 204 | sets sys.argv[] to the script name |
| 205 | |
| 206 | |
| 207 | New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99) |
| 208 | ------------------------ |
| 209 | |
| 210 | Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows |
| 211 | a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path, |
| 212 | directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class |
| 213 | browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module, |
| 214 | MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog. |
| 215 | |
| 216 | |
| 217 | New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99) |
| 218 | ------------------------- |
| 219 | |
| 220 | Most important changes: |
| 221 | |
| 222 | - Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger. |
| 223 | Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a |
| 224 | reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger. |
| 225 | |
| 226 | - Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows |
| 227 | menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | - Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts |
| 230 | with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer" |
| 231 | (was: JIT stack viewer) menu items. |
| 232 | |
| 233 | - Added a Quit button to the Debugger API. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | - The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path. |
| 236 | |
| 237 | - Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical |
| 238 | filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a |
| 239 | lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the |
| 240 | debugger though.) |
| 241 | |
| 242 | - Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works. |
| 243 | |
| 244 | - Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the |
| 245 | class browser. |
| 246 | |
| 247 | - Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class |
| 248 | browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text |
| 249 | windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.) |
| 250 | |
| 251 | |
| 252 | New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99) |
| 253 | ------------------------ |
| 254 | |
| 255 | Lots of changes; here are the highlights: |
| 256 | |
| 257 | General: |
| 258 | |
| 259 | - You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see |
| 260 | extend.txt. |
| 261 | |
| 262 | |
| 263 | File menu: |
| 264 | |
| 265 | The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu. |
| 266 | |
| 267 | |
| 268 | Edit menu: |
| 269 | |
| 270 | New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | Commands to tabify or untabify a region. |
| 273 | |
| 274 | Command to format a paragraph. |
| 275 | |
| 276 | |
| 277 | Debug menu: |
| 278 | |
| 279 | JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer |
| 280 | automaticall pops up when you get a traceback. |
| 281 | |
| 282 | Windows menu: |
| 283 | |
| 284 | Zoom height -- make the window full height. |
| 285 | |
| 286 | |
| 287 | Help menu: |
| 288 | |
| 289 | The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and |
| 290 | even edit it if you like. |
| 291 | |
| 292 | |
| 293 | |
| 294 | IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98. |
| 295 | |
| 296 | ====================================================================== |