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Steven M. Gava44d3d1a2001-07-31 06:59:02 +00001IDLEfork Credits
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Kurt B. Kaisera137cc92002-12-20 01:19:47 +00004Guido van Rossum, as well as being the creator of the Python language, is
5the original creator of IDLE. He also developed the RPC code and Remote
6Debugger extension used in IDLEfork.
Steven M. Gava44d3d1a2001-07-31 06:59:02 +00007
Kurt B. Kaisera137cc92002-12-20 01:19:47 +00008The IDLEfork project was initiated and brought up to version 0.7.1 primarily
9by David Scherer, with help from Peter Schneider-Kamp and Nicholas Riley.
10Bruce Sherwood has contributed considerable time testing and suggesting
11improvements.
Steven M. Gava44d3d1a2001-07-31 06:59:02 +000012
Kurt B. Kaisera137cc92002-12-20 01:19:47 +000013Besides Guido, the main developers who have been active on IDLEfork version
Kurt B. Kaiserd9db3a62003-01-26 20:37:01 +0000140.8.1 and later are Stephen M. Gava, who implemented the Configuration GUI, the
15new configuration system, and the new About menu, and Kurt B. Kaiser, who
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +000016completed the integration of the RPC and remote debugger, implemented the
17threaded subprocess, and made a number of usability enhancements.
Steven M. Gava44d3d1a2001-07-31 06:59:02 +000018
Kurt B. Kaiserd9db3a62003-01-26 20:37:01 +000019Other contributors include Raymond Hettinger, Tony Lownds (Mac integration),
20Neal Norwitz (code check and clean-up), and Chui Tey (RPC integration, debugger
21integration and persistent breakpoints).
Kurt B. Kaisera137cc92002-12-20 01:19:47 +000022
Kurt B. Kaisera80d57c2003-05-17 03:15:48 +000023Hernan Foffani, Christos Georgiou, Martin v. Loewis, Jason Orendorff,
24Noam Raphael, Josh Robb, and Bruce Sherwood have submitted useful patches.
25Thanks, guys!
Kurt B. Kaisera137cc92002-12-20 01:19:47 +000026
27There are others who should be included here, especially those who contributed
Kurt B. Kaiser40f19e32003-04-25 16:37:31 +000028to IDLE versions prior to 0.8, principally Mark Hammond, Jeremy Hylton,
29Tim Peters, and Moshe Zadka. For additional details refer to NEWS.txt and
30Changelog.
Kurt B. Kaisera137cc92002-12-20 01:19:47 +000031
32Please contact the IDLEfork maintainer to have yourself included here if you
33are one of those we missed!
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35Contact details at http://idlefork.sourceforge.net
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