| Steven M. Gava | 4d712a4 | 2001-07-19 04:49:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | original IDLE NEWS.txt : |
| 2 | ======================== |
| 3 | |
| David Scherer | 7aced17 | 2000-08-15 01:13:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | (For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.) |
| 5 | |
| 6 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 7 | |
| 8 | New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000) |
| 9 | ------------------------- |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond: |
| 12 | |
| 13 | - Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka). |
| 14 | |
| 15 | - Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack |
| 16 | Viewer menu, not by the debugger.) |
| 17 | |
| 18 | - Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats |
| 19 | them correctly (MH) |
| 20 | |
| 21 | - New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands |
| 22 | much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path |
| 23 | browsers (TP) |
| 24 | |
| 25 | - Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of |
| 26 | multi-line statements (TP) |
| 27 | |
| 28 | - Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function |
| 29 | followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the |
| 30 | window to close the tip window (MH) |
| 31 | |
| 32 | - Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP) |
| 33 | |
| 34 | - New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks |
| 35 | familiar to Windows users |
| 36 | |
| 37 | - Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now |
| 38 | always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works |
| 39 | correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module |
| 40 | name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script: |
| 41 | this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also |
| 42 | sets sys.argv[] to the script name |
| 43 | |
| 44 | New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99) |
| 45 | ------------------------ |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows |
| 48 | a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path, |
| 49 | directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class |
| 50 | browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module, |
| 51 | MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog. |
| 52 | |
| 53 | New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99) |
| 54 | ------------------------- |
| 55 | |
| 56 | Most important changes: |
| 57 | |
| 58 | - Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger. |
| 59 | Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a |
| 60 | reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | - Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows |
| 63 | menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | - Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts |
| 66 | with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer" |
| 67 | (was: JIT stack viewer) menu items. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | - Added a Quit button to the Debugger API. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | - The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | - Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical |
| 74 | filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a |
| 75 | lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the |
| 76 | debugger though.) |
| 77 | |
| 78 | - Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works. |
| 79 | |
| 80 | - Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the |
| 81 | class browser. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | - Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class |
| 84 | browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text |
| 85 | windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.) |
| 86 | |
| 87 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 88 | |
| 89 | New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99) |
| 90 | ------------------------ |
| 91 | |
| 92 | Lots of changes; here are the highlights: |
| 93 | |
| 94 | General: |
| 95 | |
| 96 | - You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see |
| 97 | extend.txt. |
| 98 | |
| 99 | |
| 100 | File menu: |
| 101 | |
| 102 | The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu. |
| 103 | |
| 104 | |
| 105 | Edit menu: |
| 106 | |
| 107 | New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog. |
| 108 | |
| 109 | Commands to tabify or untabify a region. |
| 110 | |
| 111 | Command to format a paragraph. |
| 112 | |
| 113 | |
| 114 | Debug menu: |
| 115 | |
| 116 | JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer |
| 117 | automaticall pops up when you get a traceback. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | Windows menu: |
| 120 | |
| 121 | Zoom height -- make the window full height. |
| 122 | |
| 123 | |
| 124 | Help menu: |
| 125 | |
| 126 | The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and |
| 127 | even edit it if you like. |
| 128 | |
| 129 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 130 | |
| 131 | IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98. |
| 132 | |
| 133 | ====================================================================== |