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Terry Jan Reedy7af072c2020-09-23 09:44:31 -04001What's New in IDLE 3.10.0 (since 3.9.0)
2Released on 2021-10-04?
Terry Jan Reedya8fb9322019-10-27 01:23:30 -04003======================================
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Cheryl Sabellae40e2a22021-01-05 02:26:43 -05006bpo-32631: Finish zzdummy example extension module: make menu entries
7work; add docstrings and tests with 100% coverage.
8
Terry Jan Reedy57e51132020-12-06 22:22:33 -05009bpo-42508: Keep IDLE running on macOS. Remove obsolete workaround
10that prevented running files with shortcuts when using new universal2
11installers built on macOS 11.
12
Serhiy Storchaka453bc1d2020-11-22 07:06:51 +020013bpo-42426: Fix reporting offset of the RE error in searchengine.
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Terry Jan Reedy7ddbaa72020-11-20 01:59:11 -050015bpo-42416: Get docstrings for IDLE calltips more often
16by using inspect.getdoc.
17
Mark Roseman5df6c992020-10-24 20:14:02 -070018bpo-33987: Mostly finish using ttk widgets, mainly for editor,
19settings, and searches. Some patches by Mark Roseman.
20
Terry Jan Reedy05cc8812020-09-24 15:30:09 -040021bpo-41775: Make 'IDLE Shell' the shell title.
22
Terry Jan Reedy947adca2020-09-22 13:21:58 -040023bpo-35764: Rewrite the Calltips doc section.
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Terry Jan Reedy40a06252020-09-22 01:43:55 -040025bpo-40181: In calltips, stop reminding that '/' marks the end of
26positional-only arguments.
27
Terry Jan Reedy7af072c2020-09-23 09:44:31 -040028
29What's New in IDLE 3.9.0 (since 3.8.0)
30Released on 2020-10-05?
31======================================
32
Terry Jan Reedyf2e161c2020-08-09 16:08:30 -040033bpo-41468: Improve IDLE run crash error message (which users should
34never see).
35
Terry Jan Reedyaf08db72020-07-25 00:30:57 -040036bpo-41373: Save files loaded with no line ending, as when blank, or
37different line endings, by setting its line ending to the system
38default. Fix regression in 3.8.4 and 3.9.0b4.
39
Terry Jan Reedy38d38642020-07-16 18:24:49 -040040bpo-41300: Save files with non-ascii chars. Fix regression in
413.9.0b4 and 3.8.4.
42
Terry Jan Reedybce2eb42020-07-09 18:08:33 -040043bpo-37765: Add keywords to module name completion list. Rewrite
44Completions section of IDLE doc.
45
Serhiy Storchaka2515a282020-06-30 03:18:22 +030046bpo-41152: The encoding of ``stdin``, ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` in IDLE
47is now always UTF-8.
48
E-Paine8ab77c62020-06-28 08:02:47 +020049bpo-41144: Make Open Module open a special module such as os.path.
50
Florian Dahlitz905b3cd2020-05-24 12:53:44 +020051bpo-40723: Make test_idle pass when run after import.
Terry Jan Reedy16ef3242020-05-24 09:57:55 -040052Patch by Florian Dahlitz.
Florian Dahlitz905b3cd2020-05-24 12:53:44 +020053
Tal Einat52013e52020-04-04 06:05:58 +030054bpo-38689: IDLE will no longer freeze when inspect.signature fails
55when fetching a calltip.
56
Terry Jan Reedy363fab82020-03-09 16:51:20 -040057bpo-27115: For 'Go to Line', use a Query entry box subclass with
58IDLE standard behavior and improved error checking.
59
Terry Jan Reedy97e4e0f2020-05-29 18:54:14 -040060bpo-39885: When a context menu is invoked by right-clicking outside
61of a selection, clear the selection and move the cursor. Cut and
62Copy require that the click be within the selection.
Terry Jan Reedy4ca060d2020-03-08 15:30:04 -040063
Terry Jan Reedy2522db12020-03-08 14:32:42 -040064bpo-39852: Edit "Go to line" now clears any selection, preventing
65accidental deletion. It also updates Ln and Col on the status bar.
66
Terry Jan Reedyc705fd12020-02-28 13:22:55 -050067bpo-39781: Selecting code context lines no longer causes a jump.
68
Cheryl Sabellaffda25f2020-02-17 21:47:52 -050069bpo-39663: Add tests for pyparse find_good_parse_start().
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Terry Jan Reedy96ce2272020-02-10 20:08:58 -050071bpo-39600: Remove duplicate font names from configuration list.
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Zackery Spytzbfdeaa32020-01-30 18:55:42 -070073bpo-38792: Close a shell calltip if a :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt`
74or shell restart occurs. Patch by Zackery Spytz.
75
Cheryl Sabelladd023ad2020-01-27 17:15:56 -050076bpo-30780: Add remaining configdialog tests for buttons and
77highlights and keys tabs.
78
Cheryl Sabellad0d9fa82020-01-25 04:00:54 -050079bpo-39388: Settings dialog Cancel button cancels pending changes.
80
81bpo-39050: Settings dialog Help button again displays help text.
Zackery Spytz2e43b642020-01-22 20:54:30 -070082
Cheryl Sabellaec646402020-01-21 05:11:26 -050083bpo-32989: Add tests for editor newline_and_indent_event method.
Terry Jan Reedyf9e07e12020-01-22 23:55:07 -050084Remove unneeded arguments and dead code from pyparse
85find_good_parse_start method.
Cheryl Sabellaec646402020-01-21 05:11:26 -050086
JohnnyNajerabbc41622019-12-10 02:30:01 +020087bpo-38943: Fix autocomplete windows not always appearing on some
88systems. Patch by Johnny Najera.
89
Gurupad Hegde6c7bb382019-12-28 17:16:02 -050090bpo-38944: Escape key now closes IDLE completion windows. Patch by
JohnnyNajera232689b2019-12-10 01:22:16 +020091Johnny Najera.
92
Terry Jan Reedy6bf644e2019-11-24 16:29:29 -050093bpo-38862: 'Strip Trailing Whitespace' on the Format menu removes extra
94newlines at the end of non-shell files.
95
Terry Jan Reedyb8462472019-11-20 01:18:39 -050096bpo-38636: Fix IDLE Format menu tab toggle and file indent width. These
97functions (default shortcuts Alt-T and Alt-U) were mistakenly disabled
98in 3.7.5 and 3.8.0.
99
Zackery Spytz592527f2020-07-23 00:06:26 -0600100bpo-4630: Add an option to toggle IDLE's cursor blink for shell,
Zackery Spytz9c284492019-11-13 00:13:33 -0700101editor, and output windows. See Settings, General, Window Preferences,
Zackery Spytz592527f2020-07-23 00:06:26 -0600102Cursor Blink. Patch by Zackery Spytz.
Zackery Spytz9c284492019-11-13 00:13:33 -0700103
104bpo-26353: Stop adding newline when saving an IDLE shell window.
Zackery Spytzc8b53dc2019-11-12 03:54:10 -0700105
Terry Jan Reedya8fb9322019-10-27 01:23:30 -0400106bpo-38598: Do not try to compile IDLE shell or output windows.
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108
Terry Jan Reedy2c5c0a32018-07-20 02:14:56 -0400109What's New in IDLE 3.8.0 (since 3.7.0)
Terry Jan Reedya8fb9322019-10-27 01:23:30 -0400110Released on 2019-10-14
Terry Jan Reedy05e80672018-02-04 19:07:16 -0500111======================================
terryjreedy503bc632017-06-10 20:46:08 -0400112
Terry Jan Reedye31a79a2019-10-26 22:19:57 -0400113bpo-36698: IDLE no longer fails when writing non-encodable characters
114to stderr. It now escapes them with a backslash, like the regular
115Python interpreter. Add an errors field to the standard streams.
116
117bpo-13153: Improve tkinter's handing of non-BMP (astral) unicode
118characters, such as 'rocket \U0001f680'. Whether a proper glyph or
119replacement char is displayed depends on the OS and font. For IDLE,
120astral chars in code interfere with editing.
121
Terry Jan Reedydfd34a92019-09-17 02:05:04 -0400122bpo-35379: When exiting IDLE, catch any AttributeError. One happens
123when EditorWindow.close is called twice. Printing a traceback, when
124IDLE is run from a terminal, is useless and annoying.
125
126bpo-38183: To avoid test issues, test_idle ignores the user config
127directory. It no longer tries to create or access .idlerc or any files
128within. Users must run IDLE to discover problems with saving settings.
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -0400129
Terry Jan Reedyc59295a2019-09-09 23:10:44 -0400130bpo-38077: IDLE no longer adds 'argv' to the user namespace when
131initializing it. This bug only affected 3.7.4 and 3.8.0b2 to 3.8.0b4.
132
Terry Jan Reedy38da8052019-09-06 13:54:45 -0400133bpo-38401: Shell restart lines now fill the window width, always start
134with '=', and avoid wrapping unnecessarily. The line will still wrap
135if the included file name is long relative to the width.
136
GeeTransit2cd90252019-09-04 21:33:34 -0400137bpo-37092: Add mousewheel scrolling for IDLE module, path, and stack
138browsers. Patch by George Zhang.
139
Tal Einat132acab2019-09-03 08:17:00 +0300140bpo-35771: To avoid occasional spurious test_idle failures on slower
141machines, increase the ``hover_delay`` in test_tooltip.
142
Terry Jan Reedy1039f392019-08-26 02:27:56 -0400143bpo-37824: Properly handle user input warnings in IDLE shell.
144Cease turning SyntaxWarnings into SyntaxErrors.
145
146bpo-37929: IDLE Settings dialog now closes properly when there is no
147shell window.
148
Tal Einat71662dc2019-08-14 20:06:06 +0300149bpo-37849: Fix completions list appearing too high or low when shown
150above the current line.
151
152bpo-36419: Refactor autocompete and improve testing.
153
Terry Jan Reedy14070292019-08-04 16:45:15 -0400154bpo-37748: Reorder the Run menu. Put the most common choice,
155Run Module, at the top.
156
Terry Jan Reedyf35c51d2019-07-29 18:12:14 -0400157bpo-37692: Improve highlight config sample with example shell
158interaction and better labels for shell elements.
159
160bpo-37628: Settings dialog no longer expands with font size.
161The font and highlight sample boxes gain scrollbars instead.
162
163bpo-17535: Add optional line numbers for IDLE editor windows.
164
165bpo-37627: Initialize the Customize Run dialog with the command line
166arguments most recently entered before. The user can optionally edit
167before submitting them.
168
169bpo-33610: Code context always shows the correct context when toggled on.
170
171bpo-36390: Gather Format menu functions into format.py. Combine
172paragraph.py, rstrip.py, and format methods from editor.py.
173
174bpo-37530: Optimize code context to reduce unneeded background activity.
175Font and highlight changes now occur along with text changes instead
176of after a random delay.
177
178bpo-27452: Cleanup config.py by inlining RemoveFile and simplifying
179the handling of __file__ in CreateConfigHandlers/
180
Tal Einatfcf1d002019-07-06 15:35:24 +0300181bpo-26806: To compensate for stack frames added by IDLE and avoid
182possible problems with low recursion limits, add 30 to limits in the
183user code execution process. Subtract 30 when reporting recursion
184limits to make this addition mostly transparent.
185
Terry Jan Reedy54cf2e02019-06-18 17:08:24 -0400186bpo-37325: Fix tab focus traversal order for help source and custom
187run dialogs.
188
Terry Jan Reedy8fac1222019-06-17 17:23:28 -0400189bpo-37321: Both subprocess connection error messages now refer to
190the 'Startup failure' section of the IDLE doc.
191
Terry Jan Reedyfff5cb22019-07-31 00:58:45 -0400192bpo-37177: Properly attach search dialogs to their main window so
193that they behave like other dialogs and do not get hidden behind
194their main window.
195
Terry Jan Reedy0acb6462019-07-30 18:14:58 -0400196bpo-37039: Adjust "Zoom Height" to individual screens by momentarily
Tal Einat5bff3c82019-06-17 22:41:00 +0300197maximizing the window on first use with a particular screen. Changing
198screen settings may invalidate the saved height. While a window is
199maximized, "Zoom Height" has no effect.
200
201bpo-35763: Make calltip reminder about '/' meaning positional-only less
202obtrusive by only adding it when there is room on the first line.
203
Terry Jan Reedyfff5cb22019-07-31 00:58:45 -0400204bpo-5680: Add 'Run Customized' to the Run menu to run a module with
205customized settings. Any command line arguments entered are added
206to sys.argv. One can suppress the normal Shell main module restart.
207
Cheryl Sabella6bdc4de2019-06-02 14:56:47 -0400208bpo-35610: Replace now redundant editor.context_use_ps1 with
209.prompt_last_line. This finishes change started in bpo-31858.
210
Cheryl Sabella1a4d9ff2019-06-01 17:03:22 -0400211bpo-32411: Stop sorting dict created with desired line order.
212
Terry Jan Reedy81bb97d2019-05-24 21:59:53 -0400213bpo-37038: Make idlelib.run runnable; add test clause.
214
Terry Jan Reedy6d965b32019-05-19 22:52:22 -0400215bpo-36958: Print any argument other than None or int passed to
216SystemExit or sys.exit().
217
218bpo-36807: When saving a file, call file.flush() and os.fsync()
219so bits are flushed to e.g. a USB drive.
220
Terry Jan Reedy6a258c82019-03-26 19:58:19 -0400221bpo-36429: Fix starting IDLE with pyshell.
222Add idlelib.pyshell alias at top; remove pyshell alias at bottom.
223Remove obsolete __name__=='__main__' command.
224
225bpo-30348: Increase test coverage of idlelib.autocomplete by 30%.
226Patch by Louie Lu.
227
228bpo-23205: Add tests and refactor grep's findfiles.
229
Terry Jan Reedy0fe45132019-03-24 17:12:28 -0400230bpo-36405: Use dict unpacking in idlelib.
Terry Jan Reedy2b751552019-03-23 03:50:15 -0400231
Terry Jan Reedyc1419572019-03-22 18:23:41 -0400232bpo-36396: Remove fgBg param of idlelib.config.GetHighlight().
233This param was only used twice and changed the return type.
234
235bpo-23216: IDLE: Add docstrings to search modules.
236
Terry Jan Reedy491ef532019-03-10 20:18:40 -0400237bpo-36176: Fix IDLE autocomplete & calltip popup colors.
238Prevent conflicts with Linux dark themes
239(and slightly darken calltip background).
240
241bpo-36152: Remove colorizer.ColorDelegator.close_when_done and the
Terry Jan Reedy8a1bab92019-03-08 03:04:32 -0500242corresponding argument of .close(). In IDLE, both have always been
243None or False since 2007.
244
245bpo-36096: Make colorizer state variables instance-only.
246
Terry Jan Reedyfff5cb22019-07-31 00:58:45 -0400247bpo-32129: Avoid blurry IDLE application icon on macOS with Tk 8.6.
248Patch by Kevin Walzer.
249
Terry Jan Reedyd6101162019-02-23 23:04:53 -0500250bpo-24310: Document settings dialog font tab sample.
251
Cheryl Sabellaee0f9272019-02-19 00:11:18 -0500252bpo-35689: Add docstrings and tests for colorizer.
253
Terry Jan Reedy8a03ff22019-02-08 22:51:51 -0500254bpo-35833: Revise IDLE doc for control codes sent to Shell.
255Add a code example block.
256
Terry Jan Reedy39ed2892019-01-18 14:00:45 -0500257bpo-35770: IDLE macosx deletes Options => Configure IDLE.
258It previously deleted Window => Zoom Height by mistake.
259(Zoom Height is now on the Options menu). On Mac, the settings
260dialog is accessed via Preferences on the IDLE menu.
261
Terry Jan Reedya9022392019-01-18 02:09:53 -0500262bpo-35769: Change new file name from 'Untitled' to 'untitled'.
263
Terry Jan Reedy56c16052019-01-17 18:44:13 -0500264bpo-35660: Fix imports in window module.
265
266bpo-35641: Properly format calltip for function without docstring.
267
268bpo-33987: Use ttk Frame for ttk widgets.
269
270bpo-34055: Fix erroneous 'smart' indents and newlines in IDLE Shell.
271
272bpo-28097: Add Previous/Next History entries to Shell menu.
273
274bpo-35591: Find Selection now works when selection not found.
275
276bpo-35598: Update config_key: use PEP 8 names and ttk widgets,
277make some objects global, and add tests.
278
Tal Einat39a33e92019-01-13 17:01:50 +0200279bpo-35196: Speed up squeezer line counting.
280
Tal Einat44a79cc2018-12-24 14:05:51 +0200281bpo-35208: Squeezer now counts wrapped lines before newlines.
282
Cheryl Sabella8874f512018-12-23 16:26:53 -0500283bpo-35555: Gray out Code Context menu entry when it's not applicable.
284
Cheryl Sabellac1b4b0f2018-12-22 01:25:45 -0500285bpo-22703: Improve the Code Context and Zoom Height menu labels.
286The Code Context menu label now toggles between Show/Hide Code Context.
287The Zoom Height menu now toggles between Zoom/Restore Height.
288Zoom Height has moved from the Window menu to the Options menu.
289
Terry Jan Reedy87ec1102018-12-20 01:07:10 -0500290bpo-35521: Document the editor code context feature.
291Add some internal references within the IDLE doc.
292
Tal Einat9ebe8792018-12-07 08:32:21 +0200293bpo-34864: When starting IDLE on MacOS, warn if the system setting
294"Prefer tabs when opening documents" is "Always". As previous
295documented for this issue, running IDLE with this setting causes
296problems. If the setting is changed while IDLE is running,
297there will be no warning until IDLE is restarted.
298
Terry Jan Reedy6ea9d542018-12-06 00:46:22 -0500299bpo-35213: Where appropriate, use 'macOS' in idlelib.
300
301bpo-34864: Document two IDLE on MacOS issues. The System Preferences
302Dock "prefer tabs always" setting disables some IDLE features.
303Menus are a bit different than as described for Windows and Linux.
304
305bpo-35202: Remove unused imports in idlelib.
306
307bpo-33000: Document that IDLE's shell has no line limit.
308A program that runs indefinitely can overfill memory.
309
310bpo-23220: Explain how IDLE's Shell displays output.
311Add new subsection "User output in Shell".
312
313bpo-35099: Improve the doc about IDLE running user code.
314"IDLE -- console differences" is renamed "Running user code".
315It mostly covers the implications of using custom sys.stdxxx objects.
316
317bpo-35097: Add IDLE doc subsection explaining editor windows.
318Topics include opening, title and status bars, .py* extension, and running.
319
320Issue 35093: Document the IDLE document viewer in the IDLE doc.
321Add a paragraph in "Help and preferences", "Help sources" subsection.
322
323bpo-1529353: Explain Shell text squeezing in the IDLE doc.
324
325bpo-35088: Update idlelib.help.copy_string docstring.
326We now use git and backporting instead of hg and forward merging.
327
328bpo-35087: Update idlelib help files for the current doc build.
329The main change is the elimination of chapter-section numbers.
330
Terry Jan Reedy22ef31d2018-09-25 13:41:25 -0400331bpo-1529353: Output over N lines (50 by default) is squeezed down to a button.
332N can be changed in the PyShell section of the General page of the
333Settings dialog. Fewer, but possibly extra long, lines can be squeezed by
334right clicking on the output. Squeezed output can be expanded in place
335by double-clicking the button or into the clipboard or a separate window
336by right-clicking the button.
337
Terry Jan Reedy16fba622018-09-24 20:11:45 -0400338bpo-34548: Use configured color theme for read-only text views.
339
340bpo-33839: Refactor ToolTip and CallTip classes; add documentation
341and tests.
342
343bpo-34047: Fix mouse wheel scrolling direction on macOS.
344
345bpo-34275: Make calltips always visible on Mac.
346Patch by Kevin Walzer.
347
348bpo-34120: Fix freezing after closing some dialogs on Mac.
349This is one of multiple regressions from using newer tcl/tk.
350
Terry Jan Reedy5a606672018-09-24 19:15:40 -0400351bpo-33975: Avoid small type when running htests.
352Since part of the purpose of human-viewed tests is to determine that
Terry Jan Reedy16fba622018-09-24 20:11:45 -0400353widgets look right, it is important that they look the same for
354testing as when running IDLE.
Terry Jan Reedy5a606672018-09-24 19:15:40 -0400355
Terry Jan Reedy2c5c0a32018-07-20 02:14:56 -0400356bpo-33905: Add test for idlelib.stackview.StackBrowser.
357
358bpo-33924: Change mainmenu.menudefs key 'windows' to 'window'.
359Every other menudef key is the lowercase version of the
360corresponding main menu entry (in this case, 'Window').
361
362bpo-33906: Rename idlelib.windows as window
363Match Window on the main menu and remove last plural module name.
364Change imports, test, and attribute references to match new name.
365
366bpo-33917: Fix and document idlelib/idle_test/template.py.
367The revised file compiles, runs, and tests OK. idle_test/README.txt
368explains how to use it to create new IDLE test files.
369
370bpo-33904: In rstrip module, rename class RstripExtension as Rstrip.
371
372bpo-33907: For consistency and clarity, rename calltip objects.
373Module calltips and its class CallTips are now calltip and Calltip.
374In module calltip_w, class CallTip is now CalltipWindow.
375
376bpo-33855: Minimally test all IDLE modules.
377Standardize the test file format. Add missing test files that import
378the tested module and perform at least one test. Check and record the
379coverage of each test.
380
381bpo-33856: Add 'help' to Shell's initial welcome message.
382
383
384What's New in IDLE 3.7.0 (since 3.6.0)
385Released on 2018-06-27
386======================================
387
Terry Jan Reedy800415e2018-06-11 14:14:32 -0400388bpo-33656: On Windows, add API call saying that tk scales for DPI.
389On Windows 8.1+ or 10, with DPI compatibility properties of the Python
390binary unchanged, and a monitor resolution greater than 96 DPI, this
Terry Jan Reedy4b704f22018-06-11 16:53:41 -0400391should make text and lines sharper and some colors brighter.
392On other systems, it should have no effect. If you have a custom theme,
393you may want to adjust a color or two. If perchance it make text worse
394on your monitor, you can disable the ctypes.OleDLL call near the top of
395pyshell.py and report the problem on python-list or idle-dev@python.org.
Terry Jan Reedy800415e2018-06-11 14:14:32 -0400396
Terry Jan Reedyb1f69022018-06-08 02:28:45 -0400397bpo-33768: Clicking on a context line moves that line to the top
398of the editor window.
399
400bpo-33763: Replace the code context label widget with a text widget.
401
402bpo-33664: Scroll IDLE editor text by lines.
403(Previously, the mouse wheel and scrollbar slider moved text by a fixed
404number of pixels, resulting in partial lines at the top of the editor
405box.) This change also applies to the shell and grep output windows,
406but currently not to read-only text views.
407
408bpo-33679: Enable theme-specific color configuration for Code Context.
409(Previously, there was one code context foreground and background font
410color setting, default or custom, on the extensions tab, that applied
411to all themes.) For built-in themes, the foreground is the same as
412normal text and the background is a contrasting gray. Context colors for
413custom themes are set on the Hightlights tab along with other colors.
414When one starts IDLE from a console and loads a custom theme without
415definitions for 'context', one will see a warning message on the
416console.
417
418bpo-33642: Display up to maxlines non-blank lines for Code Context.
419If there is no current context, show a single blank line. (Previously,
420the Code Contex had numlines lines, usually with some blank.) The use
421of a new option, 'maxlines' (default 15), avoids possible interference
422with user settings of the old option, 'numlines' (default 3).
423
Cheryl Sabella85060162018-05-23 22:18:15 -0400424bpo-33628: Cleanup codecontext.py and its test.
425
Terry Jan Reedy6b0d09b2018-05-19 21:38:46 -0400426bpo-32831: Add docstrings and tests for codecontext.py.
427Coverage is 100%. Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
428
429bpo-33564: Code context now recognizes async as a block opener.
430
Terry Jan Reedy038b21f2018-05-15 17:41:57 -0400431bpo-21474: Update word/identifier definition from ascii to unicode.
432In text and entry boxes, this affects selection by double-click,
433movement left/right by control-left/right, and deletion left/right
434by control-BACKSPACE/DEL.
435
436bpo-33204: Consistently color invalid string prefixes.
437A 'u' string prefix cannot be paired with either 'r' or 'f'.
438IDLE now consistently colors as much of the prefix, starting at the
439right, as is valid. Revise and extend colorizer test.
440
441bpo-32984: Set __file__ while running a startup file.
442Like Python, IDLE optionally runs 1 startup file in the Shell window
443before presenting the first interactive input prompt. For IDLE,
444option -s runs a file named in environmental variable IDLESTARTUP or
445PYTHONSTARTUP; -r file runs file. Python sets __file__ to the startup
446file name before running the file and unsets it before the first
447prompt. IDLE now does the same when run normally, without the -n
448option.
449
450bpo-32940: Replace StringTranslatePseudoMapping with faster code.
451
Terry Jan Reedy0954c9e2018-02-27 18:36:21 -0500452bpo-32916: Change 'str' to 'code' in idlelib.pyparse and users.
453
454bpo-32905: Remove unused code in pyparse module.
455
456bpo-32874: IDLE - add pyparse tests with 97% coverage.
457
458bpo-32837: IDLE - require encoding argument for textview.view_file.
459Using the system and place-dependent default encoding for open()
460is a bad idea for IDLE's system and location-independent files.
461
462bpo-32826: Add "encoding=utf-8" to open() in IDLE's test_help_about.
463GUI test test_file_buttons() only looks at initial ascii-only lines,
464but failed on systems where open() defaults to 'ascii' because
465readline() internally reads and decodes far enough ahead to encounter
466a non-ascii character in CREDITS.txt.
467
Terry Jan Reedy05e80672018-02-04 19:07:16 -0500468bpo-32765: Update configdialog General tab create page docstring.
469Add new widgets to the widget list.
470
Terry Jan Reedy2c0c68d2017-12-04 17:04:15 -0500471bpo-32207: Improve tk event exception tracebacks in IDLE.
472When tk event handling is driven by IDLE's run loop, a confusing
473and distracting queue.EMPTY traceback context is no longer added
474to tk event exception tracebacks. The traceback is now the same
475as when event handling is driven by user code. Patch based on
476a suggestion by Serhiy Storchaka.
477
Terry Jan Reedy21255fc2017-12-04 14:48:25 -0500478bpo-32164: Delete unused file idlelib/tabbedpages.py.
479Use of TabbedPageSet in configdialog was replaced by ttk.Notebook.
480
481bpo-32100: Fix old and new bugs in pathbrowser; improve tests.
482Patch mostly by Cheryl Sabella.
483
484bpo-31860: The font sample in the settings dialog is now editable.
485Edits persist while IDLE remains open.
486Patch by Serhiy Storchake and Terry Jan Reedy.
487
Ville Skyttä61f82e02018-04-20 23:08:45 +0300488bpo-31858: Restrict shell prompt manipulation to the shell.
Terry Jan Reedy21255fc2017-12-04 14:48:25 -0500489Editor and output windows only see an empty last prompt line. This
490simplifies the code and fixes a minor bug when newline is inserted.
491Sys.ps1, if present, is read on Shell start-up, but is not set or changed.
492Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
493
Terry Jan Reedy27288de2017-10-17 19:02:49 -0400494bpo-28603: Fix a TypeError that caused a shell restart when printing
495a traceback that includes an exception that is unhashable.
496Patch by Zane Bitter.
497
498bpo-13802: Use non-Latin characters in the Font settings sample.
499Even if one selects a font that defines a limited subset of the unicode
500Basic Multilingual Plane, tcl/tk will use other fonts that define a
501character. The expanded example give users of non-Latin characters
502a better idea of what they might see in the shell and editors.
503
504To make room for the expanded sample, frames on the Font tab are
505re-arranged. The Font/Tabs help explains a bit about the additions.
506Patch by Terry Jan Reedy
507
508bpo-31460: Simplify the API of IDLE's Module Browser.
509Passing a widget instead of an flist with a root widget opens the
510option of creating a browser frame that is only part of a window.
511Passing a full file name instead of pieces assumed to come from a
512.py file opens the possibility of browsing python files that do not
513end in .py.
514
515bpo-31649: Make _htest and _utest parameters keyword-only.
516These are used to adjust code for human and unit tests.
517
518bpo-31459: Rename module browser from Class Browser to Module Browser.
519The original module-level class and method browser became a module
520browser, with the addition of module-level functions, years ago.
521Nested classes and functions were added yesterday. For back-
522compatibility, the virtual event <<open-class-browser>>, which
523appears on the Keys tab of the Settings dialog, is not changed.
524Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
525
526bpo-1612262: Module browser now shows nested classes and functions.
527Original patches for code and tests by Guilherme Polo and
528Cheryl Sabella, respectively. Revisions by Terry Jan Reedy.
529
530bpo-31500: Tk's default fonts now are scaled on HiDPI displays.
531This affects all dialogs. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
532
Terry Jan Reedy55679e02017-09-17 20:14:21 -0400533bpo-31493: Fix code context update and font update timers.
534Canceling timers prevents a warning message when test_idle completes.
535
536bpo-31488: Update non-key options in former extension classes.
537When applying configdialog changes, call .reload for each feature class.
538Change ParenMatch so updated options affect existing instances attached
539to existing editor windows.
540
541bpo-31477: Improve rstrip entry in IDLE doc.
542Strip Trailing Whitespace strips more than blank spaces.
543Multiline string literals are not skipped.
544
545bpo-31480: fix tests to pass with zzdummy extension disabled. (#3590)
546To see the example in action, enable it on options extensions tab.
547
548bpo-31421: Document how IDLE runs tkinter programs.
549IDLE calls tcl/tk update in the background in order to make live
Stéphane Wirtel683281f2018-10-06 16:35:53 +0200550interaction and experimentation with tkinter applications much easier.
Terry Jan Reedy55679e02017-09-17 20:14:21 -0400551
Terry Jan Reedyf6586412017-12-10 04:02:53 -0500552bpo-31414: Fix tk entry box tests by deleting first.
Terry Jan Reedy8239fd72017-09-11 16:43:26 -0400553Adding to an int entry is not the same as deleting and inserting
554because int('') will fail. Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
555
556bpo-27099: Convert IDLE's built-in 'extensions' to regular features.
557 About 10 IDLE features were implemented as supposedly optional
558extensions. Their different behavior could be confusing or worse for
559users and not good for maintenance. Hence the conversion.
560 The main difference for users is that user configurable key bindings
561for builtin features are now handled uniformly. Now, editing a binding
562in a keyset only affects its value in the keyset. All bindings are
563defined together in the system-specific default keysets in config-
564extensions.def. All custom keysets are saved as a whole in config-
565extension.cfg. All take effect as soon as one clicks Apply or Ok.
566 The affected events are '<<force-open-completions>>',
567'<<expand-word>>', '<<force-open-calltip>>', '<<flash-paren>>',
568'<<format-paragraph>>', '<<run-module>>', '<<check-module>>', and
569'<<zoom-height>>'. Any (global) customizations made before 3.6.3 will
570not affect their keyset-specific customization after 3.6.3. and vice
571versa.
luzpaza5293b42017-11-05 07:37:50 -0600572 Initial patch by Charles Wohlganger, revised by Terry Jan Reedy.
Terry Jan Reedy8239fd72017-09-11 16:43:26 -0400573
574bpo-31051: Rearrange condigdialog General tab.
575Sort non-Help options into Window (Shell+Editor) and Editor (only).
576Leave room for the addition of new options.
577Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
578
579bpo-30617: Add docstrings and tests for outwin subclass of editor.
580Move some data and functions from the class to module level.
581Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
582
583bpo-31287: Do not modify tkinter.messagebox in test_configdialog.
584Instead, mask it with an instance mock that can be deleted.
585Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
586
587bpo-30781: Use ttk widgets in ConfigDialog pages.
588These should especially look better on MacOSX.
589Patches by Terry Jan Reedy and Cheryl Sabella.
590
591bpo-31206: Factor HighPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
592Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
593
594bp0-31001: Add tests for configdialog highlight tab.
595Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
596
Terry Jan Reedy7f066842017-08-15 19:15:04 -0400597bpo-31205: Factor KeysPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
598The slightly modified tests continue to pass.
599Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
600
601bpo-31002: Add tests for configdialog keys tab.
602Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
603
604bpo-19903: Change calltipes to use inspect.signature.
605Idlelib.calltips.get_argspec now uses inspect.signature instead of
606inspect.getfullargspec, like help() does. This improves the signature
607in the call tip in a few different cases, including builtins converted
608to provide a signature. A message is added if the object is not
609callable, has an invalid signature, or if it has positional-only
610parameters. Patch by Louie Lu.
611
612bop-31083: Add an outline of a TabPage class in configdialog.
613Add template as comment. Update existing classes to match outline.
614Initial patch by Cheryl Sabella.
615
616bpo-31050: Factor GenPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
617The slightly modified tests for the General tab continue to pass.
618Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
619
620bpo-31004: Factor FontPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
621The slightly modified tests continue to pass. The General test
622broken by the switch to ttk.Notebook is fixed.
623Patch mostly by Cheryl Sabella.
624
Terry Jan Reedyc3aa47f2017-07-30 06:25:22 -0400625bpo-30781: IDLE - Use ttk Notebook in ConfigDialog.
Terry Jan Reedy8239fd72017-09-11 16:43:26 -0400626This improves navigation by tabbing.
Terry Jan Reedyc3aa47f2017-07-30 06:25:22 -0400627Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
628
629bpo-31060: IDLE - Finish rearranging methods of ConfigDialog.
630Grouping methods pertaining to each tab and the buttons will aid
631writing tests and improving the tabs and will enable splitting the
632groups into classes.
633Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
634
635bpo-30853: IDLE -- Factor a VarTrace class out of ConfigDialog.
636Instance tracers manages pairs consisting of a tk variable and a
637callback function. When tracing is turned on, setting the variable
638calls the function. Test coverage for the new class is 100%.
639Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
640
641bpo-31003: IDLE: Add more tests for General tab.
642Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
643
644bpo-30993: IDLE - Improve configdialog font page and tests.
645*In configdialog: Document causal pathways in create_font_tab
646docstring. Simplify some attribute names. Move set_samples calls to
647var_changed_font (idea from Cheryl Sabella). Move related functions to
648positions after the create widgets function.
649* In test_configdialog: Fix test_font_set so not order dependent. Fix
650renamed test_indent_scale so it tests the widget. Adjust tests for
651movement of set_samples call. Add tests for load functions. Put all
652font tests in one class and tab indent tests in another. Except for
653two lines, these tests completely cover the related functions.
654Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
655
656bpo-30981: IDLE -- Add more configdialog font page tests.
657
658bpo-28523: IDLE: replace 'colour' with 'color' in configdialog.
659
660bpo-30917: Add tests for idlelib.config.IdleConf.
661Increase coverage from 46% to 96%.
662Patch by Louie Lu.
663
terryjreedy0d0a32f2017-07-14 00:14:10 -0400664bpo-30913: Document ConfigDialog tk Vars, methods, and widgets in docstrings
665This will facilitate improving the dialog and splitting up the class.
666Original patch by Cheryl Sabella.
667
668bpo-30899: Add tests for ConfigParser subclasses in config.
669Coverage is 100% for those classes and ConfigChanges.
670Patch by Louie Lu.
671
Terry Jan Reedyc3aa47f2017-07-30 06:25:22 -0400672bpo-30881: Add docstrings to browser.py.
terryjreedy0d0a32f2017-07-14 00:14:10 -0400673Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
674
675bpo-30851: Remove unused tk variables in configdialog.
676One is a duplicate, one is set but cannot be altered by users.
677Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
678
679bpo-30870: Select font option with Up and Down keys, as well as with mouse.
680Added test increases configdialog coverage to 60%
681Patches mostly by Louie Lu.
682
683bpo-8231: Call config.IdleConf.GetUserCfgDir only once per process.
684
685bpo-30779: Factor ConfigChanges class from configdialog, put in config; test.
686* In config, put dump test code in a function; run it and unittest in
687 'if __name__ == '__main__'.
688* Add class config.ConfigChanges based on changes_class_v4.py on bpo issue.
689* Add class test_config.ChangesTest, partly using configdialog_tests_v1.py.
690* Revise configdialog to use ConfigChanges; see tracker msg297804.
691* Revise test_configdialog to match configdialog changes.
692* Remove configdialog functions unused or moved to ConfigChanges.
693Cheryl Sabella contributed parts of the patch.
694
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -0400695bpo-30777: Configdialog - add docstrings and improve comments.
696Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
697
698bpo-30495: Improve textview with docstrings, PEP8 names, and more tests.
699Split TextViewer class into ViewWindow, ViewFrame, and TextFrame classes
700so that instances of the latter two can be placed with other widgets
701within a multiframe window.
702Patches by Cheryl Sabella and Terry Jan Reedy.
703
Terry Jan Reedy7f066842017-08-15 19:15:04 -0400704bpo-30723: Make several improvements to parenmatch.
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -0400705* Add 'parens' style to highlight both opener and closer.
706* Make 'default' style, which is not default, a synonym for 'opener'.
707* Make time-delay work the same with all styles.
708* Add help for config dialog extensions tab, including parenmatch.
Terry Jan Reedyc3aa47f2017-07-30 06:25:22 -0400709* Add new tests.
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -0400710Original patch by Charles Wohlganger. Revisions by Terry Jan Reedy
711
712bpo-30674: Grep -- Add docstrings. Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
713
714bpo-21519: IDLE's basic custom key entry dialog now detects
715duplicates properly. Original patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
716
717bpo-29910: IDLE no longer deletes a character after commenting out a
718region by a key shortcut. Add "return 'break'" for this and other
719potential conflicts between IDLE and default key bindings.
720Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
721
722bpo-30728: Modernize idlelib.configdialog:
723* replace import * with specific imports;
724* lowercase method and attribute lines.
725Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
726
727bpo-6739: Verify user-entered key sequences by trying to bind them
728with to a tk widget. Add tests for all 3 validation functions.
729Original patch by G Polo. Tests added by Cheryl Sabella.
730Code revised and more tests added by Terry Jan Reedy
731
732bpo-24813: Add icon to help_about and make other changes.
733
terryjreedyfaa63d12017-06-16 01:54:57 -0400734bpo-15786: Fix several problems with IDLE's autocompletion box.
735The following should now work: clicking on selection box items;
736using the scrollbar; selecting an item by hitting Return.
737Hangs on MacOSX should no longer happen. Patch by Louie Lu.
738
739bpo-25514: Add doc subsubsection about IDLE failure to start.
740Popup no-connection message directs users to this section.
741
742bpo-30642: Fix reference leaks in IDLE tests.
743Patches by Louie Lu and Terry Jan Reedy.
744
745bpo-30495: Add docstrings for textview.py and use PEP8 names.
746Patches by Cheryl Sabella and Terry Jan Reedy.
747
terryjreedy503bc632017-06-10 20:46:08 -0400748bpo-30290: Help-about: use pep8 names and add tests.
749Increase coverage to 100%.
750Patches by Louie Lu, Cheryl Sabella, and Terry Jan Reedy.
751
752bpo-30303: Add _utest option to textview; add new tests.
753Increase coverage to 100%.
754Patches by Louie Lu and Terry Jan Reedy.
755
terryjreedy1ccbad92017-07-05 19:36:48 -0400756Issue #29071: IDLE colors f-string prefixes but not invalid ur prefixes.
terryjreedy503bc632017-06-10 20:46:08 -0400757
758Issue #28572: Add 10% to coverage of IDLE's test_configdialog.
759Update and augment description of the configuration system.
760
761
Terry Jan Reedy05e80672018-02-04 19:07:16 -0500762What's New in IDLE 3.6.0 (since 3.5.0)
terryjreedy503bc632017-06-10 20:46:08 -0400763Released on 2016-12-23
Terry Jan Reedy05e80672018-02-04 19:07:16 -0500764======================================
Terry Jan Reedy1e957d12016-06-26 18:20:20 -0400765
Terry Jan Reedy3dad1a52016-09-12 01:57:25 -0400766- Issue #15308: Add 'interrupt execution' (^C) to Shell menu.
767 Patch by Roger Serwy, updated by Bayard Randel.
Terry Jan Reedy1e957d12016-06-26 18:20:20 -0400768
Terry Jan Reedyd92cecb2016-09-10 16:24:54 -0400769- Issue #27922: Stop IDLE tests from 'flashing' gui widgets on the screen.
770
Terry Jan Reedy70360192016-09-10 16:28:01 -0400771- Issue #27891: Consistently group and sort imports within idlelib modules.
772
773- Issue #17642: add larger font sizes for classroom projection.
774
Terry Jan Reedyd92cecb2016-09-10 16:24:54 -0400775- Add version to title of IDLE help window.
776
777- Issue #25564: In section on IDLE -- console differences, mention that
778 using exec means that __builtins__ is defined for each statement.
779
Terry Jan Reedy70360192016-09-10 16:28:01 -0400780- Issue #27821: Fix 3.6.0a3 regression that prevented custom key sets
781 from being selected when no custom theme was defined.
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400782
Terry Jan Reedyd3fb5572016-08-20 21:41:03 -0400783- Issue #27714: text_textview and test_autocomplete now pass when re-run
784 in the same process. This occurs when test_idle fails when run with the
Terry Jan Reedy9f957702016-08-21 00:18:55 -0400785 -w option but without -jn. Fix warning from test_config.
Terry Jan Reedyd3fb5572016-08-20 21:41:03 -0400786
Terry Jan Reedy97c463d2016-08-20 21:43:00 -0400787- Issue #27621: Put query response validation error messages in the query
Stéphane Wirtel683281f2018-10-06 16:35:53 +0200788 box itself instead of in a separate messagebox. Redo tests to match.
Terry Jan Reedy97c463d2016-08-20 21:43:00 -0400789 Add Mac OSX refinements. Original patch by Mark Roseman.
790
791- Issue #27620: Escape key now closes Query box as cancelled.
792
793- Issue #27609: IDLE: tab after initial whitespace should tab, not
Terry Jan Reedy49dcf9d2016-08-21 00:20:35 -0400794 autocomplete. This fixes problem with writing docstrings at least
Terry Jan Reedy97c463d2016-08-20 21:43:00 -0400795 twice indented.
796
797- Issue #27609: Explicitly return None when there are also non-None
798 returns. In a few cases, reverse a condition and eliminate a return.
799
Terry Jan Reedyd3fb5572016-08-20 21:41:03 -0400800- Issue #25507: IDLE no longer runs buggy code because of its tkinter imports.
801 Users must include the same imports required to run directly in Python.
802
Terry Jan Reedy97c463d2016-08-20 21:43:00 -0400803- Issue #27173: Add 'IDLE Modern Unix' to the built-in key sets.
804 Make the default key set depend on the platform.
805 Add tests for the changes to the config module.
806
Terry Jan Reedyd3fb5572016-08-20 21:41:03 -0400807- Issue #27452: add line counter and crc to IDLE configHandler test dump.
808
Terry Jan Reedy4bf9c512016-07-10 20:30:43 -0400809- Issue #27477: IDLE search dialogs now use ttk widgets.
810
811- Issue #27173: Add 'IDLE Modern Unix' to the built-in key sets.
812 Make the default key set depend on the platform.
813 Add tests for the changes to the config module.
814
815- Issue #27452: make command line "idle-test> python test_help.py" work.
816 __file__ is relative when python is started in the file's directory.
817
818- Issue #27452: add line counter and crc to IDLE configHandler test dump.
819
820- Issue #27380: IDLE: add query.py with base Query dialog and ttk widgets.
821 Module had subclasses SectionName, ModuleName, and HelpSource, which are
822 used to get information from users by configdialog and file =>Load Module.
823 Each subclass has itw own validity checks. Using ModuleName allows users
824 to edit bad module names instead of starting over.
825 Add tests and delete the two files combined into the new one.
826
Terry Jan Reedy754a5c12016-06-26 18:22:32 -0400827- Issue #27372: Test_idle no longer changes the locale.
Terry Jan Reedy1e957d12016-06-26 18:20:20 -0400828
829- Issue #27365: Allow non-ascii chars in IDLE NEWS.txt, for contributor names.
830
831- Issue #27245: IDLE: Cleanly delete custom themes and key bindings.
832 Previously, when IDLE was started from a console or by import, a cascade
833 of warnings was emitted. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
834
Terry Jan Reedy754a5c12016-06-26 18:22:32 -0400835- Issue #24137: Run IDLE, test_idle, and htest with tkinter default root disabled.
836 Fix code and tests that fail with this restriction.
837 Fix htests to not create a second and redundant root and mainloop.
Terry Jan Reedy1e957d12016-06-26 18:20:20 -0400838
Terry Jan Reedy754a5c12016-06-26 18:22:32 -0400839- Issue #27310: Fix IDLE.app failure to launch on OS X due to vestigial import.
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400840
Terry Jan Reedy8ace13b2016-06-11 04:31:22 -0400841- Issue #5124: Paste with text selected now replaces the selection on X11.
842 This matches how paste works on Windows, Mac, most modern Linux apps,
843 and ttk widgets. Original patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
844
Terry Jan Reedyb1c9b642016-06-11 04:36:34 -0400845- Issue #24750: Switch all scrollbars in IDLE to ttk versions.
846 Where needed, minimal tests are added to cover changes.
847
848- Issue #24759: IDLE requires tk 8.5 and availability ttk widgets.
849 Delete now unneeded tk version tests and code for older versions.
850 Add test for IDLE syntax colorizer.
851
852- Issue #27239: idlelib.macosx.isXyzTk functions initialize as needed.
853
Stéphane Wirtel683281f2018-10-06 16:35:53 +0200854- Issue #27262: move Aqua unbinding code, which enable context menus, to macosx.
Terry Jan Reedyb1c9b642016-06-11 04:36:34 -0400855
Terry Jan Reedy8bff8f62016-06-07 15:33:53 -0400856- Issue #24759: Make clear in idlelib.idle_test.__init__ that the directory
857 is a private implementation of test.test_idle and tool for maintainers.
858
Terry Jan Reedyea938ba2016-06-07 15:35:37 -0400859- Issue #27196: Stop 'ThemeChanged' warnings when running IDLE tests.
Terry Jan Reedy8bff8f62016-06-07 15:33:53 -0400860 These persisted after other warnings were suppressed in #20567.
861 Apply Serhiy Storchaka's update_idletasks solution to four test files.
862 Record this additional advice in idle_test/README.txt
863
864- Issue #20567: Revise idle_test/README.txt with advice about avoiding
865 tk warning messages from tests. Apply advice to several IDLE tests.
866
Terry Jan Reedyea938ba2016-06-07 15:35:37 -0400867- Issue # 24225: Update idlelib/README.txt with new file names
868 and event handlers.
869
870- Issue #27156: Remove obsolete code not used by IDLE. Replacements:
871 1. help.txt, replaced by help.html, is out-of-date and should not be used.
872 Its dedicated viewer has be replaced by the html viewer in help.py.
873 2. 'import idlever; I = idlever.IDLE_VERSION' is the same as
874 'import sys; I = version[:version.index(' ')]'
875 3. After 'ob = stackviewer.VariablesTreeItem(*args)',
876 'ob.keys()' == 'list(ob.object.keys).
877 4. In macosc, runningAsOSXAPP == isAquaTk; idCarbonAquaTk == isCarbonTk
878
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400879- Issue #27117: Make colorizer htest and turtledemo work with dark themes.
880 Move code for configuring text widget colors to a new function.
881
Terry Jan Reedy137bac22016-05-30 01:04:08 -0400882- Issue #24225: Rename many idlelib/*.py and idle_test/test_*.py files.
883 Edit files to replace old names with new names when the old name
884 referred to the module rather than the class it contained.
885 See the issue and IDLE section in What's New in 3.6 for more.
886
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400887- Issue #26673: When tk reports font size as 0, change to size 10.
888 Such fonts on Linux prevented the configuration dialog from opening.
889
890- Issue #21939: Add test for IDLE's percolator.
891 Original patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
892
893- Issue #21676: Add test for IDLE's replace dialog.
894 Original patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
895
896- Issue #18410: Add test for IDLE's search dialog.
Terry Jan Reedy6ff7a142016-06-22 03:55:20 -0400897 Original patch by Westley Martínez.
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400898
Terry Jan Reedy137bac22016-05-30 01:04:08 -0400899- Issue #21703: Add test for undo delegator. Patch mostly by
900 Saimadhav Heblikar .
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400901
902- Issue #27044: Add ConfigDialog.remove_var_callbacks to stop memory leaks.
903
904- Issue #23977: Add more asserts to test_delegator.
905
906- Issue #20640: Add tests for idlelib.configHelpSourceEdit.
907 Patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
908
909- In the 'IDLE-console differences' section of the IDLE doc, clarify
910 how running with IDLE affects sys.modules and the standard streams.
911
912- Issue #25507: fix incorrect change in IOBinding that prevented printing.
913 Augment IOBinding htest to include all major IOBinding functions.
914
Terry Jan Reedy6ff7a142016-06-22 03:55:20 -0400915- Issue #25905: Revert unwanted conversion of ' to ’ RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION
Terry Jan Reedyf45d27b2016-05-30 01:02:34 -0400916 MARK in README.txt and open this and NEWS.txt with 'ascii'.
917 Re-encode CREDITS.txt to utf-8 and open it with 'utf-8'.
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400918
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500919- Issue 15348: Stop the debugger engine (normally in a user process)
920 before closing the debugger window (running in the IDLE process).
921 This prevents the RuntimeErrors that were being caught and ignored.
922
923- Issue #24455: Prevent IDLE from hanging when a) closing the shell while the
924 debugger is active (15347); b) closing the debugger with the [X] button
925 (15348); and c) activating the debugger when already active (24455).
926 The patch by Mark Roseman does this by making two changes.
927 1. Suspend and resume the gui.interaction method with the tcl vwait
928 mechanism intended for this purpose (instead of root.mainloop & .quit).
929 2. In gui.run, allow any existing interaction to terminate first.
930
931- Change 'The program' to 'Your program' in an IDLE 'kill program?' message
932 to make it clearer that the program referred to is the currently running
933 user program, not IDLE itself.
934
935- Issue #24750: Improve the appearance of the IDLE editor window status bar.
936 Patch by Mark Roseman.
937
938- Issue #25313: Change the handling of new built-in text color themes to better
939 address the compatibility problem introduced by the addition of IDLE Dark.
940 Consistently use the revised idleConf.CurrentTheme everywhere in idlelib.
941
942- Issue #24782: Extension configuration is now a tab in the IDLE Preferences
943 dialog rather than a separate dialog. The former tabs are now a sorted
944 list. Patch by Mark Roseman.
945
946- Issue #22726: Re-activate the config dialog help button with some content
947 about the other buttons and the new IDLE Dark theme.
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -0400948
Terry Jan Reedyd17e9782015-10-04 01:14:51 -0400949- Issue #24820: IDLE now has an 'IDLE Dark' built-in text color theme.
950 It is more or less IDLE Classic inverted, with a cobalt blue background.
951 Strings, comments, keywords, ... are still green, red, orange, ... .
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500952 To use it with IDLEs released before November 2015, hit the
953 'Save as New Custom Theme' button and enter a new name,
954 such as 'Custom Dark'. The custom theme will work with any IDLE
955 release, and can be modified.
Terry Jan Reedyd17e9782015-10-04 01:14:51 -0400956
957- Issue #25224: README.txt is now an idlelib index for IDLE developers and
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500958 curious users. The previous user content is now in the IDLE doc chapter.
959 'IDLE' now means 'Integrated Development and Learning Environment'.
Terry Jan Reedyd17e9782015-10-04 01:14:51 -0400960
961- Issue #24820: Users can now set breakpoint colors in
962 Settings -> Custom Highlighting. Original patch by Mark Roseman.
963
Terry Jan Reedy9af7fe72015-09-28 23:38:57 -0400964- Issue #24972: Inactive selection background now matches active selection
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500965 background, as configured by users, on all systems. Found items are now
Terry Jan Reedy9af7fe72015-09-28 23:38:57 -0400966 always highlighted on Windows. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
967
968- Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs
969 affected by a tk regression. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
970
971- Issue #24988: Idle ScrolledList context menus (used in debugger)
972 now work on Mac Aqua. Patch by Mark Roseman.
973
974- Issue #24801: Make right-click for context menu work on Mac Aqua.
975 Patch by Mark Roseman.
976
977- Issue #25173: Associate tkinter messageboxes with a specific widget.
978 For Mac OSX, make them a 'sheet'. Patch by Mark Roseman.
979
980- Issue #25198: Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help.
981 * Properly indent fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman).
982 * Give code snippet a very Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background.
983 * Re-use initial width and height set by users for shell and editor.
984 * When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used, put the section header
Terry Jan Reedy6e92c112015-11-21 13:31:27 -0500985 at the top of the screen.
Terry Jan Reedy9af7fe72015-09-28 23:38:57 -0400986
987- Issue #25225: Condense and rewrite Idle doc section on text colors.
988
989- Issue #21995: Explain some differences between IDLE and console Python.
990
991- Issue #22820: Explain need for *print* when running file from Idle editor.
992
993- Issue #25224: Doc: augment Idle feature list and no-subprocess section.
994
995- Issue #25219: Update doc for Idle command line options.
996 Some were missing and notes were not correct.
997
Terry Jan Reedyd9763c22015-09-21 19:28:22 -0400998- Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change.
Terry Jan Reedy9af7fe72015-09-28 23:38:57 -0400999 Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
Terry Jan Reedyd9763c22015-09-21 19:28:22 -04001000
Terry Jan Reedy09fbb202015-09-21 01:07:59 -04001001- Issue #25199: Idle: add synchronization comments for future maintainers.
1002
Terry Jan Reedycba1a1a2015-09-21 22:36:42 -04001003- Issue #16893: Replace help.txt with help.html for Idle doc display.
1004 The new idlelib/help.html is rstripped Doc/build/html/library/idle.html.
Terry Jan Reedy09fbb202015-09-21 01:07:59 -04001005 It looks better than help.txt and will better document Idle as released.
Terry Jan Reedyd9763c22015-09-21 19:28:22 -04001006 The tkinter html viewer that works for this file was written by Mark Roseman.
Terry Jan Reedy09fbb202015-09-21 01:07:59 -04001007 The now unused EditorWindow.HelpDialog class and helt.txt file are deprecated.
1008
1009- Issue #24199: Deprecate unused idlelib.idlever with possible removal in 3.6.
1010
Terry Jan Reedy09fbb202015-09-21 01:07:59 -04001011- Issue #24790: Remove extraneous code (which also create 2 & 3 conflicts).
1012
Terry Jan Reedyc8f4bbb2015-09-21 01:10:21 -04001013
Terry Jan Reedy5c4725e2014-10-01 03:10:27 -04001014What's New in IDLE 3.5.0?
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -04001015=========================
Terry Jan Reedyc8f4bbb2015-09-21 01:10:21 -04001016*Release date: 2015-09-13*
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -04001017
Terry Jan Reedy5080deb2015-08-16 23:23:16 -04001018- Issue #23672: Allow Idle to edit and run files with astral chars in name.
1019 Patch by Mohd Sanad Zaki Rizvi.
1020
1021- Issue 24745: Idle editor default font. Switch from Courier to
1022 platform-sensitive TkFixedFont. This should not affect current customized
1023 font selections. If there is a problem, edit $HOME/.idlerc/config-main.cfg
1024 and remove 'fontxxx' entries from [Editor Window]. Patch by Mark Roseman.
1025
1026- Issue #21192: Idle editor. When a file is run, put its name in the restart bar.
1027 Do not print false prompts. Original patch by Adnan Umer.
1028
1029- Issue #13884: Idle menus. Remove tearoff lines. Patch by Roger Serwy.
1030
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -04001031- Issue #23184: remove unused names and imports in idlelib.
1032 Initial patch by Al Sweigart.
1033
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -04001034- Issue #20577: Configuration of the max line length for the FormatParagraph
1035 extension has been moved from the General tab of the Idle preferences dialog
1036 to the FormatParagraph tab of the Config Extensions dialog.
1037 Patch by Tal Einat.
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -04001038
Terry Jan Reedy81f01fb2014-12-05 20:49:32 -05001039- Issue #16893: Update Idle doc chapter to match current Idle and add new
1040 information.
1041
1042- Issue #3068: Add Idle extension configuration dialog to Options menu.
1043 Changes are written to HOME/.idlerc/config-extensions.cfg.
1044 Original patch by Tal Einat.
1045
Martin Panter204bf0b2016-07-11 07:51:37 +00001046- Issue #16233: A module browser (File : Class Browser, Alt+C) requires an
Terry Jan Reedy81f01fb2014-12-05 20:49:32 -05001047 editor window with a filename. When Class Browser is requested otherwise,
1048 from a shell, output window, or 'Untitled' editor, Idle no longer displays
1049 an error box. It now pops up an Open Module box (Alt+M). If a valid name
1050 is entered and a module is opened, a corresponding browser is also opened.
1051
1052- Issue #4832: Save As to type Python files automatically adds .py to the
1053 name you enter (even if your system does not display it). Some systems
1054 automatically add .txt when type is Text files.
1055
1056- Issue #21986: Code objects are not normally pickled by the pickle module.
1057 To match this, they are no longer pickled when running under Idle.
Terry Jan Reedy81f01fb2014-12-05 20:49:32 -05001058
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -04001059- Issue #23180: Rename IDLE "Windows" menu item to "Window".
1060 Patch by Al Sweigart.
Terry Jan Reedy81f01fb2014-12-05 20:49:32 -05001061
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -04001062- Issue #17390: Adjust Editor window title; remove 'Python',
1063 move version to end.
1064
1065- Issue #14105: Idle debugger breakpoints no longer disappear
Martin Panter96a4f072016-02-10 01:17:51 +00001066 when inserting or deleting lines.
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -04001067
1068- Issue #17172: Turtledemo can now be run from Idle.
1069 Currently, the entry is on the Help menu, but it may move to Run.
1070 Patch by Ramchandra Apt and Lita Cho.
1071
1072- Issue #21765: Add support for non-ascii identifiers to HyperParser.
1073
1074- Issue #21940: Add unittest for WidgetRedirector. Initial patch by Saimadhav
1075 Heblikar.
1076
1077- Issue #18592: Add unittest for SearchDialogBase. Patch by Phil Webster.
1078
1079- Issue #21694: Add unittest for ParenMatch. Patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
1080
1081- Issue #21686: add unittest for HyperParser. Original patch by Saimadhav
1082 Heblikar.
1083
1084- Issue #12387: Add missing upper(lower)case versions of default Windows key
1085 bindings for Idle so Caps Lock does not disable them. Patch by Roger Serwy.
1086
1087- Issue #21695: Closing a Find-in-files output window while the search is
1088 still in progress no longer closes Idle.
1089
1090- Issue #18910: Add unittest for textView. Patch by Phil Webster.
1091
1092- Issue #18292: Add unittest for AutoExpand. Patch by Saihadhav Heblikar.
1093
1094- Issue #18409: Add unittest for AutoComplete. Patch by Phil Webster.
1095
Terry Jan Reedy5c4725e2014-10-01 03:10:27 -04001096- Issue #21477: htest.py - Improve framework, complete set of tests.
1097 Patches by Saimadhav Heblikar
Terry Jan Reedy9e883ca2014-10-01 03:08:17 -04001098
1099- Issue #18104: Add idlelib/idle_test/htest.py with a few sample tests to begin
1100 consolidating and improving human-validated tests of Idle. Change other files
1101 as needed to work with htest. Running the module as __main__ runs all tests.
1102
1103- Issue #21139: Change default paragraph width to 72, the PEP 8 recommendation.
1104
1105- Issue #21284: Paragraph reformat test passes after user changes reformat width.
1106
1107- Issue #17654: Ensure IDLE menus are customized properly on OS X for
1108 non-framework builds and for all variants of Tk.
1109
1110
Ned Deily5d590d82012-10-18 18:19:11 -07001111What's New in IDLE 3.4.0?
Ned Deilybfbf3f12012-10-18 18:16:44 -07001112=========================
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -04001113*Release date: 2014-03-16*
Ned Deilybfbf3f12012-10-18 18:16:44 -07001114
Terry Jan Reedy32622232013-03-30 18:32:19 -04001115- Issue #17390: Display Python version on Idle title bar.
1116 Initial patch by Edmond Burnett.
1117
Andrew Svetlov1bd7f022013-01-14 19:27:36 +02001118- Issue #5066: Update IDLE docs. Patch by Todd Rovito.
1119
Georg Brandl9aa23c52013-04-06 09:40:02 +02001120- Issue #17625: Close the replace dialog after it is used.
1121
Ned Deilybfbf3f12012-10-18 18:16:44 -07001122- Issue #16226: Fix IDLE Path Browser crash.
1123 (Patch by Roger Serwy)
1124
Ned Deilyb6d24d92012-10-22 15:18:46 -07001125- Issue #15853: Prevent IDLE crash on OS X when opening Preferences menu
1126 with certain versions of Tk 8.5. Initial patch by Kevin Walzer.
1127
Ned Deilybfbf3f12012-10-18 18:16:44 -07001128
Martin v. Löwis156989a2012-06-03 12:00:48 +02001129What's New in IDLE 3.3.0?
Andrew Svetlov0f71f442012-03-21 13:23:41 +02001130=========================
Terry Jan Reedyc4dc43e2015-05-23 17:23:30 -04001131*Release date: 2012-09-29*
Andrew Svetlov0f71f442012-03-21 13:23:41 +02001132
Georg Brandl8bc7e312013-04-06 09:36:20 +02001133- Issue #17625: Close the replace dialog after it is used.
1134
Martin v. Löwis30d5e6c2012-07-25 11:32:26 +02001135- Issue #7163: Propagate return value of sys.stdout.write.
1136
Martin v. Löwisc882b7c2012-07-25 10:47:20 +02001137- Issue #15318: Prevent writing to sys.stdin.
1138
Ned Deilyc65ef9b2012-07-09 18:16:11 -07001139- Issue #4832: Modify IDLE to save files with .py extension by
1140 default on Windows and OS X (Tk 8.5) as it already does with X11 Tk.
1141
Martin v. Löwis8a75bed2012-07-11 08:29:03 +02001142- Issue #13532, #15319: Check that arguments to sys.stdout.write are strings.
Martin v. Löwis9ae3f7a2012-07-09 20:46:11 +02001143
Terry Jan Reedy2a2ce4f2012-06-07 19:41:04 -04001144- Issue # 12510: Attempt to get certain tool tips no longer crashes IDLE.
1145 Erroneous tool tips have been corrected. Default added for callables.
1146
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -04001147- Issue #10365: File open dialog now works instead of crashing even when
Terry Jan Reedy2a2ce4f2012-06-07 19:41:04 -04001148 parent window is closed while dialog is open.
1149
1150- Issue 14876: use user-selected font for highlight configuration.
1151
Martin v. Löwis862d13a2012-06-03 11:55:32 +02001152- Issue #14937: Perform auto-completion of filenames in strings even for
Martin v. Löwis9f44a662012-06-03 12:32:42 +02001153 non-ASCII filenames. Likewise for identifiers.
Martin v. Löwis862d13a2012-06-03 11:55:32 +02001154
Andrew Svetlovdfe980b2012-04-05 21:54:39 +03001155- Issue #8515: Set __file__ when run file in IDLE.
1156 Initial patch by Bruce Frederiksen.
1157
Éric Araujo1641bb72012-03-26 23:35:31 -04001158- IDLE can be launched as `python -m idlelib`
Andrew Svetlova5cf6c42012-03-26 22:14:13 +03001159
Andrew Svetlovf3c29762012-03-31 14:10:10 +03001160- Issue #14409: IDLE now properly executes commands in the Shell window
1161 when it cannot read the normal config files on startup and
1162 has to use the built-in default key bindings.
1163 There was previously a bug in one of the defaults.
Andrew Svetlov67ac0792012-03-29 19:01:28 +03001164
Andrew Svetlov0f71f442012-03-21 13:23:41 +02001165- Issue #3573: IDLE hangs when passing invalid command line args
1166 (directory(ies) instead of file(s)).
1167
Ned Deilyeb00d092012-07-30 03:38:02 -07001168- Issue #14018: Update checks for unstable system Tcl/Tk versions on OS X
1169 to include versions shipped with OS X 10.7 and 10.8 in addition to 10.6.
1170
Andrew Svetlov0f71f442012-03-21 13:23:41 +02001171
Kurt B. Kaiser6551baa2011-05-11 13:54:44 -04001172What's New in IDLE 3.2.1?
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -04001173=========================
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -04001174*Release date: 15-May-11*
1175
Kurt B. Kaiserdfbe1592011-05-14 17:20:09 -04001176- Issue #6378: Further adjust idle.bat to start associated Python
1177
Kurt B. Kaiser0a429822011-05-12 15:25:24 -04001178- Issue #11896: Save on Close failed despite selecting "Yes" in dialog.
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -04001179
1180- Issue #1028: Ctrl-space binding to show completions was causing IDLE to exit.
1181 Tk < 8.5 was sending invalid Unicode null; replaced with valid null.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -04001182
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -04001183- Issue #4676: <Home> toggle failing on Tk 8.5, causing IDLE exits and strange selection
1184 behavior. Improve selection extension behaviour.
Kurt B. Kaiser946f1722011-03-25 20:29:13 -04001185
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -04001186- Issue #3851: <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows.
Kurt B. Kaiser75fc5662011-03-21 02:13:42 -04001187
1188
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +00001189What's New in IDLE 3.1b1?
1190=========================
Kurt B. Kaisere1478062011-05-11 12:24:17 -04001191*Release date: 06-May-09*
Kurt B. Kaiser160ff012009-04-25 20:14:29 +00001192
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -04001193- Issue #5707: Use of 'filter' in keybindingDialog.py was causing custom key assignment to
1194 fail. Patch by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc.
Kurt B. Kaiser113f0e82009-04-04 20:38:52 +00001195
Martin v. Löwis7e158452009-01-18 20:23:36 +00001196- Issue #4815: Offer conversion to UTF-8 if source files have
1197 no encoding declaration and are not encoded in UTF-8.
1198
Martin v. Löwis975a0792009-01-18 20:15:42 +00001199- Issue #4008: Fix problems with non-ASCII source files.
1200
Martin v. Löwis5216d082008-12-29 18:43:40 +00001201- Issue #4323: Always encode source as UTF-8 without asking
1202 the user (unless a different encoding is declared); remove
1203 user configuration of source encoding; all according to
1204 PEP 3120.
1205
Ronald Oussorene9f8bf02009-01-02 13:10:34 +00001206- Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
1207 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
1208
Terry Jan Reedy55f3ae62016-09-29 23:59:55 -04001209------------------------------------------------------------------------
1210Refer to NEWS2x.txt and HISTORY.txt for information on earlier releases.
1211------------------------------------------------------------------------