| Guido van Rossum | a2ca434 | 1999-04-07 18:41:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | IDLE 0.4 - 7 April 1999 |
| 2 | ----------------------- |
| Guido van Rossum | b33f612 | 1999-01-08 17:26:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | |
| Guido van Rossum | dce019e | 1999-02-17 17:37:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt. (For a more |
| 5 | detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.) |
| Guido van Rossum | a017777 | 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | |
| Guido van Rossum | 2927e78 | 1999-01-07 00:11:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based |
| 8 | IDE for Python. It has the following features: |
| Guido van Rossum | a017777 | 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | |
| Guido van Rossum | 2927e78 | 1999-01-07 00:11:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | - 100% pure Python |
| Guido van Rossum | a017777 | 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | - multi-window text editor with multiple undo and Python colorizing |
| 12 | - Python shell (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) window subclass |
| Guido van Rossum | 2927e78 | 1999-01-07 00:11:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | - debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints and step) |
| Guido van Rossum | 504b0bf | 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | - works on Windows and Unix (probably works on Mac too) |
| Guido van Rossum | a017777 | 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | |
| Guido van Rossum | f903898 | 1999-01-04 13:05:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | The main program is in the file "idle"; on Windows you can use idle.pyw |
| 17 | to avoid popping up a DOS console. Any arguments passed are interpreted |
| 18 | as files that will be opened for editing. |
| Guido van Rossum | 72fe0859 | 1998-11-16 18:37:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | |
| Guido van Rossum | 504b0bf | 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with the |
| Guido van Rossum | a2ca434 | 1999-04-07 18:41:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 21 | Python 1.5.2 distribution (luckily, IDLE is bundled with Python |
| Guido van Rossum | 504b0bf | 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | 1.5.2). |
| Guido van Rossum | a017777 | 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | |
| Guido van Rossum | a2ca434 | 1999-04-07 18:41:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 24 | Please send feedback to the Python newsgroup, comp.lang.python, and cc |
| 25 | me <guido@python.org>. |
| Guido van Rossum | a017777 | 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | |
| 27 | --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) |