| IDLE History | |
| ============ | |
| This file contains the release messages for previous IDLE releases. | |
| As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history. | |
| What's New in IDLEfork 0.8.1? | |
| ============================= | |
| *Release date: 22-Jul-2001* | |
| - New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork | |
| project. | |
| - This release requires python 2.1 or better. Compatibility with earlier | |
| versions of python (especially ancient ones like 1.5x) is no longer a | |
| priority in IDLEfork development. | |
| - This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with current | |
| cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional coding by Kurt | |
| B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava. | |
| - This release is basically functional but also contains some known breakages, | |
| particularly with running things from the shell window. Also the debugger is | |
| not working, but I believe this was the case with the previous IDLE fork | |
| release (0.7.1) as well. | |
| - This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is | |
| launching into a new stage of development. | |
| - IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and | |
| exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted by | |
| David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR, while stabilisation | |
| and development of less heavyweight improvements (like user customisation) | |
| can continue on the trunk. | |
| What's New in IDLEfork 0.7.1? | |
| ============================== | |
| *Release date: 15-Aug-2000* | |
| - First project tarball released. | |
| - This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a | |
| combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional changes | |
| coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and Nicholas Riley. | |
| IDLEfork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000 | |
| ----------------------------- | |
| David Scherer <[email protected]> | |
| - This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of | |
| 2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you | |
| get to keep both pieces. | |
| - If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or post to | |
| the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev (making it clear | |
| that you are using this modified version of IDLE). | |
| - Changes: | |
| - The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes programs | |
| in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC mechanism to an | |
| OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing unnamed programs | |
| (through a temporary file). It does not yet support debugging. | |
| - When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped to | |
| exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back into the | |
| user program, that part of the traceback will be shown. | |
| - The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular, it now | |
| supports a readline() function used to implement user input, and a | |
| scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of a previous run | |
| by scrolling it out of the window. | |
| - Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with just a | |
| blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening a file in | |
| such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of that window | |
| instead of creating another window. Because of the need to have a | |
| well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of IDLE can be | |
| running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to report their | |
| command line arguments to the copy already running. | |
| - The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large | |
| 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'. | |
| - 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is | |
| present. | |
| - A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation | |
| instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent. | |
| - New modules: | |
| ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader | |
| loader.py Bootstraps user program | |
| protocol.py RPC protocol | |
| Remote.py User-process interpreter | |
| spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs | |
| - Files modified: | |
| autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked ) | |
| bindings.py ( menus reorganized ) | |
| config.txt ( execbinding enabled ) | |
| editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' ) | |
| filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" ) | |
| formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked ) | |
| idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname ) | |
| idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? ) | |
| iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention ) | |
| keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked ) | |
| outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc ) | |
| pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior ) | |
| readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> ) | |
| IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes | |
| ---------------------------------------- | |
| This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based | |
| IDE for Python. | |
| (For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.) | |
| FEATURES | |
| IDLE has the following features: | |
| - coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk) | |
| - cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are | |
| currently problems with Tcl/Tk) | |
| - multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing | |
| and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips | |
| - Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) | |
| - debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step) | |
| USAGE | |
| The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able | |
| to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can | |
| run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up | |
| a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows, | |
| use the batch file idle.bat. | |
| Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed, | |
| not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option. | |
| Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options. | |
| IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a | |
| Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed | |
| with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.) | |
| COPYRIGHT | |
| IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice | |
| (http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html). | |
| New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000) | |
| --------------------------- | |
| Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond: | |
| - Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka). | |
| - Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack | |
| Viewer menu, not by the debugger.) | |
| - Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats | |
| them correctly (MH) | |
| - New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands | |
| much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path | |
| browsers (TP) | |
| - Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of | |
| multi-line statements (TP) | |
| - Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function | |
| followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the | |
| window to close the tip window (MH) | |
| - Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP) | |
| - New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks | |
| familiar to Windows users | |
| - Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now | |
| always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works | |
| correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module | |
| name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script: | |
| this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also | |
| sets sys.argv[] to the script name | |
| New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99) | |
| ------------------------ | |
| Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows | |
| a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path, | |
| directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class | |
| browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module, | |
| MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog. | |
| New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99) | |
| ------------------------- | |
| Most important changes: | |
| - Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger. | |
| Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a | |
| reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger. | |
| - Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows | |
| menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed. | |
| - Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts | |
| with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer" | |
| (was: JIT stack viewer) menu items. | |
| - Added a Quit button to the Debugger API. | |
| - The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path. | |
| - Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical | |
| filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a | |
| lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the | |
| debugger though.) | |
| - Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works. | |
| - Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the | |
| class browser. | |
| - Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class | |
| browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text | |
| windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.) | |
| New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99) | |
| ------------------------ | |
| Lots of changes; here are the highlights: | |
| General: | |
| - You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see | |
| extend.txt. | |
| File menu: | |
| The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu. | |
| Edit menu: | |
| New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog. | |
| Commands to tabify or untabify a region. | |
| Command to format a paragraph. | |
| Debug menu: | |
| JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer | |
| automaticall pops up when you get a traceback. | |
| Windows menu: | |
| Zoom height -- make the window full height. | |
| Help menu: | |
| The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and | |
| even edit it if you like. | |
| IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98. | |
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