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jpayne@69 1 What's New in IDLE 2.7? (Merged into 3.1 before 2.7 release.)
jpayne@69 2 =======================
jpayne@69 3 *Release date: XX-XXX-2010*
jpayne@69 4
jpayne@69 5 - idle.py modified and simplified to better support developing experimental
jpayne@69 6 versions of IDLE which are not installed in the standard location.
jpayne@69 7
jpayne@69 8 - OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" wasn't working with
jpayne@69 9 file paths containing spaces. Bug 5559.
jpayne@69 10
jpayne@69 11 - Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, file not being
jpayne@69 12 accessed Patch 5783 Guilherme Polo
jpayne@69 13
jpayne@69 14 - Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist simultaneously. Thanks to
jpayne@69 15 David Scherer for suggesting the use of an ephemeral port for the GUI.
jpayne@69 16 Patch 1529142 Weeble.
jpayne@69 17
jpayne@69 18 - Remove port spec from run.py and fix bug where subprocess fails to
jpayne@69 19 extract port from command line when warnings are present.
jpayne@69 20
jpayne@69 21 - Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr to handle
jpayne@69 22 mixed space/tab properly. Issue 5129, patch by Guilherme Polo.
jpayne@69 23
jpayne@69 24 - Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present
jpayne@69 25
jpayne@69 26 - IDLE would print a "Unhandled server exception!" message when internal
jpayne@69 27 debugging is enabled.
jpayne@69 28
jpayne@69 29 - Issue #4455: IDLE failed to display the windows list when two windows have
jpayne@69 30 the same title.
jpayne@69 31
jpayne@69 32 - Issue #4383: When IDLE cannot make the connection to its subprocess, it would
jpayne@69 33 fail to properly display the error message.
jpayne@69 34
jpayne@69 35 - help() was not paging to the shell. Issue1650.
jpayne@69 36
jpayne@69 37 - CodeContext was not importing.
jpayne@69 38
jpayne@69 39 - Corrected two 3.0 compatibility errors reported by Mark Summerfield:
jpayne@69 40 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-December/011491.html
jpayne@69 41
jpayne@69 42 - Shell was not colorizing due to bug introduced at r57998, Bug 1586.
jpayne@69 43
jpayne@69 44 - Issue #1585: IDLE uses non-existent xrange() function.
jpayne@69 45
jpayne@69 46 - Windows EOL sequence not converted correctly, encoding error.
jpayne@69 47 Caused file save to fail. Bug 1130.
jpayne@69 48
jpayne@69 49 - IDLE converted to Python 3000 syntax.
jpayne@69 50
jpayne@69 51 - Strings became Unicode.
jpayne@69 52
jpayne@69 53 - CallTips module now uses the inspect module to produce the argspec.
jpayne@69 54
jpayne@69 55 - IDLE modules now use absolute import instead of implied relative import.
jpayne@69 56
jpayne@69 57 - atexit call replaces sys.exitfunc. The functionality of delete-exitfunc flag
jpayne@69 58 in config-main.cfg remains unchanged: if set, registered exit functions will
jpayne@69 59 be cleared before IDLE exits.
jpayne@69 60
jpayne@69 61
jpayne@69 62 What's New in IDLE 2.6
jpayne@69 63 ======================
jpayne@69 64 *Release date: 01-Oct-2008*, merged into 3.0 releases detailed above (3.0rc2)
jpayne@69 65
jpayne@69 66 - Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
jpayne@69 67 would not start if a custom theme was defined.
jpayne@69 68
jpayne@69 69 - Home / Control-A toggles between left margin and end of leading white
jpayne@69 70 space. issue1196903, patch by Jeff Shute.
jpayne@69 71
jpayne@69 72 - Improved AutoCompleteWindow logic. issue2062, patch by Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 73
jpayne@69 74 - Autocompletion of filenames now support alternate separators, e.g. the
jpayne@69 75 '/' char on Windows. issue2061 Patch by Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 76
jpayne@69 77 - Configured selection highlighting colors were ignored; updating highlighting
jpayne@69 78 in the config dialog would cause non-Python files to be colored as if they
jpayne@69 79 were Python source; improve use of ColorDelagator. Patch 1334. Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 80
jpayne@69 81 - ScriptBinding event handlers weren't returning 'break'. Patch 2050, Tal Einat
jpayne@69 82
jpayne@69 83 - There was an error on exit if no sys.exitfunc was defined. Issue 1647.
jpayne@69 84
jpayne@69 85 - Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
jpayne@69 86 Issue 1743, Issue 1862.
jpayne@69 87
jpayne@69 88 - Configure Dialog: improved layout for keybinding. Patch 1457 Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 89
jpayne@69 90 - tabpage.py updated: tabbedPages.py now supports multiple dynamic rows
jpayne@69 91 of tabs. Patch 1612746 Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 92
jpayne@69 93 - Add confirmation dialog before printing. Patch 1717170 Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 94
jpayne@69 95 - Show paste position if > 80 col. Patch 1659326 Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 96
jpayne@69 97 - Update cursor color without restarting. Patch 1725576 Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 98
jpayne@69 99 - Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
jpayne@69 100 Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
jpayne@69 101
jpayne@69 102 - configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 103
jpayne@69 104 - textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 105
jpayne@69 106 - Clean up EditorWindow close.
jpayne@69 107
jpayne@69 108 - Patch 1693258: Fix for duplicate "preferences" menu-OS X. Backport of r56204.
jpayne@69 109
jpayne@69 110 - OSX: Avoid crash for those versions of Tcl/Tk which don't have a console
jpayne@69 111
jpayne@69 112 - Bug in idlelib.MultiCall: Options dialog was crashing IDLE if there was an
jpayne@69 113 option in config-extensions w/o a value. Patch #1672481, Tal Einat
jpayne@69 114
jpayne@69 115 - Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
jpayne@69 116 mouse and cursor selection in ACWindow implemented; double Tab inserts
jpayne@69 117 current selection and closes ACW (similar to double-click and Return); scroll
jpayne@69 118 wheel now works in ACW. Added AutoComplete instructions to IDLE Help.
jpayne@69 119
jpayne@69 120 - AutoCompleteWindow moved below input line, will move above if there
jpayne@69 121 isn't enough space. Patch 1621265 Tal Einat
jpayne@69 122
jpayne@69 123 - Calltips now 'handle' tuples in the argument list (display '<tuple>' :)
jpayne@69 124 Suggested solution by Christos Georgiou, Bug 791968.
jpayne@69 125
jpayne@69 126 - Add 'raw' support to configHandler. Patch 1650174 Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 127
jpayne@69 128 - Avoid hang when encountering a duplicate in a completion list. Bug 1571112.
jpayne@69 129
jpayne@69 130 - Patch #1362975: Rework CodeContext indentation algorithm to
jpayne@69 131 avoid hard-coding pixel widths.
jpayne@69 132
jpayne@69 133 - Bug #813342: Start the IDLE subprocess with -Qnew if the parent
jpayne@69 134 is started with that option.
jpayne@69 135
jpayne@69 136 - Honor the "Cancel" action in the save dialog (Debian bug #299092)
jpayne@69 137
jpayne@69 138 - Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
jpayne@69 139 check, resulting in obscure error messages. Do the syntax check
jpayne@69 140 first. Bug 1562716, 1562719
jpayne@69 141
jpayne@69 142 - IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
jpayne@69 143 the Python release of which it's a part.
jpayne@69 144
jpayne@69 145
jpayne@69 146 What's New in IDLE 1.2?
jpayne@69 147 =======================
jpayne@69 148 *Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
jpayne@69 149
jpayne@69 150 - File menu hotkeys: there were three 'p' assignments. Reassign the
jpayne@69 151 'Save Copy As' and 'Print' hotkeys to 'y' and 't'. Change the
jpayne@69 152 Shell hotkey from 's' to 'l'.
jpayne@69 153
jpayne@69 154 - IDLE honors new quit() and exit() commands from site.py Quitter() object.
jpayne@69 155 Patch 1540892, Jim Jewett
jpayne@69 156
jpayne@69 157 - The 'with' statement is now a Code Context block opener.
jpayne@69 158 Patch 1540851, Jim Jewett
jpayne@69 159
jpayne@69 160 - Retrieval of previous shell command was not always preserving indentation
jpayne@69 161 (since 1.2a1) Patch 1528468 Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 162
jpayne@69 163 - Changing tokenize (39046) to detect dedent broke tabnanny check (since 1.2a1)
jpayne@69 164
jpayne@69 165 - ToggleTab dialog was setting indent to 8 even if cancelled (since 1.2a1).
jpayne@69 166
jpayne@69 167 - When used w/o subprocess, all exceptions were preceded by an error
jpayne@69 168 message claiming they were IDLE internal errors (since 1.2a1).
jpayne@69 169
jpayne@69 170 - Bug #1525817: Don't truncate short lines in IDLE's tool tips.
jpayne@69 171
jpayne@69 172 - Bug #1517990: IDLE keybindings on MacOS X now work correctly
jpayne@69 173
jpayne@69 174 - Bug #1517996: IDLE now longer shows the default Tk menu when a
jpayne@69 175 path browser, class browser or debugger is the frontmost window on MacOS X
jpayne@69 176
jpayne@69 177 - EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
jpayne@69 178
jpayne@69 179 - EditorWindow failed when used stand-alone if sys.ps1 not set.
jpayne@69 180 Bug 1010370 Dave Florek
jpayne@69 181
jpayne@69 182 - Tooltips failed on new-syle class __init__ args. Bug 1027566 Loren Guthrie
jpayne@69 183
jpayne@69 184 - Avoid occasional failure to detect closing paren properly.
jpayne@69 185 Patch 1407280 Tal Einat
jpayne@69 186
jpayne@69 187 - Rebinding Tab key was inserting 'tab' instead of 'Tab'. Bug 1179168.
jpayne@69 188
jpayne@69 189 - Colorizer now handles #<builtin> correctly, also unicode strings and
jpayne@69 190 'as' keyword in comment directly following import command. Closes 1325071.
jpayne@69 191 Patch 1479219 Tal Einat
jpayne@69 192
jpayne@69 193 - Patch #1162825: Support non-ASCII characters in IDLE window titles.
jpayne@69 194
jpayne@69 195 - Source file f.flush() after writing; trying to avoid lossage if user
jpayne@69 196 kills GUI.
jpayne@69 197
jpayne@69 198 - Options / Keys / Advanced dialog made functional. Also, allow binding
jpayne@69 199 of 'movement' keys.
jpayne@69 200
jpayne@69 201 - 'syntax' patch adds improved calltips and a new class attribute listbox.
jpayne@69 202 MultiCall module allows binding multiple actions to an event.
jpayne@69 203 Patch 906702 Noam Raphael
jpayne@69 204
jpayne@69 205 - Better indentation after first line of string continuation.
jpayne@69 206 IDLEfork Patch 681992, Noam Raphael
jpayne@69 207
jpayne@69 208 - Fixed CodeContext alignment problem, following suggestion from Tal Einat.
jpayne@69 209
jpayne@69 210 - Increased performance in CodeContext extension Patch 936169 Noam Raphael
jpayne@69 211
jpayne@69 212 - Mac line endings were incorrect when pasting code from some browsers
jpayne@69 213 when using X11 and the Fink distribution. Python Bug 1263656.
jpayne@69 214
jpayne@69 215 - <Enter> when cursor is on a previous command retrieves that command. Instead
jpayne@69 216 of replacing the input line, the previous command is now appended to the
jpayne@69 217 input line. Indentation is preserved, and undo is enabled.
jpayne@69 218 Patch 1196917 Jeff Shute
jpayne@69 219
jpayne@69 220 - Clarify "tab/space" Error Dialog and "Tab Width" Dialog associated with
jpayne@69 221 the Untabify command.
jpayne@69 222
jpayne@69 223 - Corrected "tab/space" Error Dialog to show correct menu for Untabify.
jpayne@69 224 Patch 1196980 Jeff Shute
jpayne@69 225
jpayne@69 226 - New files are colorized by default, and colorizing is removed when
jpayne@69 227 saving as non-Python files. Patch 1196895 Jeff Shute
jpayne@69 228 Closes Python Bugs 775012 and 800432, partial fix IDLEfork 763524
jpayne@69 229
jpayne@69 230 - Improve subprocess link error notification.
jpayne@69 231
jpayne@69 232 - run.py: use Queue's blocking feature instead of sleeping in the main
jpayne@69 233 loop. Patch # 1190163 Michiel de Hoon
jpayne@69 234
jpayne@69 235 - Add config-main option to make the 'history' feature non-cyclic.
jpayne@69 236 Default remains cyclic. Python Patch 914546 Noam Raphael.
jpayne@69 237
jpayne@69 238 - Removed ability to configure tabs indent from Options dialog. This 'feature'
jpayne@69 239 has never worked and no one has complained. It is still possible to set a
jpayne@69 240 default tabs (v. spaces) indent 'manually' via config-main.def (or to turn on
jpayne@69 241 tabs for the current EditorWindow via the Format menu) but IDLE will
jpayne@69 242 encourage indentation via spaces.
jpayne@69 243
jpayne@69 244 - Enable setting the indentation width using the Options dialog.
jpayne@69 245 Bug # 783877
jpayne@69 246
jpayne@69 247 - Add keybindings for del-word-left and del-word-right.
jpayne@69 248
jpayne@69 249 - Discourage using an indent width other than 8 when using tabs to indent
jpayne@69 250 Python code.
jpayne@69 251
jpayne@69 252 - Restore use of EditorWindow.set_indentation_params(), was dead code since
jpayne@69 253 Autoindent was merged into EditorWindow. This allows IDLE to conform to the
jpayne@69 254 indentation width of a loaded file. (But it still will not switch to tabs
jpayne@69 255 even if the file uses tabs.) Any change in indent width is local to that
jpayne@69 256 window.
jpayne@69 257
jpayne@69 258 - Add Tabnanny check before Run/F5, not just when Checking module.
jpayne@69 259
jpayne@69 260 - If an extension can't be loaded, print warning and skip it instead of
jpayne@69 261 erroring out.
jpayne@69 262
jpayne@69 263 - Improve error handling when .idlerc can't be created (warn and exit).
jpayne@69 264
jpayne@69 265 - The GUI was hanging if the shell window was closed while a raw_input()
jpayne@69 266 was pending. Restored the quit() of the readline() mainloop().
jpayne@69 267 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2004-December/002307.html
jpayne@69 268
jpayne@69 269 - The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
jpayne@69 270 remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
jpayne@69 271
jpayne@69 272
jpayne@69 273 What's New in IDLE 1.1?
jpayne@69 274 =======================
jpayne@69 275 *Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
jpayne@69 276
jpayne@69 277 - On OpenBSD, terminating IDLE with ctrl-c from the command line caused a
jpayne@69 278 stuck subprocess MainThread because only the SocketThread was exiting.
jpayne@69 279
jpayne@69 280 - Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
jpayne@69 281 button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
jpayne@69 282 config-keys.cfg). Also true for Theme/highlights. Python Bug 1064535.
jpayne@69 283
jpayne@69 284 - A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
jpayne@69 285 raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch). Python Bug 1063840.
jpayne@69 286
jpayne@69 287 - When paragraph reformat width was made configurable, a bug was
jpayne@69 288 introduced that caused reformatting of comment blocks to ignore how
jpayne@69 289 far the block was indented, effectively adding the indentation width
jpayne@69 290 to the reformat width. This has been repaired, and the reformat
jpayne@69 291 width is again a bound on the total width of reformatted lines.
jpayne@69 292
jpayne@69 293 - Improve keyboard focus binding, especially in Windows menu. Improve
jpayne@69 294 window raising, especially in the Windows menu and in the debugger.
jpayne@69 295 IDLEfork 763524.
jpayne@69 296
jpayne@69 297 - If user passes a non-existent filename on the commandline, just
jpayne@69 298 open a new file, don't raise a dialog. IDLEfork 854928.
jpayne@69 299
jpayne@69 300 - EditorWindow.py was not finding the .chm help file on Windows. Typo
jpayne@69 301 at Rev 1.54. Python Bug 990954
jpayne@69 302
jpayne@69 303 - checking sys.platform for substring 'win' was breaking IDLE docs on Mac
jpayne@69 304 (darwin). Also, Mac Safari browser requires full file:// URIs. SF 900580.
jpayne@69 305
jpayne@69 306 - Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
jpayne@69 307 user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
jpayne@69 308 check and for runtime warnings raised in the subprocess.
jpayne@69 309
jpayne@69 310 - CodeContext hint pane visibility state is now persistent across sessions.
jpayne@69 311 The pane no longer appears in the shell window. Added capability to limit
jpayne@69 312 extensions to shell window or editor windows. Noam Raphael addition
jpayne@69 313 to Patch 936169.
jpayne@69 314
jpayne@69 315 - Paragraph reformat width is now a configurable parameter in the
jpayne@69 316 Options GUI.
jpayne@69 317
jpayne@69 318 - New Extension: CodeContext. Provides block structuring hints for code
jpayne@69 319 which has scrolled above an edit window. Patch 936169 Noam Raphael.
jpayne@69 320
jpayne@69 321 - If nulls somehow got into the strings in recent-files.lst
jpayne@69 322 EditorWindow.update_recent_files_list() was failing. Python Bug 931336.
jpayne@69 323
jpayne@69 324 - If the normal background is changed via Configure/Highlighting, it will
jpayne@69 325 update immediately, thanks to the previously mentioned patch by Nigel Rowe.
jpayne@69 326
jpayne@69 327 - Add a highlight theme for builtin keywords. Python Patch 805830 Nigel Rowe
jpayne@69 328 This also fixed IDLEfork bug [ 693418 ] Normal text background color not
jpayne@69 329 refreshed and Python bug [897872 ] Unknown color name on HP-UX
jpayne@69 330
jpayne@69 331 - rpc.py:SocketIO - Large modules were generating large pickles when downloaded
jpayne@69 332 to the execution server. The return of the OK response from the subprocess
jpayne@69 333 initialization was interfering and causing the sending socket to be not
jpayne@69 334 ready. Add an IO ready test to fix this. Moved the polling IO ready test
jpayne@69 335 into pollpacket().
jpayne@69 336
jpayne@69 337 - Fix typo in rpc.py, s/b "pickle.PicklingError" not "pickle.UnpicklingError".
jpayne@69 338
jpayne@69 339 - Added a Tk error dialog to run.py inform the user if the subprocess can't
jpayne@69 340 connect to the user GUI process. Added a timeout to the GUI's listening
jpayne@69 341 socket. Added Tk error dialogs to PyShell.py to announce a failure to bind
jpayne@69 342 the port or connect to the subprocess. Clean up error handling during
jpayne@69 343 connection initiation phase. This is an update of Python Patch 778323.
jpayne@69 344
jpayne@69 345 - Print correct exception even if source file changed since shell was
jpayne@69 346 restarted. IDLEfork Patch 869012 Noam Raphael
jpayne@69 347
jpayne@69 348 - Keybindings with the Shift modifier now work correctly. So do bindings which
jpayne@69 349 use the Space key. Limit unmodified user keybindings to the function keys.
jpayne@69 350 Python Bug 775353, IDLEfork Bugs 755647, 761557
jpayne@69 351
jpayne@69 352 - After an exception, run.py was not setting the exception vector. Noam
jpayne@69 353 Raphael suggested correcting this so pdb's postmortem pm() would work.
jpayne@69 354 IDLEfork Patch 844675
jpayne@69 355
jpayne@69 356 - IDLE now does not fail to save the file anymore if the Tk buffer is not a
jpayne@69 357 Unicode string, yet eol_convention is. Python Bugs 774680, 788378
jpayne@69 358
jpayne@69 359 - IDLE didn't start correctly when Python was installed in "Program Files" on
jpayne@69 360 W2K and XP. Python Bugs 780451, 784183
jpayne@69 361
jpayne@69 362 - config-main.def documentation incorrectly referred to idle- instead of
jpayne@69 363 config- filenames. SF 782759 Also added note about .idlerc location.
jpayne@69 364
jpayne@69 365
jpayne@69 366 What's New in IDLE 1.0?
jpayne@69 367 =======================
jpayne@69 368 *Release date: 29-Jul-2003*
jpayne@69 369
jpayne@69 370 - Added a banner to the shell discussing warnings possibly raised by personal
jpayne@69 371 firewall software. Added same comment to README.txt.
jpayne@69 372
jpayne@69 373 - Calltip error when docstring was None Python Bug 775541
jpayne@69 374
jpayne@69 375 - Updated extend.txt, help.txt, and config-extensions.def to correctly
jpayne@69 376 reflect the current status of the configuration system. Python Bug 768469
jpayne@69 377
jpayne@69 378 - Fixed: Call Tip Trimming May Loop Forever. Python Patch 769142 (Daniels)
jpayne@69 379
jpayne@69 380 - Replaced apply(f, args, kwds) with f(*args, **kwargs) to improve performance
jpayne@69 381 Python Patch 768187
jpayne@69 382
jpayne@69 383 - Break or continue statements outside a loop were causing IDLE crash
jpayne@69 384 Python Bug 767794
jpayne@69 385
jpayne@69 386 - Convert Unicode strings from readline to IOBinding.encoding. Also set
jpayne@69 387 sys.std{in|out|err}.encoding, for both the local and the subprocess case.
jpayne@69 388 SF IDLEfork patch 682347.
jpayne@69 389
jpayne@69 390 - Extend AboutDialog.ViewFile() to support file encodings. Make the CREDITS
jpayne@69 391 file Latin-1.
jpayne@69 392
jpayne@69 393 - Updated the About dialog to reflect re-integration into Python. Provide
jpayne@69 394 buttons to display Python's NEWS, License, and Credits, plus additional
jpayne@69 395 buttons for IDLE's README and NEWS.
jpayne@69 396
jpayne@69 397 - TextViewer() now has a third parameter which allows inserting text into the
jpayne@69 398 viewer instead of reading from a file.
jpayne@69 399
jpayne@69 400 - (Created the .../Lib/idlelib directory in the Python CVS, which is a clone of
jpayne@69 401 IDLEfork modified to install in the Python environment. The code in the
jpayne@69 402 interrupt module has been moved to thread.interrupt_main(). )
jpayne@69 403
jpayne@69 404 - Printing the Shell window was failing if it was not saved first SF 748975
jpayne@69 405
jpayne@69 406 - When using the Search in Files dialog, if the user had a selection
jpayne@69 407 highlighted in his Editor window, insert it into the dialog search field.
jpayne@69 408
jpayne@69 409 - The Python Shell entry was disappearing from the Windows menu.
jpayne@69 410
jpayne@69 411 - Update the Windows file list when a file name change occurs
jpayne@69 412
jpayne@69 413 - Change to File / Open Module: always pop up the dialog, using the current
jpayne@69 414 selection as the default value. This is easier to use habitually.
jpayne@69 415
jpayne@69 416 - Avoided a problem with starting the subprocess when 'localhost' doesn't
jpayne@69 417 resolve to the user's loopback interface. SF 747772
jpayne@69 418
jpayne@69 419 - Fixed an issue with highlighted errors never de-colorizing. SF 747677. Also
jpayne@69 420 improved notification of Tabnanny Token Error.
jpayne@69 421
jpayne@69 422 - File / New will by default save in the directory of the Edit window from
jpayne@69 423 which it was initiated. SF 748973 Guido van Rossum patch.
jpayne@69 424
jpayne@69 425
jpayne@69 426 What's New in IDLEfork 0.9b1?
jpayne@69 427 =============================
jpayne@69 428 *Release date: 02-Jun-2003*
jpayne@69 429
jpayne@69 430 - The current working directory of the execution environment (and shell
jpayne@69 431 following completion of execution) is now that of the module being run.
jpayne@69 432
jpayne@69 433 - Added the delete-exitfunc option to config-main.def. (This option is not
jpayne@69 434 included in the Options dialog.) Setting this to True (the default) will
jpayne@69 435 cause IDLE to not run sys.exitfunc/atexit when the subprocess exits.
jpayne@69 436
jpayne@69 437 - IDLE now preserves the line ending codes when editing a file produced on
jpayne@69 438 a different platform. SF 661759, SF 538584
jpayne@69 439
jpayne@69 440 - Reduced default editor font size to 10 point and increased window height
jpayne@69 441 to provide a better initial impression on Windows.
jpayne@69 442
jpayne@69 443 - Options / Fonts/Tabs / Set Base Editor Font: List box was not highlighting
jpayne@69 444 the default font when first installed on Windows. SF 661676
jpayne@69 445
jpayne@69 446 - Added Autosave feature: when user runs code from edit window, if the file
jpayne@69 447 has been modified IDLE will silently save it if Autosave is enabled. The
jpayne@69 448 option is set in the Options dialog, and the default is to prompt the
jpayne@69 449 user to save the file. SF 661318 Bruce Sherwood patch.
jpayne@69 450
jpayne@69 451 - Improved the RESTART annotation in the shell window when the user restarts
jpayne@69 452 the shell while it is generating output. Also improved annotation when user
jpayne@69 453 repeatedly hammers the Ctrl-F6 restart.
jpayne@69 454
jpayne@69 455 - Allow IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory
jpayne@69 456 SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up" - Raphael
jpayne@69 457
jpayne@69 458 - When a module is run from an EditorWindow: if its directory is not in
jpayne@69 459 sys.path, prepend it. This allows the module to import other modules in
jpayne@69 460 the same directory. Do the same for a script run from the command line.
jpayne@69 461
jpayne@69 462 - Correctly restart the subprocess if it is running user code and the user
jpayne@69 463 attempts to run some other module or restarts the shell. Do the same if
jpayne@69 464 the link is broken and it is possible to restart the subprocess and re-
jpayne@69 465 connect to the GUI. SF RFE 661321.
jpayne@69 466
jpayne@69 467 - Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
jpayne@69 468 command line.
jpayne@69 469
jpayne@69 470 - Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
jpayne@69 471 Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
jpayne@69 472
jpayne@69 473 - Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
jpayne@69 474 using the subprocess.
jpayne@69 475
jpayne@69 476 - Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
jpayne@69 477 some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
jpayne@69 478 debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
jpayne@69 479 desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
jpayne@69 480 reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
jpayne@69 481 helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
jpayne@69 482 edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
jpayne@69 483 concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
jpayne@69 484
jpayne@69 485 - Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
jpayne@69 486 characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
jpayne@69 487 'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
jpayne@69 488 widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
jpayne@69 489 Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
jpayne@69 490 possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
jpayne@69 491 this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
jpayne@69 492 with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
jpayne@69 493 files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
jpayne@69 494 source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
jpayne@69 495
jpayne@69 496 - Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
jpayne@69 497 calls to signal.signal().
jpayne@69 498
jpayne@69 499 - Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
jpayne@69 500 loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
jpayne@69 501 in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
jpayne@69 502 necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
jpayne@69 503
jpayne@69 504 - Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
jpayne@69 505 to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
jpayne@69 506
jpayne@69 507 - Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
jpayne@69 508 breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
jpayne@69 509
jpayne@69 510 - Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
jpayne@69 511 IDLE command prompt SF 695861
jpayne@69 512
jpayne@69 513 - Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
jpayne@69 514 stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
jpayne@69 515
jpayne@69 516 - Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
jpayne@69 517 calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
jpayne@69 518
jpayne@69 519 - Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
jpayne@69 520
jpayne@69 521 - Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
jpayne@69 522
jpayne@69 523 - Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
jpayne@69 524
jpayne@69 525 - Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
jpayne@69 526 exception formatting to the subprocess.
jpayne@69 527
jpayne@69 528
jpayne@69 529 What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
jpayne@69 530 ===================================
jpayne@69 531 *Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
jpayne@69 532
jpayne@69 533 - Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
jpayne@69 534
jpayne@69 535 - Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
jpayne@69 536
jpayne@69 537 - Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
jpayne@69 538
jpayne@69 539 - Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
jpayne@69 540 the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
jpayne@69 541
jpayne@69 542 - If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
jpayne@69 543 modules from the traceback displayed.
jpayne@69 544
jpayne@69 545 - Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
jpayne@69 546
jpayne@69 547 - IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
jpayne@69 548 build directory
jpayne@69 549
jpayne@69 550 - Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
jpayne@69 551
jpayne@69 552 - Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
jpayne@69 553 of the selection.
jpayne@69 554
jpayne@69 555 - Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
jpayne@69 556 Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
jpayne@69 557
jpayne@69 558 - Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
jpayne@69 559
jpayne@69 560 - Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
jpayne@69 561
jpayne@69 562 - Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
jpayne@69 563 Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
jpayne@69 564 validated, as before.)
jpayne@69 565
jpayne@69 566 - Additional Help Sources were not being posted on the Help menu in the
jpayne@69 567 order entered. Implement sorting the list by [HelpFiles] 'option'
jpayne@69 568 number.
jpayne@69 569
jpayne@69 570 - Add Browse button to New Help Source dialog. Arrange to start in
jpayne@69 571 Python/Doc if platform is Windows, otherwise start in current directory.
jpayne@69 572
jpayne@69 573 - Put the Additional Help Sources directly on the Help menu instead of in
jpayne@69 574 an Extra Help cascade menu. Rearrange the Help menu so the Additional
jpayne@69 575 Help Sources come last. Update help.txt appropriately.
jpayne@69 576
jpayne@69 577 - Fix Tk root pop-ups in configSectionNameDialog.py and configDialog.py
jpayne@69 578
jpayne@69 579 - Uniform capitalization in General tab of ConfigDialog, update the doc string.
jpayne@69 580
jpayne@69 581 - Fix bug in ConfigDialog where SaveAllChangedConfig() was unexpectedly
jpayne@69 582 deleting Additional Help Sources from the user's config file.
jpayne@69 583
jpayne@69 584 - Make configHelpSourceEdit OK button the default and bind <Return>
jpayne@69 585
jpayne@69 586 - Fix Tk root pop-ups in configHelpSourceEdit: error dialogs not attached
jpayne@69 587 to parents.
jpayne@69 588
jpayne@69 589 - Use os.startfile() to open both Additional Help and Python Help on the
jpayne@69 590 Windows platform. The application associated with the file type will act as
jpayne@69 591 the viewer. Windows help files (.chm) are now supported via the
jpayne@69 592 Settings/General/Additional Help facility.
jpayne@69 593
jpayne@69 594 - If Python Help files are installed locally on Linux, use them instead of
jpayne@69 595 accessing python.org.
jpayne@69 596
jpayne@69 597 - Make the methods for finding the Python help docs more robust, and make
jpayne@69 598 them work in the installed configuration, also.
jpayne@69 599
jpayne@69 600 - On the Save Before Run dialog, make the OK button the default. One
jpayne@69 601 less mouse action!
jpayne@69 602
jpayne@69 603 - Add a method: EditorWindow.get_geometry() for future use in implementing
jpayne@69 604 window location persistence.
jpayne@69 605
jpayne@69 606 - Removed the "Help/Advice" menu entry. Thanks, David! We'll remember!
jpayne@69 607
jpayne@69 608 - Change the "Classic Windows" theme's paste key to be <ctrl-v>.
jpayne@69 609
jpayne@69 610 - Rearrange the Shell menu to put Stack Viewer entries adjacent.
jpayne@69 611
jpayne@69 612 - Add the ability to restart the subprocess interpreter from the shell window;
jpayne@69 613 add an associated menu entry "Shell/Restart" with binding Control-F6. Update
jpayne@69 614 IDLE help.
jpayne@69 615
jpayne@69 616 - Upon a restart, annotate the shell window with a "restart boundary". Add a
jpayne@69 617 shell window menu "Shell/View Restart" with binding F6 to jump to the most
jpayne@69 618 recent restart boundary.
jpayne@69 619
jpayne@69 620 - Add Shell menu to Python Shell; change "Settings" to "Options".
jpayne@69 621
jpayne@69 622 - Remove incorrect comment in setup.py: IDLEfork is now installed as a package.
jpayne@69 623
jpayne@69 624 - Add INSTALL.txt, HISTORY.txt, NEWS.txt to installed configuration.
jpayne@69 625
jpayne@69 626 - In installer text, fix reference to Visual Python, should be VPython.
jpayne@69 627 Properly credit David Scherer.
jpayne@69 628
jpayne@69 629 - Modified idle, idle.py, idle.pyw to improve exception handling.
jpayne@69 630
jpayne@69 631
jpayne@69 632 What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 1?
jpayne@69 633 ===================================
jpayne@69 634 *Release date: 31-Dec-2002*
jpayne@69 635
jpayne@69 636 - First release of major new functionality. For further details refer to
jpayne@69 637 Idle-dev and/or the Sourceforge CVS.
jpayne@69 638
jpayne@69 639 - Adapted to the Mac platform.
jpayne@69 640
jpayne@69 641 - Overhauled the IDLE startup options and revised the idle -h help message,
jpayne@69 642 which provides details of command line usage.
jpayne@69 643
jpayne@69 644 - Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
jpayne@69 645
jpayne@69 646 - Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The output
jpayne@69 647 of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to inspect the
jpayne@69 648 environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 the shell
jpayne@69 649 environment was separate from the environment of the user code.)
jpayne@69 650
jpayne@69 651 - Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
jpayne@69 652
jpayne@69 653 - Removed David Scherer's Remote Procedure Call code and replaced with Guido
jpayne@69 654 van Rossum's. GvR code has support for the IDLE debugger and uses the shell
jpayne@69 655 to inspect the environment of code Run from an Edit window. Files removed:
jpayne@69 656 ExecBinding.py, loader.py, protocol.py, Remote.py, spawn.py
jpayne@69 657
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jpayne@69 659 Refer to HISTORY.txt for additional information on earlier releases.
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