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1 Original IDLE todo, much of it now outdated:
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2 ============================================
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3 TO DO:
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4
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5 - improve debugger:
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6 - manage breakpoints globally, allow bp deletion, tbreak, cbreak etc.
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7 - real object browser
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8 - help on how to use it (a simple help button will do wonders)
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9 - performance? (updates of large sets of locals are slow)
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10 - better integration of "debug module"
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11 - debugger should be global resource (attached to flist, not to shell)
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12 - fix the stupid bug where you need to step twice
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13 - display class name in stack viewer entries for methods
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14 - suppress tracing through IDLE internals (e.g. print) DONE
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15 - add a button to suppress through a specific module or class or method
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16 - more object inspection to stack viewer, e.g. to view all array items
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17 - insert the initial current directory into sys.path DONE
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18 - default directory attribute for each window instead of only for windows
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19 that have an associated filename
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20 - command expansion from keywords, module contents, other buffers, etc.
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21 - "Recent documents" menu item DONE
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22 - Filter region command
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23 - Optional horizontal scroll bar
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24 - more Emacsisms:
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25 - ^K should cut to buffer
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26 - M-[, M-] to move by paragraphs
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27 - incremental search?
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28 - search should indicate wrap-around in some way
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29 - restructure state sensitive code to avoid testing flags all the time
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30 - persistent user state (e.g. window and cursor positions, bindings)
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31 - make backups when saving
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32 - check file mtimes at various points
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33 - Pluggable interface with RCS/CVS/Perforce/Clearcase
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34 - better help?
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35 - don't open second class browser on same module (nor second path browser)
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36 - unify class and path browsers
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37 - Need to define a standard way whereby one can determine one is running
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38 inside IDLE (needed for Tk mainloop, also handy for $PYTHONSTARTUP)
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39 - Add more utility methods for use by extensions (a la get_selection)
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40 - Way to run command in totally separate interpreter (fork+os.system?) DONE
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41 - Way to find definition of fully-qualified name:
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42 In other words, select "UserDict.UserDict", hit some magic key and
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43 it loads up UserDict.py and finds the first def or class for UserDict.
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44 - need a way to force colorization on/off
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45 - need a way to force auto-indent on/off
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46
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47 Details:
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48
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49 - ^O (on Unix -- open-line) should honor autoindent
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50 - after paste, show end of pasted text
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51 - on Windows, should turn short filename to long filename (not only in argv!)
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52 (shouldn't this be done -- or undone -- by ntpath.normpath?)
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53 - new autoindent after colon even indents when the colon is in a comment!
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54 - sometimes forward slashes in pathname remain
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55 - sometimes star in window name remains in Windows menu
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56 - With unix bindings, ESC by itself is ignored
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57 - Sometimes for no apparent reason a selection from the cursor to the
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58 end of the command buffer appears, which is hard to get rid of
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59 because it stays when you are typing!
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60 - The Line/Col in the status bar can be wrong initially in PyShell DONE
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61
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62 Structural problems:
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63
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64 - too much knowledge in FileList about EditorWindow (for example)
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65 - should add some primitives for accessing the selection etc.
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66 to repeat cumbersome code over and over
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67
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68 ======================================================================
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69
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70 Jeff Bauer suggests:
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71
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72 - Open Module doesn't appear to handle hierarchical packages.
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73 - Class browser should also allow hierarchical packages.
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74 - Open and Open Module could benefit from a history, DONE
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75 either command line style, or Microsoft recent-file
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76 style.
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77 - Add a Smalltalk-style inspector (i.e. Tkinspect)
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78
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79 The last suggestion is already a reality, but not yet
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80 integrated into IDLE. I use a module called inspector.py,
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81 that used to be available from python.org(?) It no longer
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82 appears to be in the contributed section, and the source
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83 has no author attribution.
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84
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85 In any case, the code is useful for visually navigating
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86 an object's attributes, including its container hierarchy.
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87
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88 >>> from inspector import Tkinspect
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89 >>> Tkinspect(None, myObject)
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90
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91 Tkinspect could probably be extended and refined to
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92 integrate better into IDLE.
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93
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94 ======================================================================
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95
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96 Comparison to PTUI
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97 ------------------
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98
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99 + PTUI's help is better (HTML!)
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100
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101 + PTUI can attach a shell to any module
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102
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103 + PTUI has some more I/O commands:
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104 open multiple
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105 append
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106 examine (what's that?)
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107
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108 ======================================================================
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109
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110 Notes after trying to run Grail
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111 -------------------------------
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112
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113 - Grail does stuff to sys.path based on sys.argv[0]; you must set
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114 sys.argv[0] to something decent first (it is normally set to the path of
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115 the idle script).
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116
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117 - Grail must be exec'ed in __main__ because that's imported by some
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118 other parts of Grail.
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119
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120 - Grail uses a module called History and so does idle :-(
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121
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122 ======================================================================
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123
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124 Robin Friedrich's items:
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125
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126 Things I'd like to see:
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127 - I'd like support for shift-click extending the selection. There's a
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128 bug now that it doesn't work the first time you try it.
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129 - Printing is needed. How hard can that be on Windows? FIRST CUT DONE
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130 - The python-mode trick of autoindenting a line with <tab> is neat and
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131 very handy.
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132 - (someday) a spellchecker for docstrings and comments.
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133 - a pagedown/up command key which moves to next class/def statement (top
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134 level)
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135 - split window capability
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136 - DnD text relocation/copying
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137
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138 Things I don't want to see.
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139 - line numbers... will probably slow things down way too much.
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140 - Please use another icon for the tree browser leaf. The small snake
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141 isn't cutting it.
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142
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143 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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144
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145 - Customizable views (multi-window or multi-pane). (Markus Gritsch)
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146
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147 - Being able to double click (maybe double right click) on a callable
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148 object in the editor which shows the source of the object, if
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149 possible. (Gerrit Holl)
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150
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151 - Hooks into the guts, like in Emacs. (Mike Romberg)
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152
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153 - Sharing the editor with a remote tutor. (Martijn Faassen)
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154
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155 - Multiple views on the same file. (Tony J Ibbs)
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156
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157 - Store breakpoints in a global (per-project) database (GvR); Dirk
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158 Heise adds: save some space-trimmed context and search around when
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159 reopening a file that might have been edited by someone else.
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160
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161 - Capture menu events in extensions without changing the IDLE source.
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162 (Matthias Barmeier)
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163
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164 - Use overlapping panels (a "notebook" in MFC terms I think) for info
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165 that doesn't need to be accessible simultaneously (e.g. HTML source
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166 and output). Use multi-pane windows for info that does need to be
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167 shown together (e.g. class browser and source). (Albert Brandl)
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168
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169 - A project should invisibly track all symbols, for instant search,
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170 replace and cross-ref. Projects should be allowed to span multiple
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171 directories, hosts, etc. Project management files are placed in a
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172 directory you specify. A global mapping between project names and
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173 project directories should exist [not so sure --GvR]. (Tim Peters)
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174
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175 - Merge attr-tips and auto-expand. (Mark Hammond, Tim Peters)
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176
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177 - Python Shell should behave more like a "shell window" as users know
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178 it -- i.e. you can only edit the current command, and the cursor can't
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179 escape from the command area. (Albert Brandl)
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180
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181 - Set X11 class to "idle/Idle", set icon and title to something
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182 beginning with "idle" -- for window manangers. (Randall Hopper)
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183
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184 - Config files editable through a preferences dialog. (me) DONE
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185
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186 - Config files still editable outside the preferences dialog.
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187 (Randall Hopper) DONE
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188
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189 - When you're editing a command in PyShell, and there are only blank
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190 lines below the cursor, hitting Return should ignore or delete those
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191 blank lines rather than deciding you're not on the last line. (me)
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192
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193 - Run command (F5 c.s.) should be more like Pythonwin's Run -- a
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194 dialog with options to give command line arguments, run the debugger,
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195 etc. (me)
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196
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197 - Shouldn't be able to delete part of the prompt (or any text before
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198 it) in the PyShell. (Martijn Faassen) DONE
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199
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200 - Emacs style auto-fill (also smart about comments and strings).
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201 (Jeremy Hylton)
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202
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203 - Output of Run Script should go to a separate output window, not to
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204 the shell window. Output of separate runs should all go to the same
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205 window but clearly delimited. (David Scherer) REJECT FIRST, LATTER DONE
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206
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207 - GUI form designer to kick VB's butt. (Robert Geiger) THAT'S NOT IDLE
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208
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209 - Printing! Possibly via generation of PDF files which the user must
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210 then send to the printer separately. (Dinu Gherman) FIRST CUT
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