jpayne@69: What's New in IDLE 3.8.1
jpayne@69: Released on 2019-12-16?
jpayne@69: ======================================
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-38943: Fix autocomplete windows not always appearing on some
jpayne@69: systems.  Patch by Johnny Najera.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-38944: Excape key now closes IDLE completion windows.  Patch by
jpayne@69: Johnny Najera.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-38862: 'Strip Trailing Whitespace' on the Format menu removes extra
jpayne@69: newlines at the end of non-shell files.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-38636: Fix IDLE Format menu tab toggle and file indent width. These
jpayne@69: functions (default shortcuts Alt-T and Alt-U) were mistakenly disabled
jpayne@69: in 3.7.5 and 3.8.0.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-4360: Add an option to toggle IDLE's cursor blink for shell,
jpayne@69: editor, and output windows.  See Settings, General, Window Preferences,
jpayne@69: Cursor Blink.  Patch by Zachary Spytz.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-26353: Stop adding newline when saving an IDLE shell window.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-38598: Do not try to compile IDLE shell or output windows.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: What's New in IDLE 3.8.0 (since 3.7.0)
jpayne@69: Released on 2019-10-14
jpayne@69: ======================================
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36698: IDLE no longer fails when writing non-encodable characters
jpayne@69: to stderr.  It now escapes them with a backslash, like the regular
jpayne@69: Python interpreter.  Add an errors field to the standard streams.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-13153: Improve tkinter's handing of non-BMP (astral) unicode
jpayne@69: characters, such as 'rocket \U0001f680'.  Whether a proper glyph or
jpayne@69: replacement char is displayed depends on the OS and font.  For IDLE,
jpayne@69: astral chars in code interfere with editing.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35379: When exiting IDLE, catch any AttributeError.  One happens
jpayne@69: when EditorWindow.close is called twice.  Printing a traceback, when
jpayne@69: IDLE is run from a terminal, is useless and annoying.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-38183: To avoid test issues, test_idle ignores the user config
jpayne@69: directory.  It no longer tries to create or access .idlerc or any files
jpayne@69: within.  Users must run IDLE to discover problems with saving settings.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-38077: IDLE no longer adds 'argv' to the user namespace when
jpayne@69: initializing it.  This bug only affected 3.7.4 and 3.8.0b2 to 3.8.0b4.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-38401: Shell restart lines now fill the window width, always start
jpayne@69: with '=', and avoid wrapping unnecessarily. The line will still wrap
jpayne@69: if the included file name is long relative to the width.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37092: Add mousewheel scrolling for IDLE module, path, and stack
jpayne@69: browsers.  Patch by George Zhang.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35771: To avoid occasional spurious test_idle failures on slower
jpayne@69: machines, increase the ``hover_delay`` in test_tooltip.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37824: Properly handle user input warnings in IDLE shell.
jpayne@69: Cease turning SyntaxWarnings into SyntaxErrors.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37929: IDLE Settings dialog now closes properly when there is no
jpayne@69: shell window.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37849: Fix completions list appearing too high or low when shown
jpayne@69: above the current line.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36419: Refactor autocompete and improve testing.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37748: Reorder the Run menu.  Put the most common choice,
jpayne@69: Run Module, at the top.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37692: Improve highlight config sample with example shell
jpayne@69: interaction and better labels for shell elements.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37628: Settings dialog no longer expands with font size.
jpayne@69: The font and highlight sample boxes gain scrollbars instead.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-17535: Add optional line numbers for IDLE editor windows.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37627: Initialize the Customize Run dialog with the command line
jpayne@69: arguments most recently entered before.  The user can optionally edit
jpayne@69: before submitting them.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33610: Code context always shows the correct context when toggled on.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36390: Gather Format menu functions into format.py.  Combine
jpayne@69: paragraph.py, rstrip.py, and format methods from editor.py.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37530: Optimize code context to reduce unneeded background activity.
jpayne@69: Font and highlight changes now occur along with text changes instead
jpayne@69: of after a random delay.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-27452: Cleanup config.py by inlining RemoveFile and simplifying
jpayne@69: the handling of __file__ in CreateConfigHandlers/
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-26806: To compensate for stack frames added by IDLE and avoid
jpayne@69: possible problems with low recursion limits, add 30 to limits in the
jpayne@69: user code execution process.  Subtract 30 when reporting recursion
jpayne@69: limits to make this addition mostly transparent.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37325: Fix tab focus traversal order for help source and custom
jpayne@69: run dialogs.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37321: Both subprocess connection error messages now refer to
jpayne@69: the 'Startup failure' section of the IDLE doc.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37177: Properly attach search dialogs to their main window so
jpayne@69: that they behave like other dialogs and do not get hidden behind
jpayne@69: their main window.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37039: Adjust "Zoom Height" to individual screens by momentarily
jpayne@69: maximizing the window on first use with a particular screen.  Changing
jpayne@69: screen settings may invalidate the saved height.  While a window is
jpayne@69: maximized, "Zoom Height" has no effect.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35763: Make calltip reminder about '/' meaning positional-only less
jpayne@69: obtrusive by only adding it when there is room on the first line.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-5680: Add 'Run Customized' to the Run menu to run a module with
jpayne@69: customized settings. Any command line arguments entered are added
jpayne@69: to sys.argv. One can suppress the normal Shell main module restart.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35610: Replace now redundant editor.context_use_ps1 with
jpayne@69: .prompt_last_line.  This finishes change started in bpo-31858.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32411: Stop sorting dict created with desired line order.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-37038: Make idlelib.run runnable; add test clause.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36958: Print any argument other than None or int passed to
jpayne@69: SystemExit or sys.exit().
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36807: When saving a file, call file.flush() and os.fsync()
jpayne@69: so bits are flushed to e.g. a USB drive.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36429: Fix starting IDLE with pyshell.
jpayne@69: Add idlelib.pyshell alias at top; remove pyshell alias at bottom.
jpayne@69: Remove obsolete __name__=='__main__' command.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30348: Increase test coverage of idlelib.autocomplete by 30%.
jpayne@69: Patch by Louie Lu.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-23205: Add tests and refactor grep's findfiles.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36405: Use dict unpacking in idlelib.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36396: Remove fgBg param of idlelib.config.GetHighlight().
jpayne@69: This param was only used twice and changed the return type.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-23216: IDLE: Add docstrings to search modules.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36176: Fix IDLE autocomplete & calltip popup colors.
jpayne@69: Prevent conflicts with Linux dark themes
jpayne@69: (and slightly darken calltip background).
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36152: Remove colorizer.ColorDelegator.close_when_done and the
jpayne@69: corresponding argument of .close().  In IDLE, both have always been
jpayne@69: None or False since 2007.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-36096: Make colorizer state variables instance-only.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32129: Avoid blurry IDLE application icon on macOS with Tk 8.6.
jpayne@69: Patch by Kevin Walzer.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-24310: Document settings dialog font tab sample.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35689: Add docstrings and tests for colorizer.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35833: Revise IDLE doc for control codes sent to Shell.
jpayne@69: Add a code example block.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35770: IDLE macosx deletes Options => Configure IDLE.
jpayne@69: It previously deleted Window => Zoom Height by mistake.
jpayne@69: (Zoom Height is now on the Options menu).  On Mac, the settings
jpayne@69: dialog is accessed via Preferences on the IDLE menu.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35769: Change new file name from 'Untitled' to 'untitled'.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35660: Fix imports in window module.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35641: Properly format calltip for function without docstring.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33987: Use ttk Frame for ttk widgets.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-34055: Fix erroneous 'smart' indents and newlines in IDLE Shell.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-28097: Add Previous/Next History entries to Shell menu.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35591: Find Selection now works when selection not found.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35598: Update config_key: use PEP 8 names and ttk widgets,
jpayne@69: make some objects global, and add tests.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35196: Speed up squeezer line counting.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35208: Squeezer now counts wrapped lines before newlines.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35555: Gray out Code Context menu entry when it's not applicable.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-22703: Improve the Code Context and Zoom Height menu labels.
jpayne@69: The Code Context menu label now toggles between Show/Hide Code Context.
jpayne@69: The Zoom Height menu now toggles between Zoom/Restore Height.
jpayne@69: Zoom Height has moved from the Window menu to the Options menu.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35521: Document the editor code context feature.
jpayne@69: Add some internal references within the IDLE doc.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-34864: When starting IDLE on MacOS, warn if the system setting
jpayne@69: "Prefer tabs when opening documents" is "Always".  As previous
jpayne@69: documented for this issue, running IDLE with this setting causes
jpayne@69: problems.  If the setting is changed while IDLE is running,
jpayne@69: there will be no warning until IDLE is restarted.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35213: Where appropriate, use 'macOS' in idlelib.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-34864: Document two IDLE on MacOS issues.  The System Preferences
jpayne@69: Dock "prefer tabs always" setting disables some IDLE features.
jpayne@69: Menus are a bit different than as described for Windows and Linux.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35202: Remove unused imports in idlelib.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33000: Document that IDLE's shell has no line limit.
jpayne@69: A program that runs indefinitely can overfill memory.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-23220: Explain how IDLE's Shell displays output.
jpayne@69: Add new subsection "User output in Shell".
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35099: Improve the doc about IDLE running user code.
jpayne@69: "IDLE -- console differences" is renamed "Running user code".
jpayne@69: It mostly covers the implications of using custom sys.stdxxx objects.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35097: Add IDLE doc subsection explaining editor windows.
jpayne@69: Topics include opening, title and status bars, .py* extension, and running.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: Issue 35093: Document the IDLE document viewer in the IDLE doc.
jpayne@69: Add a paragraph in "Help and preferences", "Help sources" subsection.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-1529353: Explain Shell text squeezing in the IDLE doc.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35088: Update idlelib.help.copy_string docstring.
jpayne@69: We now use git and backporting instead of hg and forward merging.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-35087: Update idlelib help files for the current doc build.
jpayne@69: The main change is the elimination of chapter-section numbers.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-1529353: Output over N lines (50 by default) is squeezed down to a button.
jpayne@69: N can be changed in the PyShell section of the General page of the
jpayne@69: Settings dialog.  Fewer, but possibly extra long, lines can be squeezed by
jpayne@69: right clicking on the output.  Squeezed output can be expanded in place
jpayne@69: by double-clicking the button or into the clipboard or a separate window
jpayne@69: by right-clicking the button.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-34548: Use configured color theme for read-only text views.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33839: Refactor ToolTip and CallTip classes; add documentation
jpayne@69: and tests.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-34047: Fix mouse wheel scrolling direction on macOS.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-34275: Make calltips always visible on Mac.
jpayne@69: Patch by Kevin Walzer.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-34120: Fix freezing after closing some dialogs on Mac.
jpayne@69: This is one of multiple regressions from using newer tcl/tk.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33975: Avoid small type when running htests.
jpayne@69: Since part of the purpose of human-viewed tests is to determine that
jpayne@69: widgets look right, it is important that they look the same for
jpayne@69: testing as when running IDLE.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33905: Add test for idlelib.stackview.StackBrowser.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33924: Change mainmenu.menudefs key 'windows' to 'window'.
jpayne@69: Every other menudef key is the lowercase version of the
jpayne@69: corresponding main menu entry (in this case, 'Window').
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33906: Rename idlelib.windows as window
jpayne@69: Match Window on the main menu and remove last plural module name.
jpayne@69: Change imports, test, and attribute references to match new name.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33917: Fix and document idlelib/idle_test/template.py.
jpayne@69: The revised file compiles, runs, and tests OK.  idle_test/README.txt
jpayne@69: explains how to use it to create new IDLE test files.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33904: In rstrip module, rename class RstripExtension as Rstrip.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33907: For consistency and clarity, rename calltip objects.
jpayne@69: Module calltips and its class CallTips are now calltip and Calltip.
jpayne@69: In module calltip_w, class CallTip is now CalltipWindow.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33855: Minimally test all IDLE modules.
jpayne@69: Standardize the test file format.  Add missing test files that import
jpayne@69: the tested module and perform at least one test.  Check and record the
jpayne@69: coverage of each test.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33856: Add 'help' to Shell's initial welcome message.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: What's New in IDLE 3.7.0 (since 3.6.0)
jpayne@69: Released on 2018-06-27
jpayne@69: ======================================
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33656: On Windows, add API call saying that tk scales for DPI.
jpayne@69: On Windows 8.1+ or 10, with DPI compatibility properties of the Python
jpayne@69: binary unchanged, and a monitor resolution greater than 96 DPI, this
jpayne@69: should make text and lines sharper and some colors brighter.
jpayne@69: On other systems, it should have no effect.  If you have a custom theme,
jpayne@69: you may want to adjust a color or two.  If perchance it make text worse
jpayne@69: on your monitor, you can disable the ctypes.OleDLL call near the top of
jpayne@69: pyshell.py and report the problem on python-list or idle-dev@python.org.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33768: Clicking on a context line moves that line to the top
jpayne@69: of the editor window.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33763: Replace the code context label widget with a text widget.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33664: Scroll IDLE editor text by lines.
jpayne@69: (Previously, the mouse wheel and scrollbar slider moved text by a fixed
jpayne@69: number of pixels, resulting in partial lines at the top of the editor
jpayne@69: box.)  This change also applies to the shell and grep output windows,
jpayne@69: but currently not to read-only text views.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33679: Enable theme-specific color configuration for Code Context.
jpayne@69: (Previously, there was one code context foreground and background font
jpayne@69: color setting, default or custom, on the extensions tab, that applied
jpayne@69: to all themes.)  For built-in themes, the foreground is the same as
jpayne@69: normal text and the background is a contrasting gray.  Context colors for
jpayne@69: custom themes are set on the Hightlights tab along with other colors.
jpayne@69: When one starts IDLE from a console and loads a custom theme without
jpayne@69: definitions for 'context', one will see a warning message on the
jpayne@69: console.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33642: Display up to maxlines non-blank lines for Code Context.
jpayne@69: If there is no current context, show a single blank line.  (Previously,
jpayne@69: the Code Contex had numlines lines, usually with some blank.)  The use
jpayne@69: of a new option, 'maxlines' (default 15), avoids possible interference
jpayne@69: with user settings of the old option, 'numlines' (default 3).
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33628: Cleanup codecontext.py and its test.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32831: Add docstrings and tests for codecontext.py.
jpayne@69: Coverage is 100%.  Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33564: Code context now recognizes async as a block opener.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-21474: Update word/identifier definition from ascii to unicode.
jpayne@69: In text and entry boxes, this affects selection by double-click,
jpayne@69: movement left/right by control-left/right, and deletion left/right
jpayne@69: by control-BACKSPACE/DEL.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-33204: Consistently color invalid string prefixes.
jpayne@69: A 'u' string prefix cannot be paired with either 'r' or 'f'.
jpayne@69: IDLE now consistently colors as much of the prefix, starting at the
jpayne@69: right, as is valid.  Revise and extend colorizer test.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32984: Set __file__ while running a startup file.
jpayne@69: Like Python, IDLE optionally runs 1 startup file in the Shell window
jpayne@69: before presenting the first interactive input prompt.  For IDLE,
jpayne@69: option -s runs a file named in environmental variable IDLESTARTUP or
jpayne@69: PYTHONSTARTUP; -r file runs file.  Python sets __file__ to the startup
jpayne@69: file name before running the file and unsets it before the first
jpayne@69: prompt.  IDLE now does the same when run normally, without the -n
jpayne@69: option.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32940: Replace StringTranslatePseudoMapping with faster code.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32916: Change 'str' to 'code' in idlelib.pyparse and users.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32905: Remove unused code in pyparse module.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32874: IDLE - add pyparse tests with 97% coverage.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32837: IDLE - require encoding argument for textview.view_file.
jpayne@69: Using the system and place-dependent default encoding for open()
jpayne@69: is a bad idea for IDLE's system and location-independent files.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32826: Add "encoding=utf-8" to open() in IDLE's test_help_about.
jpayne@69: GUI test test_file_buttons() only looks at initial ascii-only lines,
jpayne@69: but failed on systems where open() defaults to 'ascii' because
jpayne@69: readline() internally reads and decodes far enough ahead to encounter
jpayne@69: a non-ascii character in CREDITS.txt.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32765: Update configdialog General tab create page docstring.
jpayne@69: Add new widgets to the widget list.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32207: Improve tk event exception tracebacks in IDLE.
jpayne@69: When tk event handling is driven by IDLE's run loop, a confusing
jpayne@69: and distracting queue.EMPTY traceback context is no longer added
jpayne@69: to tk event exception tracebacks.  The traceback is now the same
jpayne@69: as when event handling is driven by user code.  Patch based on
jpayne@69: a suggestion by Serhiy Storchaka.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32164: Delete unused file idlelib/tabbedpages.py.
jpayne@69: Use of TabbedPageSet in configdialog was replaced by ttk.Notebook.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-32100: Fix old and new bugs in pathbrowser; improve tests.
jpayne@69: Patch mostly by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31860: The font sample in the settings dialog is now editable.
jpayne@69: Edits persist while IDLE remains open.
jpayne@69: Patch by Serhiy Storchake and Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31858: Restrict shell prompt manipulation to the shell.
jpayne@69: Editor and output windows only see an empty last prompt line.  This
jpayne@69: simplifies the code and fixes a minor bug when newline is inserted.
jpayne@69: Sys.ps1, if present, is read on Shell start-up, but is not set or changed.
jpayne@69: Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-28603: Fix a TypeError that caused a shell restart when printing
jpayne@69: a traceback that includes an exception that is unhashable.
jpayne@69: Patch by Zane Bitter.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-13802: Use non-Latin characters in the Font settings sample.
jpayne@69: Even if one selects a font that defines a limited subset of the unicode
jpayne@69: Basic Multilingual Plane, tcl/tk will use other fonts that define a
jpayne@69: character.  The expanded example give users of non-Latin characters
jpayne@69: a better idea of what they might see in the shell and editors.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: To make room for the expanded sample, frames on the Font tab are
jpayne@69: re-arranged.  The Font/Tabs help explains a bit about the additions.
jpayne@69: Patch by Terry Jan Reedy
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31460: Simplify the API of IDLE's Module Browser.
jpayne@69: Passing a widget instead of an flist with a root widget opens the
jpayne@69: option of creating a browser frame that is only part of a window.
jpayne@69: Passing a full file name instead of pieces assumed to come from a
jpayne@69: .py file opens the possibility of browsing python files that do not
jpayne@69: end in .py.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31649: Make _htest and _utest parameters keyword-only.
jpayne@69: These are used to adjust code for human and unit tests.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31459: Rename module browser from Class Browser to Module Browser.
jpayne@69: The original module-level class and method browser became a module
jpayne@69: browser, with the addition of module-level functions, years ago.
jpayne@69: Nested classes and functions were added yesterday.  For back-
jpayne@69: compatibility, the virtual event <<open-class-browser>>, which
jpayne@69: appears on the Keys tab of the Settings dialog, is not changed.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-1612262: Module browser now shows nested classes and functions.
jpayne@69: Original patches for code and tests by Guilherme Polo and
jpayne@69: Cheryl Sabella, respectively.  Revisions by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31500: Tk's default fonts now are scaled on HiDPI displays.
jpayne@69: This affects all dialogs.  Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31493: Fix code context update and font update timers.
jpayne@69: Canceling timers prevents a warning message when test_idle completes.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31488: Update non-key options in former extension classes.
jpayne@69: When applying configdialog changes, call .reload for each feature class.
jpayne@69: Change ParenMatch so updated options affect existing instances attached
jpayne@69: to existing editor windows.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31477: Improve rstrip entry in IDLE doc.
jpayne@69: Strip Trailing Whitespace strips more than blank spaces.
jpayne@69: Multiline string literals are not skipped.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31480: fix tests to pass with zzdummy extension disabled. (#3590)
jpayne@69: To see the example in action, enable it on options extensions tab.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31421: Document how IDLE runs tkinter programs.
jpayne@69: IDLE calls tcl/tk update in the background in order to make live
jpayne@69: interaction and experimentation with tkinter applications much easier.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31414: Fix tk entry box tests by deleting first.
jpayne@69: Adding to an int entry is not the same as deleting and inserting
jpayne@69: because int('') will fail.  Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-27099: Convert IDLE's built-in 'extensions' to regular features.
jpayne@69:   About 10 IDLE features were implemented as supposedly optional
jpayne@69: extensions.  Their different behavior could be confusing or worse for
jpayne@69: users and not good for maintenance.  Hence the conversion.
jpayne@69:   The main difference for users is that user configurable key bindings
jpayne@69: for builtin features are now handled uniformly.  Now, editing a binding
jpayne@69: in a keyset only affects its value in the keyset.  All bindings are
jpayne@69: defined together in the system-specific default keysets in config-
jpayne@69: extensions.def.  All custom keysets are saved as a whole in config-
jpayne@69: extension.cfg.  All take effect as soon as one clicks Apply or Ok.
jpayne@69:    The affected events are '<<force-open-completions>>',
jpayne@69: '<<expand-word>>', '<<force-open-calltip>>', '<<flash-paren>>',
jpayne@69: '<<format-paragraph>>', '<<run-module>>', '<<check-module>>', and
jpayne@69: '<<zoom-height>>'.  Any (global) customizations made before 3.6.3 will
jpayne@69: not affect their keyset-specific customization after 3.6.3. and vice
jpayne@69: versa.
jpayne@69:   Initial patch by Charles Wohlganger, revised by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31051:  Rearrange condigdialog General tab.
jpayne@69: Sort non-Help options into Window (Shell+Editor) and Editor (only).
jpayne@69: Leave room for the addition of new options.
jpayne@69: Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30617: Add docstrings and tests for outwin subclass of editor.
jpayne@69: Move some data and functions from the class to module level.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31287: Do not modify tkinter.messagebox in test_configdialog.
jpayne@69: Instead, mask it with an instance mock that can be deleted.
jpayne@69: Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30781: Use ttk widgets in ConfigDialog pages.
jpayne@69: These should especially look better on MacOSX.
jpayne@69: Patches by Terry Jan Reedy and Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31206: Factor HighPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bp0-31001: Add tests for configdialog highlight tab.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31205: Factor KeysPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
jpayne@69: The slightly modified tests continue to pass.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31002: Add tests for configdialog keys tab.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-19903: Change calltipes to use inspect.signature.
jpayne@69: Idlelib.calltips.get_argspec now uses inspect.signature instead of
jpayne@69: inspect.getfullargspec, like help() does.  This improves the signature
jpayne@69: in the call tip in a few different cases, including builtins converted
jpayne@69: to provide a signature.  A message is added if the object is not
jpayne@69: callable, has an invalid signature, or if it has positional-only
jpayne@69: parameters.  Patch by Louie Lu.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bop-31083: Add an outline of a TabPage class in configdialog.
jpayne@69: Add template as comment. Update existing classes to match outline.
jpayne@69: Initial patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31050: Factor GenPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
jpayne@69: The slightly modified tests for the General tab continue to pass.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31004: Factor FontPage(Frame) class from ConfigDialog.
jpayne@69: The slightly modified tests continue to pass. The General test
jpayne@69: broken by the switch to ttk.Notebook is fixed.
jpayne@69: Patch mostly by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30781: IDLE - Use ttk Notebook in ConfigDialog.
jpayne@69: This improves navigation by tabbing.
jpayne@69: Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31060: IDLE - Finish rearranging methods of ConfigDialog.
jpayne@69: Grouping methods pertaining to each tab and the buttons will aid
jpayne@69: writing tests and improving the tabs and will enable splitting the
jpayne@69: groups into classes.
jpayne@69: Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30853: IDLE -- Factor a VarTrace class out of ConfigDialog.
jpayne@69: Instance tracers manages pairs consisting of a tk variable and a
jpayne@69: callback function.  When tracing is turned on, setting the variable
jpayne@69: calls the function.  Test coverage for the new class is 100%.
jpayne@69: Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-31003: IDLE: Add more tests for General tab.
jpayne@69: Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30993: IDLE - Improve configdialog font page and tests.
jpayne@69: *In configdialog: Document causal pathways in create_font_tab
jpayne@69: docstring.  Simplify some attribute names. Move set_samples calls to
jpayne@69: var_changed_font (idea from Cheryl Sabella).  Move related functions to
jpayne@69: positions after the create widgets function.
jpayne@69: * In test_configdialog: Fix test_font_set so not order dependent.  Fix
jpayne@69: renamed test_indent_scale so it tests the widget.  Adjust tests for
jpayne@69: movement of set_samples call.  Add tests for load functions.  Put all
jpayne@69: font tests in one class and tab indent tests in another.  Except for
jpayne@69: two lines, these tests completely cover the related functions.
jpayne@69: Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30981: IDLE -- Add more configdialog font page tests.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-28523: IDLE: replace 'colour' with 'color' in configdialog.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30917: Add tests for idlelib.config.IdleConf.
jpayne@69: Increase coverage from 46% to 96%.
jpayne@69: Patch by Louie Lu.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30913: Document ConfigDialog tk Vars, methods, and widgets in docstrings
jpayne@69: This will facilitate improving the dialog and splitting up the class.
jpayne@69: Original patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30899: Add tests for ConfigParser subclasses in config.
jpayne@69: Coverage is 100% for those classes and ConfigChanges.
jpayne@69: Patch by Louie Lu.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30881: Add docstrings to browser.py.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30851: Remove unused tk variables in configdialog.
jpayne@69: One is a duplicate, one is set but cannot be altered by users.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30870: Select font option with Up and Down keys, as well as with mouse.
jpayne@69: Added test increases configdialog coverage to 60%
jpayne@69: Patches mostly by Louie Lu.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-8231: Call config.IdleConf.GetUserCfgDir only once per process.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30779: Factor ConfigChanges class from configdialog, put in config; test.
jpayne@69: * In config, put dump test code in a function; run it and unittest in
jpayne@69:   'if __name__ == '__main__'.
jpayne@69: * Add class config.ConfigChanges based on changes_class_v4.py on bpo issue.
jpayne@69: * Add class test_config.ChangesTest, partly using configdialog_tests_v1.py.
jpayne@69: * Revise configdialog to use ConfigChanges; see tracker msg297804.
jpayne@69: * Revise test_configdialog to match configdialog changes.
jpayne@69: * Remove configdialog functions unused or moved to ConfigChanges.
jpayne@69: Cheryl Sabella contributed parts of the patch.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30777: Configdialog - add docstrings and improve comments.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30495: Improve textview with docstrings, PEP8 names, and more tests.
jpayne@69: Split TextViewer class into ViewWindow, ViewFrame, and TextFrame classes
jpayne@69: so that instances of the latter two can be placed with other widgets
jpayne@69: within a multiframe window.
jpayne@69: Patches by Cheryl Sabella and Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30723: Make several improvements to parenmatch.
jpayne@69: * Add 'parens' style to highlight both opener and closer.
jpayne@69: * Make 'default' style, which is not default, a synonym for 'opener'.
jpayne@69: * Make time-delay work the same with all styles.
jpayne@69: * Add help for config dialog extensions tab, including parenmatch.
jpayne@69: * Add new tests.
jpayne@69: Original patch by Charles Wohlganger.  Revisions by Terry Jan Reedy
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30674: Grep -- Add docstrings.  Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-21519: IDLE's basic custom key entry dialog now detects
jpayne@69: duplicates properly. Original patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-29910: IDLE no longer deletes a character after commenting out a
jpayne@69: region by a key shortcut.  Add "return 'break'" for this and other
jpayne@69: potential conflicts between IDLE and default key bindings.
jpayne@69: Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30728: Modernize idlelib.configdialog:
jpayne@69: * replace import * with specific imports;
jpayne@69: * lowercase method and attribute lines.
jpayne@69: Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-6739: Verify user-entered key sequences by trying to bind them
jpayne@69: with to a tk widget.  Add tests for all 3 validation functions.
jpayne@69: Original patch by G Polo.  Tests added by Cheryl Sabella.
jpayne@69: Code revised and more tests added by Terry Jan Reedy
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-24813: Add icon to help_about and make other changes.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-15786: Fix several problems with IDLE's autocompletion box.
jpayne@69: The following should now work: clicking on selection box items;
jpayne@69: using the scrollbar; selecting an item by hitting Return.
jpayne@69: Hangs on MacOSX should no longer happen. Patch by Louie Lu.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-25514: Add doc subsubsection about IDLE failure to start.
jpayne@69: Popup no-connection message directs users to this section.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30642: Fix reference leaks in IDLE tests.
jpayne@69: Patches by Louie Lu and Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30495: Add docstrings for textview.py and use PEP8 names.
jpayne@69: Patches by Cheryl Sabella and Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30290: Help-about: use pep8 names and add tests.
jpayne@69: Increase coverage to 100%.
jpayne@69: Patches by Louie Lu, Cheryl Sabella, and Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: bpo-30303: Add _utest option to textview; add new tests.
jpayne@69: Increase coverage to 100%.
jpayne@69: Patches by Louie Lu and Terry Jan Reedy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: Issue #29071: IDLE colors f-string prefixes but not invalid ur prefixes.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: Issue #28572: Add 10% to coverage of IDLE's test_configdialog.
jpayne@69: Update and augment description of the configuration system.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: What's New in IDLE 3.6.0 (since 3.5.0)
jpayne@69: Released on 2016-12-23
jpayne@69: ======================================
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #15308: Add 'interrupt execution' (^C) to Shell menu.
jpayne@69:   Patch by Roger Serwy, updated by Bayard Randel.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27922: Stop IDLE tests from 'flashing' gui widgets on the screen.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27891: Consistently group and sort imports within idlelib modules.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #17642: add larger font sizes for classroom projection.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Add version to title of IDLE help window.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25564: In section on IDLE -- console differences, mention that
jpayne@69:   using exec means that __builtins__ is defined for each statement.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27821: Fix 3.6.0a3 regression that prevented custom key sets
jpayne@69:   from being selected when no custom theme was defined.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27714: text_textview and test_autocomplete now pass when re-run
jpayne@69:   in the same process.  This occurs when test_idle fails when run with the
jpayne@69:   -w option but without -jn.  Fix warning from test_config.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27621: Put query response validation error messages in the query
jpayne@69:   box itself instead of in a separate messagebox.  Redo tests to match.
jpayne@69:   Add Mac OSX refinements.  Original patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27620: Escape key now closes Query box as cancelled.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27609: IDLE: tab after initial whitespace should tab, not
jpayne@69:   autocomplete. This fixes problem with writing docstrings at least
jpayne@69:   twice indented.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27609: Explicitly return None when there are also non-None
jpayne@69:   returns. In a few cases, reverse a condition and eliminate a return.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25507: IDLE no longer runs buggy code because of its tkinter imports.
jpayne@69:   Users must include the same imports required to run directly in Python.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27173: Add 'IDLE Modern Unix' to the built-in key sets.
jpayne@69:   Make the default key set depend on the platform.
jpayne@69:   Add tests for the changes to the config module.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27452: add line counter and crc to IDLE configHandler test dump.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27477: IDLE search dialogs now use ttk widgets.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27173: Add 'IDLE Modern Unix' to the built-in key sets.
jpayne@69:   Make the default key set depend on the platform.
jpayne@69:   Add tests for the changes to the config module.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27452: make command line "idle-test> python test_help.py" work.
jpayne@69:   __file__ is relative when python is started in the file's directory.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27452: add line counter and crc to IDLE configHandler test dump.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27380: IDLE: add query.py with base Query dialog and ttk widgets.
jpayne@69:   Module had subclasses SectionName, ModuleName, and HelpSource, which are
jpayne@69:   used to get information from users by configdialog and file =>Load Module.
jpayne@69:   Each subclass has itw own validity checks.  Using ModuleName allows users
jpayne@69:   to edit bad module names instead of starting over.
jpayne@69:   Add tests and delete the two files combined into the new one.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27372: Test_idle no longer changes the locale.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27365: Allow non-ascii chars in IDLE NEWS.txt, for contributor names.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27245: IDLE: Cleanly delete custom themes and key bindings.
jpayne@69:   Previously, when IDLE was started from a console or by import, a cascade
jpayne@69:   of warnings was emitted.  Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24137: Run IDLE, test_idle, and htest with tkinter default root disabled.
jpayne@69:   Fix code and tests that fail with this restriction.
jpayne@69:   Fix htests to not create a second and redundant root and mainloop.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27310: Fix IDLE.app failure to launch on OS X due to vestigial import.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #5124: Paste with text selected now replaces the selection on X11.
jpayne@69:   This matches how paste works on Windows, Mac, most modern Linux apps,
jpayne@69:   and ttk widgets.  Original patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24750: Switch all scrollbars in IDLE to ttk versions.
jpayne@69:   Where needed, minimal tests are added to cover changes.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24759: IDLE requires tk 8.5 and availability ttk widgets.
jpayne@69:   Delete now unneeded tk version tests and code for older versions.
jpayne@69:   Add test for IDLE syntax colorizer.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27239: idlelib.macosx.isXyzTk functions initialize as needed.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27262: move Aqua unbinding code, which enable context menus, to macosx.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24759: Make clear in idlelib.idle_test.__init__ that the directory
jpayne@69:   is a private implementation of test.test_idle and tool for maintainers.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27196: Stop 'ThemeChanged' warnings when running IDLE tests.
jpayne@69:   These persisted after other warnings were suppressed in #20567.
jpayne@69:   Apply Serhiy Storchaka's update_idletasks solution to four test files.
jpayne@69:   Record this additional advice in idle_test/README.txt
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #20567: Revise idle_test/README.txt with advice about avoiding
jpayne@69:   tk warning messages from tests.  Apply advice to several IDLE tests.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue # 24225: Update idlelib/README.txt with new file names
jpayne@69:   and event handlers.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27156: Remove obsolete code not used by IDLE.  Replacements:
jpayne@69:   1. help.txt, replaced by help.html, is out-of-date and should not be used.
jpayne@69:   Its dedicated viewer has be replaced by the html viewer in help.py.
jpayne@69:   2. 'import idlever; I = idlever.IDLE_VERSION' is the same as
jpayne@69:   'import sys; I = version[:version.index(' ')]'
jpayne@69:   3. After 'ob = stackviewer.VariablesTreeItem(*args)',
jpayne@69:   'ob.keys()' == 'list(ob.object.keys).
jpayne@69:   4. In macosc, runningAsOSXAPP == isAquaTk; idCarbonAquaTk == isCarbonTk
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27117: Make colorizer htest and turtledemo work with dark themes.
jpayne@69:   Move code for configuring text widget colors to a new function.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24225: Rename many idlelib/*.py and idle_test/test_*.py files.
jpayne@69:   Edit files to replace old names with new names when the old name
jpayne@69:   referred to the module rather than the class it contained.
jpayne@69:   See the issue and IDLE section in What's New in 3.6 for more.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #26673: When tk reports font size as 0, change to size 10.
jpayne@69:   Such fonts on Linux prevented the configuration dialog from opening.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21939: Add test for IDLE's percolator.
jpayne@69:   Original patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21676: Add test for IDLE's replace dialog.
jpayne@69:   Original patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #18410: Add test for IDLE's search dialog.
jpayne@69:   Original patch by Westley Martínez.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21703: Add test for undo delegator.  Patch mostly by
jpayne@69:   Saimadhav Heblikar .
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #27044: Add ConfigDialog.remove_var_callbacks to stop memory leaks.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #23977: Add more asserts to test_delegator.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #20640: Add tests for idlelib.configHelpSourceEdit.
jpayne@69:   Patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - In the 'IDLE-console differences' section of the IDLE doc, clarify
jpayne@69:   how running with IDLE affects sys.modules and the standard streams.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25507: fix incorrect change in IOBinding that prevented printing.
jpayne@69:   Augment IOBinding htest to include all major IOBinding functions.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25905: Revert unwanted conversion of ' to ’ RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION
jpayne@69:   MARK in README.txt and open this and NEWS.txt with 'ascii'.
jpayne@69:   Re-encode CREDITS.txt to utf-8 and open it with 'utf-8'.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue 15348: Stop the debugger engine (normally in a user process)
jpayne@69:   before closing the debugger window (running in the IDLE process).
jpayne@69:   This prevents the RuntimeErrors that were being caught and ignored.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24455: Prevent IDLE from hanging when a) closing the shell while the
jpayne@69:   debugger is active (15347); b) closing the debugger with the [X] button
jpayne@69:   (15348); and c) activating the debugger when already active (24455).
jpayne@69:   The patch by Mark Roseman does this by making two changes.
jpayne@69:   1. Suspend and resume the gui.interaction method with the tcl vwait
jpayne@69:   mechanism intended for this purpose (instead of root.mainloop & .quit).
jpayne@69:   2. In gui.run, allow any existing interaction to terminate first.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Change 'The program' to 'Your program' in an IDLE 'kill program?' message
jpayne@69:   to make it clearer that the program referred to is the currently running
jpayne@69:   user program, not IDLE itself.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24750: Improve the appearance of the IDLE editor window status bar.
jpayne@69:   Patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25313: Change the handling of new built-in text color themes to better
jpayne@69:   address the compatibility problem introduced by the addition of IDLE Dark.
jpayne@69:   Consistently use the revised idleConf.CurrentTheme everywhere in idlelib.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24782: Extension configuration is now a tab in the IDLE Preferences
jpayne@69:   dialog rather than a separate dialog.   The former tabs are now a sorted
jpayne@69:   list.  Patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #22726: Re-activate the config dialog help button with some content
jpayne@69:   about the other buttons and the new IDLE Dark theme.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24820: IDLE now has an 'IDLE Dark' built-in text color theme.
jpayne@69:   It is more or less IDLE Classic inverted, with a cobalt blue background.
jpayne@69:   Strings, comments, keywords, ... are still green, red, orange, ... .
jpayne@69:   To use it with IDLEs released before November 2015, hit the
jpayne@69:   'Save as New Custom Theme' button and enter a new name,
jpayne@69:   such as 'Custom Dark'.  The custom theme will work with any IDLE
jpayne@69:   release, and can be modified.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25224: README.txt is now an idlelib index for IDLE developers and
jpayne@69:   curious users.  The previous user content is now in the IDLE doc chapter.
jpayne@69:   'IDLE' now means 'Integrated Development and Learning Environment'.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24820: Users can now set breakpoint colors in
jpayne@69:   Settings -> Custom Highlighting.  Original patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24972: Inactive selection background now matches active selection
jpayne@69:   background, as configured by users, on all systems.  Found items are now
jpayne@69:   always highlighted on Windows.  Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs
jpayne@69:   affected by a tk regression.  Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24988: Idle ScrolledList context menus (used in debugger)
jpayne@69:   now work on Mac Aqua.  Patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24801: Make right-click for context menu work on Mac Aqua.
jpayne@69:   Patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25173: Associate tkinter messageboxes with a specific widget.
jpayne@69:   For Mac OSX, make them a 'sheet'.  Patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25198: Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help.
jpayne@69:   * Properly indent fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman).
jpayne@69:   * Give code snippet a very Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background.
jpayne@69:   * Re-use initial width and height set by users for shell and editor.
jpayne@69:   * When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used, put the section header
jpayne@69:   at the top of the screen.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25225: Condense and rewrite Idle doc section on text colors.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21995: Explain some differences between IDLE and console Python.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #22820: Explain need for *print* when running file from Idle editor.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25224: Doc: augment Idle feature list and no-subprocess section.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25219: Update doc for Idle command line options.
jpayne@69:   Some were missing and notes were not correct.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change.
jpayne@69:   Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #25199: Idle: add synchronization comments for future maintainers.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #16893: Replace help.txt with help.html for Idle doc display.
jpayne@69:   The new idlelib/help.html is rstripped Doc/build/html/library/idle.html.
jpayne@69:   It looks better than help.txt and will better document Idle as released.
jpayne@69:   The tkinter html viewer that works for this file was written by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69:   The now unused EditorWindow.HelpDialog class and helt.txt file are deprecated.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24199: Deprecate unused idlelib.idlever with possible removal in 3.6.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #24790: Remove extraneous code (which also create 2 & 3 conflicts).
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: What's New in IDLE 3.5.0?
jpayne@69: =========================
jpayne@69: *Release date: 2015-09-13*
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #23672: Allow Idle to edit and run files with astral chars in name.
jpayne@69:   Patch by Mohd Sanad Zaki Rizvi.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue 24745: Idle editor default font. Switch from Courier to
jpayne@69:   platform-sensitive TkFixedFont.  This should not affect current customized
jpayne@69:   font selections.  If there is a problem, edit $HOME/.idlerc/config-main.cfg
jpayne@69:   and remove 'fontxxx' entries from [Editor Window].  Patch by Mark Roseman.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21192: Idle editor. When a file is run, put its name in the restart bar.
jpayne@69:   Do not print false prompts. Original patch by Adnan Umer.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #13884: Idle menus. Remove tearoff lines. Patch by Roger Serwy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #23184: remove unused names and imports in idlelib.
jpayne@69:   Initial patch by Al Sweigart.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #20577: Configuration of the max line length for the FormatParagraph
jpayne@69:   extension has been moved from the General tab of the Idle preferences dialog
jpayne@69:   to the FormatParagraph tab of the Config Extensions dialog.
jpayne@69:   Patch by Tal Einat.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #16893: Update Idle doc chapter to match current Idle and add new
jpayne@69:   information.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #3068: Add Idle extension configuration dialog to Options menu.
jpayne@69:   Changes are written to HOME/.idlerc/config-extensions.cfg.
jpayne@69:   Original patch by Tal Einat.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #16233: A module browser (File : Class Browser, Alt+C) requires an
jpayne@69:   editor window with a filename.  When Class Browser is requested otherwise,
jpayne@69:   from a shell, output window, or 'Untitled' editor, Idle no longer displays
jpayne@69:   an error box.  It now pops up an  Open Module box (Alt+M). If a valid name
jpayne@69:   is entered and a module is opened, a corresponding browser is also opened.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #4832: Save As to type Python files automatically adds .py to the
jpayne@69:   name you enter (even if your system does not display it).  Some systems
jpayne@69:   automatically add .txt when type is Text files.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21986: Code objects are not normally pickled by the pickle module.
jpayne@69:   To match this, they are no longer pickled when running under Idle.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #23180: Rename IDLE "Windows" menu item to "Window".
jpayne@69:   Patch by Al Sweigart.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #17390: Adjust Editor window title; remove 'Python',
jpayne@69:   move version to end.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #14105: Idle debugger breakpoints no longer disappear
jpayne@69:   when inserting or deleting lines.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #17172: Turtledemo can now be run from Idle.
jpayne@69:   Currently, the entry is on the Help menu, but it may move to Run.
jpayne@69:   Patch by Ramchandra Apt and Lita Cho.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21765: Add support for non-ascii identifiers to HyperParser.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21940: Add unittest for WidgetRedirector. Initial patch by Saimadhav
jpayne@69:   Heblikar.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #18592: Add unittest for SearchDialogBase. Patch by Phil Webster.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21694: Add unittest for ParenMatch. Patch by Saimadhav Heblikar.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21686: add unittest for HyperParser. Original patch by Saimadhav
jpayne@69:   Heblikar.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #12387: Add missing upper(lower)case versions of default Windows key
jpayne@69:   bindings for Idle so Caps Lock does not disable them. Patch by Roger Serwy.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21695: Closing a Find-in-files output window while the search is
jpayne@69:   still in progress no longer closes Idle.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #18910: Add unittest for textView. Patch by Phil Webster.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #18292: Add unittest for AutoExpand. Patch by Saihadhav Heblikar.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #18409: Add unittest for AutoComplete. Patch by Phil Webster.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21477: htest.py - Improve framework, complete set of tests.
jpayne@69:   Patches by Saimadhav Heblikar
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #18104: Add idlelib/idle_test/htest.py with a few sample tests to begin
jpayne@69:   consolidating and improving human-validated tests of Idle. Change other files
jpayne@69:   as needed to work with htest.  Running the module as __main__ runs all tests.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21139: Change default paragraph width to 72, the PEP 8 recommendation.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #21284: Paragraph reformat test passes after user changes reformat width.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #17654: Ensure IDLE menus are customized properly on OS X for
jpayne@69:   non-framework builds and for all variants of Tk.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: What's New in IDLE 3.4.0?
jpayne@69: =========================
jpayne@69: *Release date: 2014-03-16*
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #17390: Display Python version on Idle title bar.
jpayne@69:   Initial patch by Edmond Burnett.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #5066: Update IDLE docs. Patch by Todd Rovito.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #17625: Close the replace dialog after it is used.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #16226: Fix IDLE Path Browser crash.
jpayne@69:   (Patch by Roger Serwy)
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #15853: Prevent IDLE crash on OS X when opening Preferences menu
jpayne@69:   with certain versions of Tk 8.5.  Initial patch by Kevin Walzer.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: What's New in IDLE 3.3.0?
jpayne@69: =========================
jpayne@69: *Release date: 2012-09-29*
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #17625: Close the replace dialog after it is used.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #7163: Propagate return value of sys.stdout.write.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #15318: Prevent writing to sys.stdin.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #4832: Modify IDLE to save files with .py extension by
jpayne@69:   default on Windows and OS X (Tk 8.5) as it already does with X11 Tk.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #13532, #15319: Check that arguments to sys.stdout.write are strings.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue # 12510: Attempt to get certain tool tips no longer crashes IDLE.
jpayne@69:   Erroneous tool tips have been corrected. Default added for callables.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #10365: File open dialog now works instead of crashing even when
jpayne@69:   parent window is closed while dialog is open.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue 14876: use user-selected font for highlight configuration.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #14937: Perform auto-completion of filenames in strings even for
jpayne@69:   non-ASCII filenames. Likewise for identifiers.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #8515: Set __file__ when run file in IDLE.
jpayne@69:   Initial patch by Bruce Frederiksen.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - IDLE can be launched as `python -m idlelib`
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #14409: IDLE now properly executes commands in the Shell window
jpayne@69:   when it cannot read the normal config files on startup and
jpayne@69:   has to use the built-in default key bindings.
jpayne@69:   There was previously a bug in one of the defaults.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #3573: IDLE hangs when passing invalid command line args
jpayne@69:   (directory(ies) instead of file(s)).
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #14018: Update checks for unstable system Tcl/Tk versions on OS X
jpayne@69:   to include versions shipped with OS X 10.7 and 10.8 in addition to 10.6.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: What's New in IDLE 3.2.1?
jpayne@69: =========================
jpayne@69: *Release date: 15-May-11*
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #6378: Further adjust idle.bat to start associated Python
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #11896: Save on Close failed despite selecting "Yes" in dialog.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #1028: Ctrl-space binding to show completions was causing IDLE to exit.
jpayne@69:   Tk < 8.5 was sending invalid Unicode null; replaced with valid null.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #4676: <Home> toggle failing on Tk 8.5, causing IDLE exits and strange selection
jpayne@69:   behavior. Improve selection extension behaviour.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #3851: <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: What's New in IDLE 3.1b1?
jpayne@69: =========================
jpayne@69: *Release date: 06-May-09*
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #5707: Use of 'filter' in keybindingDialog.py was causing custom key assignment to
jpayne@69:   fail.  Patch by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #4815: Offer conversion to UTF-8 if source files have
jpayne@69:   no encoding declaration and are not encoded in UTF-8.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #4008: Fix problems with non-ASCII source files.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #4323: Always encode source as UTF-8 without asking
jpayne@69:   the user (unless a different encoding is declared); remove
jpayne@69:   user configuration of source encoding; all according to
jpayne@69:   PEP 3120.
jpayne@69: 
jpayne@69: - Issue #2665: On Windows, an IDLE installation upgraded from an old version
jpayne@69:   would not start if a custom theme was defined.
jpayne@69: 
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