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authorTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2015-09-29 03:38:46 (GMT)
committerTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2015-09-29 03:38:46 (GMT)
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Add recent IDLE NEWS items. Move Build sectios down.
-rw-r--r--Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt38
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS64
2 files changed, 85 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index c4b80f0..cabad65 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,42 @@ What's New in IDLE 2.7.11?
=========================
*Release date:
+- Issue #24972: Inactive selection background now matches active selection
+ background, as configured by user, on all systems. Found items are now
+ always highlighted on Windows. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
+
+- Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs
+ affected by a tk regression. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
+
+- Issue #24988: Idle ScrolledList context menus (used in debugger)
+ now work on Mac Aqua. Patch by Mark Roseman.
+
+- Issue #24801: Make right-click for context menu work on Mac Aqua.
+ Patch by Mark Roseman.
+
+- Issue #25173: Associate tkinter messageboxes with a specific widget.
+ For Mac OSX, make them a 'sheet'. Patch by Mark Roseman.
+
+- Issue #25198: Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help.
+ * Properly indent fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman).
+ * Give code snippet a very Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background.
+ * Re-use initial width and height set by users for shell and editor.
+ * When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used, put the section header
+ at the top of the screen.
+
+- Issue #25225: Condense and rewrite Idle doc section on text colors.
+
+- Issue #21995: Explain some differences between IDLE and console Python.
+
+- Issue #22820: Explain need for *print* when running file from Idle editor.
+
+- Issue #25224: Doc: augment Idle feature list and no-subprocess section.
+
+- Issue #25219: Update doc for Idle command line options.
+ Some were missing and notes were not correct.
+
- Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change.
- Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
+ Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
- Issue #25199: Idle: add synchronization comments for future maintainers.
@@ -629,7 +663,7 @@ What's New in IDLE 1.2?
- The remote procedure call module rpc.py can now access data attributes of
remote registered objects. Changes to these attributes are local, however.
-
+
What's New in IDLE 1.1?
=======================
*Release date: 30-NOV-2004*
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 901b9cd..70f2c09 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -156,28 +156,45 @@ Library
- Issue #24134: Reverted issue #24134 changes.
-Build
------
+IDLE
+----
-- Issue #24915: When doing a PGO build, the test suite is now used instead of
- pybench; Clang support was also added as part off this work. Initial patch by
- Alecsandru Patrascu of Intel.
+- Issue #24972: Inactive selection background now matches active selection
+ background, as configured by user, on all systems. Found items are now
+ always highlighted on Windows. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
-- Issue #24986: It is now possible to build Python on Windows without errors
- when external libraries are not available.
+- Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs
+ affected by a tk regression. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
-- Issue #24508: Backported the MSBuild project files from Python 3.5. The
- backported files replace the old project files in PCbuild; the old files moved
- to PC/VS9.0 and remain supported.
+- Issue #24988: Idle ScrolledList context menus (used in debugger)
+ now work on Mac Aqua. Patch by Mark Roseman.
-- Issue #24603: Update Windows builds and OS X 10.5 installer to use OpenSSL
- 1.0.2d.
+- Issue #24801: Make right-click for context menu work on Mac Aqua.
+ Patch by Mark Roseman.
-IDLE
-----
+- Issue #25173: Associate tkinter messageboxes with a specific widget.
+ For Mac OSX, make them a 'sheet'. Patch by Mark Roseman.
+
+- Issue #25198: Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help.
+ * Properly indent fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman).
+ * Give code snippet a very Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background.
+ * Re-use initial width and height set by users for shell and editor.
+ * When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used, put the section header
+ at the top of the screen.
+
+- Issue #25225: Condense and rewrite Idle doc section on text colors.
+
+- Issue #21995: Explain some differences between IDLE and console Python.
+
+- Issue #22820: Explain need for *print* when running file from Idle editor.
+
+- Issue #25224: Doc: augment Idle feature list and no-subprocess section.
+
+- Issue #25219: Update doc for Idle command line options.
+ Some were missing and notes were not correct.
- Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change.
- Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
+ Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
- Issue #25199: Idle: add synchronization comments for future maintainers.
@@ -233,6 +250,23 @@ Tests
- PCbuild\rt.bat now accepts an unlimited number of arguments to pass along
to regrtest.py. Previously there was a limit of 9.
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #24915: When doing a PGO build, the test suite is now used instead of
+ pybench; Clang support was also added as part off this work. Initial patch by
+ Alecsandru Patrascu of Intel.
+
+- Issue #24986: It is now possible to build Python on Windows without errors
+ when external libraries are not available.
+
+- Issue #24508: Backported the MSBuild project files from Python 3.5. The
+ backported files replace the old project files in PCbuild; the old files moved
+ to PC/VS9.0 and remain supported.
+
+- Issue #24603: Update Windows builds and OS X 10.5 installer to use OpenSSL
+ 1.0.2d.
+
Windows
-------