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authorTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2014-12-04 06:26:04 (GMT)
committerTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2014-12-04 06:26:04 (GMT)
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Issue #3068: Document the new Configure Extensions dialog and menu entry.
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--- a/Doc/library/idle.rst
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@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ Configure IDLE
themes may be altered. Startup Preferences may be set, and additional
help sources can be specified.
+Configure Extensions
+ Open a configuration dialog for setting preferences for extensions
+ (discussed below).
+
Code Context (toggle)(Editor Window only)
Open a pane at the top of the edit window which shows the block context
of the section of code which is scrolling off the top of the window.
@@ -525,8 +529,11 @@ with the default subprocess if at all possible.
.. deprecated:: 3.4
+Help and preferences
+--------------------
+
Additional help sources
------------------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
IDLE includes a help menu entry called "Python Docs" that will open the
extensive sources of help, including tutorials, available at docs.python.org.
@@ -535,22 +542,22 @@ Configure IDLE dialog. See the IDLE help option in the help menu of IDLE for
more information.
-Other preferences
------------------
+Setting preferences
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The font preferences, highlighting, keys, and general preferences can be
-changed via the Configure IDLE menu option. Be sure to note that
-keys can be user defined, IDLE ships with four built in key sets. In
-addition a user can create a custom key set in the Configure IDLE dialog
-under the keys tab.
+changed via Configure IDLE on the Option menu. Keys can be user defined;
+IDLE ships with four built in key sets. In addition a user can create a
+custom key set in the Configure IDLE dialog under the keys tab.
Extensions
-----------
+^^^^^^^^^^
-IDLE contains an extension facility. See the beginning of
-config-extensions.def in the idlelib directory for further information. The
-default extensions are currently:
+IDLE contains an extension facility. Peferences for extensions can be
+changed with Configure Extensions. See the beginning of config-extensions.def
+in the idlelib directory for further information. The default extensions
+are currently:
* FormatParagraph
@@ -568,3 +575,4 @@ default extensions are currently:
* CodeContext
+* RstripExtension