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authorMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>2018-10-29 01:51:45 (GMT)
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bpo-35097: Add IDLE doc subsection explaining editor windows. (GH-10206)
Topics include opening, title and status bar, .py* extension, and running. (cherry picked from commit ea9c8bd44365ae8b0accc5286c7b52862528c0ec) Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
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@@ -358,6 +358,24 @@ Squeeze
Editing and navigation
----------------------
+Editor windows
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+IDLE may open editor windows when it starts, depending on settings
+and how you start IDLE. Thereafter, use the File menu. There can be only
+one open editor window for a given file.
+
+The title bar contains the name of the file, the full path, and the version
+of Python and IDLE running the window. The status bar contains the line
+number ('Ln') and column number ('Col'). Line numbers start with 1;
+column numbers with 0.
+
+IDLE assumes that files with a known .py* extension contain Python code
+and that other files do not. Run Python code with the Run menu.
+
+Key bindings
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
In this section, 'C' refers to the :kbd:`Control` key on Windows and Unix and
the :kbd:`Command` key on Mac OSX.
@@ -397,7 +415,6 @@ the :kbd:`Command` key on Mac OSX.
Standard keybindings (like :kbd:`C-c` to copy and :kbd:`C-v` to paste)
may work. Keybindings are selected in the Configure IDLE dialog.
-
Automatic indentation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^