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authorTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2015-09-25 03:14:02 (GMT)
committerTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2015-09-25 03:14:02 (GMT)
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* :kbd:`Return` while on any previous command retrieves that command
-Syntax colors
--------------
-
-The coloring is applied in a background "thread," so you may occasionally see
-uncolorized text. To change the color scheme, edit the ``[Colors]`` section in
-:file:`config.txt`.
-
-Python syntax colors:
- Keywords
- orange
-
- Strings
- green
-
- Comments
- red
-
- Definitions
- blue
-
-Shell colors:
- Console output
- brown
-
- stdout
- blue
-
- stderr
- dark green
+Text colors
+^^^^^^^^^^^
- stdin
- black
+Idle defaults to black on white text, but colors text with special meanings.
+For the shell, these are shell output, shell error, user output, and
+user error. For Python code, at the shell prompt or in an editor, these are
+keywords, builtin class and function names, names following ``class`` and
+``def``, strings, and comments. For any text window, these are the cursor (when
+present), found text (when possible), and selected text.
+
+Text coloring is done in the background, so uncolorized text is occasionally
+visible. To change the color scheme, use the Configure IDLE dialog
+Highlighting tab. The marking of debugger breakpoint lines in the editor and
+text in popups and dialogs is not user-configurable.
Startup and code execution