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@@ -5,84 +5,13 @@ This file contains the release messages for previous IDLE releases.
 As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history.
 
 
-IDLE fork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000
------------------------------
-
-   David Scherer  <dscherer@cmu.edu>
-
-This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of
-2000-03-09.  It is alpha software and might be unstable.  If it breaks,
-you get to keep both pieces.
-
-If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or
-post to the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
-(making it clear that you are using this modified version of IDLE).
-
-Changes:
-
-  The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes
-  programs in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC
-  mechanism to an OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE.  It supports executing
-  unnamed programs (through a temporary file).  It does not yet support
-  debugging.
-
-  When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped
-  to exclude system modules.  If, however, a system module calls back
-  into the user program, that part of the traceback will be shown.
-
-  The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved.  In particular,
-  it now supports a readline() function used to implement user input,
-  and a scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of
-  a previous run by scrolling it out of the window.
-
-  Startup behavior has been changed.  By default IDLE starts up with
-  just a blank editor window, rather than an interactive window.  Opening
-  a file in such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of
-  that window instead of creating another window.  Because of the need to
-  have a well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of
-  IDLE can be running.  Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to
-  report their command line arguments to the copy already running.
-
-  The menus have been reorganized.  In particular, the excessively large
-  'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'.
-
-  'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is
-  present.
-
-  A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation
-  instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent.
-
-New modules:
-  ExecBinding.py         Executes program through loader
-  loader.py              Bootstraps user program
-  protocol.py            RPC protocol
-  Remote.py              User-process interpreter
-  spawn.py               OS-specific code to start programs
-
-Files modified:
-  autoindent.py          ( bindings tweaked )
-  bindings.py            ( menus reorganized )
-  config.txt             ( execbinding enabled )
-  editorwindow.py        ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' )
-  filelist.py            ( hook for "open in same window" )
-  formatparagraph.py     ( bindings tweaked )
-  idle.bat               ( removed absolute pathname )
-  idle.pyw               ( weird bug due to import with same name? )
-  iobinding.py           ( open in same window, EOL convention )
-  keydefs.py             ( bindings tweaked )
-  outputwindow.py        ( readline, scroll_clear, etc )
-  pyshell.py             ( changed startup behavior )
-  readme.txt             ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> )
-
-
-IDLE 0.5 - February 2000
-------------------------
+IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes
+----------------------------------------
 
 This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based
 IDE for Python.
 
-For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt.  (For a more
-detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)
+(For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)
 
 FEATURES
 
@@ -120,3 +49,132 @@ COPYRIGHT
 
 IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice
 (http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html).
+
+
+New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000)
+---------------------------
+
+Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond:
+
+- Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka).
+
+- Better stack viewer, using tree widget.  (XXX Only used by Stack
+Viewer menu, not by the debugger.)
+
+- Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats
+them correctly (MH)
+
+- New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands
+much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path
+browsers (TP)
+
+- Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of
+multi-line statements (TP)
+
+- Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function
+followed by an open parenthesis.  Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the
+window to close the tip window (MH)
+
+- Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP)
+
+- New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks
+familiar to Windows users
+
+- Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now
+always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works
+correctly.  You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module
+name to the __main__ namespace.  You use Control-F5 to run a script:
+this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace.  The latter also
+sets sys.argv[] to the script name
+
+
+New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99)
+------------------------
+
+Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows
+a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path,
+directories, modules, and classes.  Yes, it's a superset of the Class
+browser menu entry.  There's also a new internal module,
+MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog.
+
+
+New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99)
+-------------------------
+
+Most important changes:
+
+- Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger.
+Output goes to a new window.  Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a
+reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger.
+
+- Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows
+menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed.
+
+- Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts
+with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer"
+(was: JIT stack viewer) menu items.
+
+- Added a Quit button to the Debugger API.
+
+- The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path.
+
+- Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical
+filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work.  (There's still a
+lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the
+debugger though.)
+
+- Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works.
+
+- Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the
+class browser.
+
+- Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class
+browser.  It removes the selection highlighting in regular text
+windows.  (These are standard Windows conventions.)
+
+
+New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99)
+------------------------
+
+Lots of changes; here are the highlights:
+
+General:
+
+- You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see
+extend.txt.
+
+
+File menu:
+
+The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu.
+
+
+Edit menu:
+
+New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog.
+
+Commands to tabify or untabify a region.
+
+Command to format a paragraph.
+
+
+Debug menu:
+
+JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer
+automaticall pops up when you get a traceback.
+
+Windows menu:
+
+Zoom height -- make the window full height.
+
+
+Help menu:
+
+The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and
+even edit it if you like.
+
+
+
+IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98.
+
+======================================================================