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author | Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net> | 2002-12-31 17:56:18 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/README.txt b/Lib/idlelib/README.txt index 152d497..1307be4 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/README.txt +++ b/Lib/idlelib/README.txt @@ -2,157 +2,55 @@ IDLEfork README =============== IDLEfork is an official experimental fork of Python's Integrated -DeveLopment Environment IDLE. Worthwhile and successful changes and -additions will go back into the Python distribution's IDLE at some -later stage. There is no spanish inquisition. +DeveLopment Environment IDLE. The biggest change is to execute +Python code in a separate process, which is /restarted/ for each +Run (F5) initiated from an editor window. This enhancement of +IDLE has often been requested, and is now finally available, +complete with debugger. -As David Scherer aptly put it in the original IDLE fork README (below), +There is also a new GUI configuration manager which makes it easy +to select fonts, colors, and startup options. + +IDLEfork will be merged back into the Python distribution in the +near future (probably 2.3), replacing the current version of IDLE. + +As David Scherer aptly put it in the original IDLEfork README, "It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you get to -keep both pieces." One of the aims of IDLEfork now is for it to be able -to be uncompressed into its own directory and run from there, that way -you can play with (or hack on) IDLEfork without any further installation, -and entirely separately from your stable python IDLE distribution. +keep both pieces." -If you find bugs or undesired behaviour please code nifty patches and -submit them to the IDLEfork SourceForge patch manager, 8^) or let us -know about it in one of the appropriate fora. See the IDLEfork home -page at +If you find bugs let us know about them by using the IDLEfork Bug +Tracker. See the IDLEfork home page at -http://idlefork.sourceforge.net +http://idlefork.sourceforge.net -for details on the various ways to give input to or contact the project. +for details. Patches are always appreciated at the IDLEfork Patch +Tracker. Please see the files NEWS.txt and ChangeLog for more up to date information on changes in this release of IDLEfork. +Thanks for trying IDLEfork. -Thanks for trying IDLEfork, -Stephen M. Gava. -<elguavas@users.sourceforge.net> - - - -README from IDLE fork 0.7.1 : -============================= - -EXPERIMENTAL LOADER IDLE 2000-05-29 ------------------------------------ - - 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 ------------------------- - -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.) - -FEATURES - -IDLE has the following features: - -- coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk) - -- cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are -currently problems with Tcl/Tk) - -- multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing -and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips - -- Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) - -- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step) - -USAGE - -The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able -to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can -run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up -a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows, -use the batch file idle.bat. -Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed, -not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option. -Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options. +IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 0 +-------------------------------- -IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a -Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed -with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.) +Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The +output of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to +inspect the environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 +the shell environment was separate from the environment of the user +code.) -COPYRIGHT +Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog. -IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice -(http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html). +Adapted to the Mac platform. -FEEDBACK +Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements. -(removed, since Guido probably doesn't want complaints about my -changes) +Known issues: ---Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) +- Can't kill a tight loop in the Windows version: Use the Task Manager! +- Printing under Linux may be problematic. +- The debugger is pretty slow. +- RPC stack levels are not being pruned from debugger tracebacks. +- Changelog and NEWS.txt are incomplete. |