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| author | Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net> | 2003-07-27 03:24:19 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net> | 2003-07-27 03:24:19 (GMT) |
| commit | 220fecf0f45b7ad6dde43a60e33f755793d8318d (patch) | |
| tree | f1146413a5bd5e397b53bc5d19079581d0a9c80b /Lib/idlelib/README.txt | |
| parent | 7fbc3046df5cac4dd6cf0cbbf96707a94a305bb6 (diff) | |
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Added a banner to the shell startup message discussing possible
warnings from personal firewall software. Added the same text
to README.txt, updated NEWS.txt for release.
M NEWS.txt
M PyShell.py
M README.txt
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/README.txt b/Lib/idlelib/README.txt index df0b7b8..101f7eb 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/README.txt +++ b/Lib/idlelib/README.txt @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ This enhancement has often been requested, and is now finally available. The magic "reload/import *" incantations are no longer required when editing and testing a module two or three steps down the import chain. +(Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE makes to its +subprocess using this computer's internal loopback interface. This connection +is not visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received +from the Internet.) + It is possible to interrupt tightly looping user code, even on Windows. Applications which cannot support subprocesses and/or sockets can still run |