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authorTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2015-09-23 07:52:23 (GMT)
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Issue #25219: Update doc for Idle command line options.
Some were missing and notes were not correct.
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@@ -478,27 +478,28 @@ executed in the Tk namespace, so this file is not useful for importing
functions to be used from IDLE&#8217;s Python shell.</p>
<div class="section" id="command-line-usage">
<h3>25.5.4.1. Command line usage<a class="headerlink" href="#command-line-usage" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
-<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre>idle.py [-c command] [-d] [-e] [-s] [-t title] [arg] ...
+<div class="highlight-python3"><div class="highlight"><pre>idle.py [-c command] [-d] [-e] [-h] [-i] [-r file] [-s] [-t title] [-] [arg] ...
--c command run this command
--d enable debugger
--e edit mode; arguments are files to be edited
--s run $IDLESTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP first
+-c command run command in the shell window
+-d enable debugger and open shell window
+-e open editor window
+-h print help message with legal combinatios and exit
+-i open shell window
+-r file run file in shell window
+-s run $IDLESTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP first, in shell window
-t title set title of shell window
+- run stdin in shell (- must be last option before args)
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If there are arguments:</p>
-<ol class="arabic simple">
-<li>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-e</span></tt> is used, arguments are files opened for editing and
+<ul class="simple">
+<li>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-c</span></tt>, or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">r</span></tt> is used, all arguments are placed in
+<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.argv[1:...]</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.argv[0]</span></tt> is set to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">''</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-c'</span></tt>,
+or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-r'</span></tt>. No editor window is opened, even if that is the default
+set in the Options dialog.</li>
+<li>Otherwise, arguments are files opened for editing and
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.argv</span></tt> reflects the arguments passed to IDLE itself.</li>
-<li>Otherwise, if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-c</span></tt> is used, all arguments are placed in
-<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.argv[1:...]</span></tt>, with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.argv[0]</span></tt> set to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-c'</span></tt>.</li>
-<li>Otherwise, if neither <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-e</span></tt> nor <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-c</span></tt> is used, the first
-argument is a script which is executed with the remaining arguments in
-<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.argv[1:...]</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.argv[0]</span></tt> set to the script name. If the
-script name is &#8216;-&#8216;, no script is executed but an interactive Python session
-is started; the arguments are still available in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.argv</span></tt>.</li>
-</ol>
+</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="running-without-a-subprocess">
<h3>25.5.4.2. Running without a subprocess<a class="headerlink" href="#running-without-a-subprocess" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
@@ -661,7 +662,7 @@ are currently:</p>
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+ Last updated on Sep 23, 2015.
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