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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2003-06-14 00:08:37 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2003-06-14 00:08:37 (GMT) |
commit | ecb544e95bc02a59d0acc1e28f3ef5624d399210 (patch) | |
tree | 589449882db7543c5562347b1120a8d0e57b219f /Tools/idle/help.txt | |
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Get rid of old IDLE. Lib/idlelib rules!
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diff --git a/Tools/idle/help.txt b/Tools/idle/help.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 63327d7..0000000 --- a/Tools/idle/help.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,157 +0,0 @@ -[See end for tips.] - -Click on the dotted line at the top of a menu to "tear it off": a -separate window containing the menu is created. - -File menu: - - New window -- create a new editing window - Open... -- open an existing file - Open module... -- open an existing module (searches sys.path) - Class browser -- show classes and methods in current file - Path browser -- show sys.path directories, modules, classes - and methods - --- - Save -- save current window to the associated file (unsaved - windows have a * before and after the window title) - - Save As... -- save current window to new file, which becomes - the associated file - Save Copy As... -- save current window to different file - without changing the associated file - --- - Close -- close current window (asks to save if unsaved) - Exit -- close all windows and quit IDLE (asks to save if unsaved) - -Edit menu: - - Undo -- Undo last change to current window (max 1000 changes) - Redo -- Redo last undone change to current window - --- - Cut -- Copy selection into system-wide clipboard; then delete selection - Copy -- Copy selection into system-wide clipboard - Paste -- Insert system-wide clipboard into window - Select All -- Select the entire contents of the edit buffer - --- - Find... -- Open a search dialog box with many options - Find again -- Repeat last search - Find selection -- Search for the string in the selection - Find in Files... -- Open a search dialog box for searching files - Replace... -- Open a search-and-replace dialog box - Go to line -- Ask for a line number and show that line - --- - Indent region -- Shift selected lines right 4 spaces - Dedent region -- Shift selected lines left 4 spaces - Comment out region -- Insert ## in front of selected lines - Uncomment region -- Remove leading # or ## from selected lines - Tabify region -- Turns *leading* stretches of spaces into tabs - Untabify region -- Turn *all* tabs into the right number of spaces - Expand word -- Expand the word you have typed to match another - word in the same buffer; repeat to get a different expansion - Format Paragraph -- Reformat the current blank-line-separated paragraph - --- - Import module -- Import or reload the current module - Run script -- Execute the current file in the __main__ namespace - -Windows menu: - - Zoom Height -- toggles the window between normal size (24x80) - and maximum height. - --- - The rest of this menu lists the names of all open windows; - select one to bring it to the foreground (deiconifying it if - necessary). - -Debug menu (in the Python Shell window only): - - Go to file/line -- look around the insert point for a filename - and linenumber, open the file, and show the line - Open stack viewer -- show the stack traceback of the last exception - Debugger toggle -- Run commands in the shell under the debugger - JIT Stack viewer toggle -- Open stack viewer on traceback - -Basic editing and navigation: - - Backspace deletes to the left; DEL deletes to the right - Arrow keys and Page Up/Down to move around - Home/End go to begin/end of line - Control-Home/End go to begin/end of file - Some Emacs bindings may also work, e.g. ^B/^P/^A/^E/^D/^L - -Automatic indentation: - - After a block-opening statement, the next line is indented by - 4 spaces (in the Python Shell window by one tab). After - certain keywords (break, return etc.) the next line is - dedented. In leading indentation, Backspace deletes up to 4 - spaces if they are there. Tab inserts 1-4 spaces (in the - Python Shell window one tab). See also the indent/dedent - region commands in the edit menu. - -Python Shell window: - - ^C interrupts executing command - ^D sends end-of-file; closes window if typed at >>> prompt - - Command history: - - Alt-p retrieves previous command matching what you have typed - Alt-n retrieves next - Return while on any previous command retrieves that command - Alt-/ (Expand word) is also useful here - -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 config.txt (or add a - [Colors] section to ~/.idle). - - Python syntax colors: - - Keywords orange - Strings green - Comments red - Definitions blue - - Shell colors: - - Console output brown - stdout blue - stderr dark green - stdin black - -Other preferences: - - Most preferences can be changed by editing one of the - configuration text files: config.txt (generic) or one of - config-unix.txt, config-win.txt, config.mac.txt (platform - specific). User-specific preferences can be stored in - $HOME/.idle, which overrides the config*.txt files. - - To change keyboard bindings, edit Bindings.py - -Command line usage: - - idle.py [-c command] [-d] [-e] [-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 - -t title set title of shell window - - If there are arguments: - - If -e is used, arguments are files opened for editing and - sys.argv reflects the arguments passed to IDLE itself. - - Otherwise, if -c is used, all arguments are placed in - sys.argv[1:...], with sys.argv[0] set to '-c'. - - Otherwise, if neither -e nor -c is used, the first - argument is a script which is executed with the remaining - arguments in sys.argv[1:...] and sys.argv[0] set to the - script name. If the script name is '-', no script is - executed but an interactive Python session is started; the - arguments are still available in sys.argv. |