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diff --git a/Tools/idle/README.txt b/Tools/idle/README.txt index 05b652b..3f91bdf 100644 --- a/Tools/idle/README.txt +++ b/Tools/idle/README.txt @@ -1,27 +1,52 @@ 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.) -This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based -IDE for Python. It has the following features: +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. + +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.) -- 100% pure Python -- multi-window text editor with multiple undo and Python colorizing -- Python shell (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) window subclass -- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints and step) -- works on Windows and Unix (probably works on Mac too) +COPYRIGHT -The main program is in the file "idle"; on Windows you can use -idle.pyw to avoid popping up a DOS console. Any arguments passed are -interpreted as files that will be opened for editing. +IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice +(http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html). -IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with the -Python 1.5.2 distribution (luckily, IDLE is bundled with Python -1.5.2). +FEEDBACK -Please send feedback to the Python newsgroup, comp.lang.python, and cc -me <guido@python.org>. +For feedback, please use the Python Bugs List +(http://www.python.org/search/search_bugs.html). --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) |