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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt index 94e6b13..8b8e10b 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt +++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt @@ -1,28 +1,54 @@ What's New in Idle 3.4.4? ========================= -*Release date: 2015-??-??* +*Release date: 2015-12-20* + +- Issue 15348: Stop the debugger engine (normally in a user process) + before closing the debugger window (running in the IDLE process). + This prevents the RuntimeErrors that were being caught and ignored. + +- Issue #24455: Prevent IDLE from hanging when a) closing the shell while the + debugger is active (15347); b) closing the debugger with the [X] button + (15348); and c) activating the debugger when already active (24455). + The patch by Mark Roseman does this by making two changes. + 1. Suspend and resume the gui.interaction method with the tcl vwait + mechanism intended for this purpose (instead of root.mainloop & .quit). + 2. In gui.run, allow any existing interaction to terminate first. + +- Change 'The program' to 'Your program' in an IDLE 'kill program?' message + to make it clearer that the program referred to is the currently running + user program, not IDLE itself. + +- Issue #24750: Improve the appearance of the IDLE editor window status bar. + Patch by Mark Roseman. + +- Issue #25313: Change the handling of new built-in text color themes to better + address the compatibility problem introduced by the addition of IDLE Dark. + Consistently use the revised idleConf.CurrentTheme everywhere in idlelib. + +- Issue #24782: Extension configuration is now a tab in the IDLE Preferences + dialog rather than a separate dialog. The former tabs are now a sorted + list. Patch by Mark Roseman. + +- Issue #22726: Re-activate the config dialog help button with some content + about the other buttons and the new IDLE Dark theme. - Issue #24820: IDLE now has an 'IDLE Dark' built-in text color theme. It is more or less IDLE Classic inverted, with a cobalt blue background. Strings, comments, keywords, ... are still green, red, orange, ... . - Selecting it displays the following warning and solution. - "IDLE Dark is new in October, 2015. Trying to run earlier versions - of IDLE with it selected will disable colorizing, or worse. - If you might ever run an earlier release of IDLE, then before - exiting this version, either switch to another theme or hit the - 'Save as New Custom Theme' button. The latter requires a new name, - such as 'Custom Dark', but the custom theme will work with any IDLE - release, and can be modified." + To use it with IDLEs released before November 2015, hit the + 'Save as New Custom Theme' button and enter a new name, + such as 'Custom Dark'. The custom theme will work with any IDLE + release, and can be modified. - Issue #25224: README.txt is now an idlelib index for IDLE developers and - curious users. The previous user content is now in the IDLE doc and is - redundant. IDLE now means 'Integrated Development and Learning Environment'. + curious users. The previous user content is now in the IDLE doc chapter. + 'IDLE' now means 'Integrated Development and Learning Environment'. - Issue #24820: Users can now set breakpoint colors in Settings -> Custom Highlighting. Original patch by Mark Roseman. - Issue #24972: Inactive selection background now matches active selection - background, as configured by user, on all systems. Found items are now + background, as configured by users, on all systems. Found items are now always highlighted on Windows. Initial patch by Mark Roseman. - Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs @@ -42,7 +68,7 @@ What's New in Idle 3.4.4? * Give code snippet a very Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background. * Re-use initial width and height set by users for shell and editor. * When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used, put the section header - at the top of the screen. + at the top of the screen. - Issue #25225: Condense and rewrite Idle doc section on text colors. @@ -68,9 +94,6 @@ What's New in Idle 3.4.4? - Issue #24199: Deprecate unused idlelib.idlever with possible removal in 3.6. -- Issue #24782: In Idle extension config dialog, replace tabs with sorted list. - Patch by Mark Roseman. - - Issue #24790: Remove extraneous code (which also create 2 & 3 conflicts). - Issue #23672: Allow Idle to edit and run files with astral chars in name. |