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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt index 07ab083..8da792e 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt +++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt @@ -1,6 +1,151 @@ +What's New in IDLE 2.7.9? +========================= + +What's New in IDLE 2.7.8? +========================= + +*Release date: 2014-06-29* + +- Issue #21940: Add unittest for WidgetRedirector. Initial patch by Saimadhav + Heblikar. + +- Issue #18592: Add unittest for SearchDialogBase. Patch by Phil Webster. + +- Issue #21694: Add unittest for ParenMatch. Patch by Saimadhav Heblikar. + +- Issue #21686: add unittest for HyperParser. Original patch by Saimadhav + Heblikar. + +- Issue #12387: Add missing upper(lower)case versions of default Windows key + bindings for Idle so Caps Lock does not disable them. Patch by Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #21695: Closing a Find-in-files output window while the search is + still in progress no longer closes Idle. + +- Issue #18910: Add unittest for textView. Patch by Phil Webster. + +- Issue #18292: Add unittest for AutoExpand. Patch by Saihadhav Heblikar. + +- Issue #18409: Add unittest for AutoComplete. Patch by Phil Webster. + + +What's New in IDLE 2.7.7? +========================= + +*Release date: 2014-05-31* + +- Issue #18104: Add idlelib/idle_test/htest.py with a few sample tests to begin + consolidating and improving human-validated tests of Idle. Change other files + as needed to work with htest. Running the module as __main__ runs all tests. + +- Issue #21139: Change default paragraph width to 72, the PEP 8 recommendation. + +- Issue #21284: Paragraph reformat test passes after user changes reformat width. + +- Issue #20406: Use Python application icons for Idle window title bars. + Patch mostly by Serhiy Storchaka. + +- Issue #21029: Occurrences of "print" are now consistently colored as + being a keyword (the colorizer doesn't know if print functions are + enabled in the source). + +- Issue #17721: Remove non-functional configuration dialog help button until we + make it actually gives some help when clicked. Patch by Guilherme Simões. + +- Issue #17390: Add Python version to Idle editor window title bar. + Original patches by Edmond Burnett and Kent Johnson. + +- Issue #20058: sys.stdin.readline() in IDLE now always returns only one line. + +- Issue #19481: print() of unicode, str or bytearray subclass instance in IDLE + no more hangs. + +- Issue #18270: Prevent possible IDLE AttributeError on OS X when no initial + shell window is present. + +- Issue #17654: Ensure IDLE menus are customized properly on OS X for + non-framework builds and for all variants of Tk. + + +What's New in IDLE 2.7.6? +========================= + +*Release date: 2013-11-10* + +- Issue #19426: Fixed the opening of Python source file with specified encoding. + +- Issue #18873: IDLE now detects Python source code encoding only in comment + lines. + +- Issue #18988: The "Tab" key now works when a word is already autocompleted. + +- Issue #18489: Add tests for SearchEngine. Original patch by Phil Webster. + +- Issue #18429: Format / Format Paragraph, now works when comment blocks + are selected. As with text blocks, this works best when the selection + only includes complete lines. + +- Issue #18226: Add docstrings and unittests for FormatParagraph.py. + Original patches by Todd Rovito and Phil Webster. + +- Issue #18279: Format - Strip trailing whitespace no longer marks a file as + changed when it has not been changed. This fix followed the addition of a + test file originally written by Phil Webster (the issue's main goal). + +- Issue #18539: Calltips now work for float default arguments. + +- Issue #7136: In the Idle File menu, "New Window" is renamed "New File". + Patch by Tal Einat, Roget Serwy, and Todd Rovito. + +- Issue #8515: Set __file__ when run file in IDLE. + Initial patch by Bruce Frederiksen. + +- Issue #5492: Avoid traceback when exiting IDLE caused by a race condition. + +- Issue #17511: Keep IDLE find dialog open after clicking "Find Next". + Original patch by Sarah K. + +- Issue #15392: Create a unittest framework for IDLE. + Preliminary patch by Rajagopalasarma Jayakrishnan + See Lib/idlelib/idle_test/README.txt for how to run Idle tests. + +- Issue #14146: Highlight source line while debugging on Windows. + +- Issue #17532: Always include Options menu for IDLE on OS X. + Patch by Guilherme Simões. + + What's New in IDLE 2.7.5? ========================= +*Release date: 2013-05-12* + +- Issue #17838: Allow sys.stdin to be reassigned. + +- Issue #14735: Update IDLE docs to omit "Control-z on Windows". + +- Issue #17585: Fixed IDLE regression. Now closes when using exit() or quit(). + +- Issue #17657: Show full Tk version in IDLE's about dialog. + Patch by Todd Rovito. + +- Issue #17613: Prevent traceback when removing syntax colorizer in IDLE. + +- Issue #1207589: Backwards-compatibility patch for right-click menu in IDLE. + +- Issue #16887: IDLE now accepts Cancel in tabify/untabify dialog box. + +- Issue #14254: IDLE now handles readline correctly across shell restarts. + +- Issue #17614: IDLE no longer raises exception when quickly closing a file. + +- Issue #6698: IDLE now opens just an editor window when configured to do so. + +- Issue #8900: Using keyboard shortcuts in IDLE to open a file no longer + raises an exception. + +- Issue #6649: Fixed missing exit status in IDLE. Patch by Guilherme Polo. + - Issue #17390: Display Python version on Idle title bar. Initial patch by Edmond Burnett. @@ -8,17 +153,67 @@ What's New in IDLE 2.7.5? What's New in IDLE 2.7.4? ========================= +*Release date: 2013-04-06* + +- Issue #17625: In IDLE, close the replace dialog after it is used. + +- IDLE was displaying spurious SystemExit tracebacks when running scripts + that terminated by raising SystemExit (i.e. unittest and turtledemo). + +- Issue #9290: In IDLE the sys.std* streams now implement io.TextIOBase + interface and support all mandatory methods and properties. + +- Issue #16829: IDLE printing no longer fails if there are spaces or other + special characters in the file path. + +- Issue #16819: IDLE method completion now correctly works for unicode literals. + +- Issue #16504: IDLE now catches SyntaxErrors raised by tokenizer. Patch by + Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #1207589: Add Cut/Copy/Paste items to IDLE right click Context Menu + Patch by Todd Rovito. + +- Issue #13052: Fix IDLE crashing when replace string in Search/Replace dialog + ended with '\'. Patch by Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #9803: Don't close IDLE on saving if breakpoint is open. + Patch by Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #14958: Change IDLE systax highlighting to recognize all string and byte + literals currently supported in Python 2.7. + +- Issue #14962: Update text coloring in IDLE shell window after changing + options. Patch by Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #10997: Prevent a duplicate entry in IDLE's "Recent Files" menu. + +- Issue #12510: Attempting to get invalid tooltip no longer closes IDLE. + Original patch by Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #10365: File open dialog now works instead of crashing + even when parent window is closed. Patch by Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #14876: Use user-selected font for highlight configuration. + Patch by Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #14409: IDLE now properly executes commands in the Shell window + when it cannot read the normal config files on startup and + has to use the built-in default key bindings. + There was previously a bug in one of the defaults. + +- Issue #3573: IDLE hangs when passing invalid command line args + (directory(ies) instead of file(s)) (Patch by Guilherme Polo) + +- Issue #5219: Prevent event handler cascade in IDLE. + - Issue #15318: Prevent writing to sys.stdin. - Issue #13532, #15319: Check that arguments to sys.stdout.write are strings. -- Issue # 12510: Attempt to get certain tool tips no longer crashes IDLE. - -- Issue10365: File open dialog now works instead of crashing even when +- Issue #10365: File open dialog now works instead of crashing even when parent window is closed while dialog is open. -- Issue 14876: use user-selected font for highlight configuration. - - Issue #14018: Update checks for unstable system Tcl/Tk versions on OS X to include versions shipped with OS X 10.7 and 10.8 in addition to 10.6. @@ -29,6 +224,27 @@ What's New in IDLE 2.7.4? What's New in IDLE 2.7.3? ========================= +*Release date: 2012-04-09* + +- Issue #964437 Make IDLE help window non-modal. + Patch by Guilherme Polo and Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #13933: IDLE auto-complete did not work with some imported + module, like hashlib. (Patch by Roger Serwy) + +- Issue #13506: Add '' to path for IDLE Shell when started and restarted with Restart Shell. + Original patches by Marco Scataglini and Roger Serwy. + +- Issue #4625: If IDLE cannot write to its recent file or breakpoint + files, display a message popup and continue rather than crash. + (original patch by Roger Serwy) + +- Issue #8793: Prevent IDLE crash when given strings with invalid hex escape + sequences. + +- Issue #13296: Fix IDLE to clear compile __future__ flags on shell restart. + (Patch by Roger Serwy) + - Issue #14409: IDLE now properly executes commands in the Shell window when it cannot read the normal config files on startup and has to use the built-in default key bindings. @@ -41,41 +257,85 @@ What's New in IDLE 2.7.3? What's New in IDLE 2.7.2? ========================= -*Release date: 29-May-2011* +*Release date: 2011-06-11* + +- Issue #11718: IDLE's open module dialog couldn't find the __init__.py + file in a package. + +- Issue #12590: IDLE editor window now always displays the first line + when opening a long file. With Tk 8.5, the first line was hidden. + +- Issue #11088: don't crash when using F5 to run a script in IDLE on MacOSX + with Tk 8.5. + +- Issue #10940: Workaround an IDLE hang on Mac OS X 10.6 when using the + menu accelerators for Open Module, Go to Line, and New Indent Width. + The accelerators still work but no longer appear in the menu items. + +- Issue #10907: Warn OS X 10.6 IDLE users to use ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5, rather + than the currently problematic Apple-supplied one, when running with the + 64-/32-bit installer variant. + +- Issue #11052: Correct IDLE menu accelerators on Mac OS X for Save + commands. + +- Issue #6075: IDLE on Mac OS X now works with both Carbon AquaTk and + Cocoa AquaTk. + +- Issue #10404: Use ctl-button-1 on OSX for the context menu in Idle. + +- Issue #10107: Warn about unsaved files in IDLE on OSX. + +- Issue #10406: Enable Rstrip IDLE extension on OSX (just like on other + platforms). - Issue #6378: Further adjust idle.bat to start associated Python - Issue #11896: Save on Close failed despite selecting "Yes" in dialog. -- <Home> toggle failing on Tk 8.5, causing IDLE exits and strange selection - behavior. Issue 4676. Improve selection extension behaviour. +- Issue #4676: <Home> toggle failing on Tk 8.5, causing IDLE exits and + strange selection behavior. Improve selection extension behaviour. -- <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows. Issue 3851. +- Issue #3851 <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows. + + +What's New in Python 2.7.1? +=========================== + +*Release date: 2010-11-27* + +- Issue #6378: idle.bat now runs with the appropriate Python version rather than + the system default. Patch by Sridhar Ratnakumar. What's New in IDLE 2.7? ======================= -*Release date: 07-03-2010* +*Release date: 2010-07-03* + +- Issue #5150: IDLE's format menu now has an option to strip trailing + whitespace. + +- Issue #5847: Remove -n switch on "Edit with IDLE" menu item. - idle.py modified and simplified to better support developing experimental versions of IDLE which are not installed in the standard location. -- OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" wasn't working with - file paths containing spaces. Bug 5559. +- Issue #5559: OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" + wasn't working with file paths containing spaces. -- Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, file not being - accessed Patch 5783 Guilherme Polo +- Issue #5783: Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, + file not being accessed Patch by Guilherme Polo/ -- Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist simultaneously. Thanks to - David Scherer for suggesting the use of an ephemeral port for the GUI. - Patch 1529142 Weeble. +- Issue #1529142: Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist + simultaneously. Thanks to David Scherer for suggesting the use of an + ephemeral port for the GUI. Patch by Weeble. - Remove port spec from run.py and fix bug where subprocess fails to extract port from command line when warnings are present. -- Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr to handle - mixed space/tab properly. Issue 5129, patch by Guilherme Polo. +- Issue #5129: Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr + to handle mixed space/tab properly. Patch by Guilherme Polo. - Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present @@ -1212,6 +1212,9 @@ IDLE - Issue #6649: Fixed missing exit status in IDLE. Patch by Guilherme Polo. +- Issue #17390: Display Python version on Idle title bar. + Initial patch by Edmond Burnett. + Documentation ------------- @@ -2093,6 +2096,19 @@ IDLE - Issue #5219: Prevent event handler cascade in IDLE. +- Issue #15318: Prevent writing to sys.stdin. + +- Issue #13532, #15319: Check that arguments to sys.stdout.write are strings. + +- Issue #10365: File open dialog now works instead of crashing even when + parent window is closed while dialog is open. + +- Issue #14018: Update checks for unstable system Tcl/Tk versions on OS X + to include versions shipped with OS X 10.7 and 10.8 in addition to 10.6. + +- Issue #15853: Prevent IDLE crash on OS X when opening Preferences menu + with certain versions of Tk 8.5. Initial patch by Kevin Walzer. + Tests ----- @@ -2847,6 +2863,14 @@ IDLE - Issue #13296: Fix IDLE to clear compile __future__ flags on shell restart. (Patch by Roger Serwy) +- Issue #14409: IDLE now properly executes commands in the Shell window + when it cannot read the normal config files on startup and + has to use the built-in default key bindings. + There was previously a bug in one of the defaults. + +- Issue #3573: IDLE hangs when passing invalid command line args + (directory(ies) instead of file(s)). + Build ----- @@ -3416,6 +3440,15 @@ IDLE - Issue #10406: Enable Rstrip IDLE extension on OSX (just like on other platforms). +- Issue #6378: Further adjust idle.bat to start associated Python + +- Issue #11896: Save on Close failed despite selecting "Yes" in dialog. + +- Issue #4676: <Home> toggle failing on Tk 8.5, causing IDLE exits and + strange selection behavior. Improve selection extension behaviour. + +- Issue #3851 <Home> toggle non-functional when NumLock set on Windows. + Build ----- @@ -6863,6 +6896,27 @@ IDLE - Issue #5847: Remove -n switch on "Edit with IDLE" menu item. +- idle.py modified and simplified to better support developing experimental + versions of IDLE which are not installed in the standard location. + +- Issue #5559: OutputWindow/PyShell right click menu "Go to file/line" + wasn't working with file paths containing spaces. + +- Issue #5783: Windows: Version string for the .chm help file changed, + file not being accessed Patch by Guilherme Polo/ + +- Issue #1529142: Allow multiple IDLE GUI/subprocess pairs to exist + simultaneously. Thanks to David Scherer for suggesting the use of an + ephemeral port for the GUI. Patch by Weeble. + +- Remove port spec from run.py and fix bug where subprocess fails to + extract port from command line when warnings are present. + +- Issue #5129: Tk 8.5 Text widget requires 'wordprocessor' tabstyle attr + to handle mixed space/tab properly. Patch by Guilherme Polo. + +- Issue #3549: On MacOS the preferences menu was not present + Tools/Demos ----------- |