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@@ -154,27 +154,56 @@ 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)
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+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.
+ Look around the insert point for a filename and line number, open the file,
+ and show the line. Useful to view the source lines referenced in an
+ exception traceback.
-Open stack viewer
- show the stack traceback of the last exception
+Debugger
+ Run commands in the shell under the debugger.
-Debugger toggle
- Run commands in the shell under the debugger
+Stack viewer
+ Show the stack traceback of the last exception.
-JIT Stack viewer toggle
- Open stack viewer on traceback
+Auto-open Stack Viewer
+ Open stack viewer on traceback.
.. index::
single: stack viewer
single: debugger
+Edit context menu
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Right-click in Edit window (Control-click on OS X)
+
+Set Breakpoint
+ Sets a breakpoint. Breakpoints are only enabled when the debugger is open.
+
+Clear Breakpoint
+ Clears the breakpoint on that line.
+
+.. index::
+ single: Set Breakpoint
+ single: Clear Breakpoint
+ single: breakpoints
+
+
+Shell context menu
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Right-click in Python Shell window (Control-click on OS X)
+
+Go to file/line
+ Same as in Debug menu.
+
+
Basic editing and navigation
----------------------------