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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/README.txt b/Lib/idlelib/README.txt index 1307be4..2ab8064 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/README.txt +++ b/Lib/idlelib/README.txt @@ -1,56 +1,38 @@ IDLEfork README =============== -IDLEfork is an official experimental fork of Python's Integrated -DeveLopment Environment IDLE. The biggest change is to execute -Python code in a separate process, which is /restarted/ for each -Run (F5) initiated from an editor window. This enhancement of -IDLE has often been requested, and is now finally available, -complete with debugger. +IDLEfork is an official experimental fork of Python's Integrated DeveLopment +Environment, IDLE. The biggest change is to execute Python code in a separate +process, which is /restarted/ for each Run (F5) initiated from an editor +window. This enhancement of IDLE has often been requested, and is now finally +available, complete with the IDLE debugger. The magic "reload/import *" +incantations are no longer required when editing/testing a module two or three +steps down the import chain. -There is also a new GUI configuration manager which makes it easy -to select fonts, colors, and startup options. +There is also a new GUI configuration manager which makes it easy to select +fonts, colors, keybindings, and startup options. There is new feature where +the user can specify additional help sources, either locally or on the web. -IDLEfork will be merged back into the Python distribution in the -near future (probably 2.3), replacing the current version of IDLE. +IDLEfork will be merged back into the Python distribution in the near future +(probably 2.3), replacing the current version of IDLE. -As David Scherer aptly put it in the original IDLEfork README, -"It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you get to -keep both pieces." +For information on this release, refer to NEWS.txt -If you find bugs let us know about them by using the IDLEfork Bug -Tracker. See the IDLEfork home page at +As David Scherer aptly put it in the original IDLEfork README, "It is alpha +software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces." -http://idlefork.sourceforge.net - -for details. Patches are always appreciated at the IDLEfork Patch -Tracker. - -Please see the files NEWS.txt and ChangeLog for more up to date -information on changes in this release of IDLEfork. - -Thanks for trying IDLEfork. +If you find bugs let us know about them by using the IDLEfork Bug Tracker. See +the IDLEfork home page at +http://idlefork.sourceforge.net -IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 0 --------------------------------- - -Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The -output of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to -inspect the environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1 -the shell environment was separate from the environment of the user -code.) - -Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog. +for details. Patches are always appreciated at the IDLEfork Patch Tracker, and +Change Requests should be posted to the RFE Tracker at -Adapted to the Mac platform. +https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=9579&atid=359579 -Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements. +There is a mail list for IDLE: idle-dev@python.org. You can join at -Known issues: +http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev -- Can't kill a tight loop in the Windows version: Use the Task Manager! -- Printing under Linux may be problematic. -- The debugger is pretty slow. -- RPC stack levels are not being pruned from debugger tracebacks. -- Changelog and NEWS.txt are incomplete. +Thanks for trying IDLEfork. |