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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/help.txt b/Lib/idlelib/help.txt index 7b31818..8bf15a1 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/help.txt +++ b/Lib/idlelib/help.txt @@ -191,3 +191,16 @@ Other preferences: Command line usage: Enter idle -h at the command prompt to get a usage message. + +Running without a subprocess: + + If IDLE is started with the -n command line switch it will run in a + single process and will not create the subprocess which runs the RPC + Python execution server. This can be useful if Python cannot create + the subprocess or the RPC socket interface on your platform. However, + in this mode user code is not isolated from IDLE itself. Also, the + environment is not restarted when Run/Run Module (F5) is selected. If + your code has been modified, you must reload() the affected modules and + re-import any specific items (e.g. from foo import baz) if the changes + are to take effect. For these reasons, it is preferable to run IDLE + with the default subprocess if at all possible. |