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@@ -41,10 +41,20 @@ Library was needed to actually fix the problem, the cache code was not restored. -Tools/Demos ------------ +IDLE +---- -- Calltips patches in IDLE. +- IDLE displays a new message upon startup: some "personal firewall" + kinds of programs (for example, ZoneAlarm) open a dialog of their + own when any program opens a socket. IDLE does use sockets, talking + on the computer's internal loopback interface. This connection is not + visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received + from the Internet. So, if you get such a dialog when opening IDLE, + asking whether to let pythonw.exe talk to address 127.0.0.1, say yes, + and rest assured no communication external to your machine is taking + place. If you don't allow it, IDLE won't be able to start. + +- Calltips patches. Build ----- |