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diff --git a/Tools/idle/TODO.txt b/Tools/idle/TODO.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b5ec7e8..0000000 --- a/Tools/idle/TODO.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,211 +0,0 @@ - -TO DO: - -- improve debugger: - - manage breakpoints globally, allow bp deletion, tbreak, cbreak etc. - - real object browser - - help on how to use it (a simple help button will do wonders) - - performance? (updates of large sets of locals are slow) - - better integration of "debug module" - - debugger should be global resource (attached to flist, not to shell) - - fix the stupid bug where you need to step twice - - display class name in stack viewer entries for methods - - suppress tracing through IDLE internals (e.g. print) - - add a button to suppress through a specific module or class or method - - more object inspection to stack viewer, e.g. to view all array items -- insert the initial current directory into sys.path -- default directory attribute for each window instead of only for windows - that have an associated filename -- command expansion from keywords, module contents, other buffers, etc. -- "Recent documents" menu item -- Filter region command -- Optional horizontal scroll bar -- more Emacsisms: - - ^K should cut to buffer - - M-[, M-] to move by paragraphs - - incremental search? -- search should indicate wrap-around in some way -- restructure state sensitive code to avoid testing flags all the time -- persistent user state (e.g. window and cursor positions, bindings) -- make backups when saving -- check file mtimes at various points -- Pluggable interface with RCS/CVS/Perforce/Clearcase -- better help? -- don't open second class browser on same module (nor second path browser) -- unify class and path browsers -- Need to define a standard way whereby one can determine one is running - inside IDLE (needed for Tk mainloop, also handy for $PYTHONSTARTUP) -- Add more utility methods for use by extensions (a la get_selection) -- Way to run command in totally separate interpreter (fork+os.system?) -- Way to find definition of fully-qualified name: - In other words, select "UserDict.UserDict", hit some magic key and - it loads up UserDict.py and finds the first def or class for UserDict. -- need a way to force colorization on/off -- need a way to force auto-indent on/off - -Details: - -- when there's a selection, left/right arrow should go to either - end of the selection -- ^O (on Unix -- open-line) should honor autoindent -- after paste, show end of pasted text -- on Windows, should turn short filename to long filename (not only in argv!) - (shouldn't this be done -- or undone -- by ntpath.normpath?) -- new autoindent after colon even indents when the colon is in a comment! -- sometimes forward slashes in pathname remain -- sometimes star in window name remains in Windows menu -- With unix bindings, ESC by itself is ignored -- Sometimes for no apparent reason a selection from the cursor to the - end of the command buffer appears, which is hard to get rid of - because it stays when you are typing! -- The Line/Col in the status bar can be wrong initially in PyShell - -Structural problems: - -- too much knowledge in FileList about EditorWindow (for example) -- should add some primitives for accessing the selection etc. - to repeat cumbersome code over and over - -====================================================================== - -Jeff Bauer suggests: - -- Open Module doesn't appear to handle hierarchical packages. -- Class browser should also allow hierarchical packages. -- Open and Open Module could benefit from a history, - either command line style, or Microsoft recent-file - style. -- Add a Smalltalk-style inspector (i.e. Tkinspect) - -The last suggestion is already a reality, but not yet -integrated into IDLE. I use a module called inspector.py, -that used to be available from python.org(?) It no longer -appears to be in the contributed section, and the source -has no author attribution. - -In any case, the code is useful for visually navigating -an object's attributes, including its container hierarchy. - - >>> from inspector import Tkinspect - >>> Tkinspect(None, myObject) - -Tkinspect could probably be extended and refined to -integrate better into IDLE. - -====================================================================== - -Comparison to PTUI ------------------- - -+ PTUI's help is better (HTML!) - -+ PTUI can attach a shell to any module - -+ PTUI has some more I/O commands: - open multiple - append - examine (what's that?) - -====================================================================== - -Notes after trying to run Grail -------------------------------- - -- Grail does stuff to sys.path based on sys.argv[0]; you must set -sys.argv[0] to something decent first (it is normally set to the path of -the idle script). - -- Grail must be exec'ed in __main__ because that's imported by some -other parts of Grail. - -- Grail uses a module called History and so does idle :-( - -====================================================================== - -Robin Friedrich's items: - -Things I'd like to see: - - I'd like support for shift-click extending the selection. There's a - bug now that it doesn't work the first time you try it. - - Printing is needed. How hard can that be on Windows? - - The python-mode trick of autoindenting a line with <tab> is neat and - very handy. - - (someday) a spellchecker for docstrings and comments. - - a pagedown/up command key which moves to next class/def statement (top - level) - - split window capability - - DnD text relocation/copying - -Things I don't want to see. - - line numbers... will probably slow things down way too much. - - Please use another icon for the tree browser leaf. The small snake - isn't cutting it. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- Customizable views (multi-window or multi-pane). (Markus Gritsch) - -- Being able to double click (maybe double right click) on a callable -object in the editor which shows the source of the object, if -possible. (Gerrit Holl) - -- Hooks into the guts, like in Emacs. (Mike Romberg) - -- Sharing the editor with a remote tutor. (Martijn Faassen) - -- Multiple views on the same file. (Tony J Ibbs) - -- Store breakpoints in a global (per-project) database (GvR); Dirk -Heise adds: save some space-trimmed context and search around when -reopening a file that might have been edited by someone else. - -- Capture menu events in extensions without changing the IDLE source. -(Matthias Barmeier) - -- Use overlapping panels (a "notebook" in MFC terms I think) for info -that doesn't need to be accessible simultaneously (e.g. HTML source -and output). Use multi-pane windows for info that does need to be -shown together (e.g. class browser and source). (Albert Brandl) - -- A project should invisibly track all symbols, for instant search, -replace and cross-ref. Projects should be allowed to span multiple -directories, hosts, etc. Project management files are placed in a -directory you specify. A global mapping between project names and -project directories should exist [not so sure --GvR]. (Tim Peters) - -- Merge attr-tips and auto-expand. (Mark Hammond, Tim Peters) - -- Python Shell should behave more like a "shell window" as users know -it -- i.e. you can only edit the current command, and the cursor can't -escape from the command area. (Albert Brandl) - -- Set X11 class to "idle/Idle", set icon and title to something -beginning with "idle" -- for window manangers. (Randall Hopper) - -- Config files editable through a preferences dialog. (me) - -- Config files still editable outside the preferences dialog. -(Randall Hopper) - -- When you're editing a command in PyShell, and there are only blank -lines below the cursor, hitting Return should ignore or delete those -blank lines rather than deciding you're not on the last line. (me) - -- Run command (F5 c.s.) should be more like Pythonwin's Run -- a -dialog with options to give command line arguments, run the debugger, -etc. (me) - -- Shouldn't be able to delete part of the prompt (or any text before -it) in the PyShell. (Martijn Faassen) - -- Emacs style auto-fill (also smart about comments and strings). -(Jeremy Hylton) - -- Output of Run Script should go to a separate output window, not to -the shell window. Output of separate runs should all go to the same -window but clearly delimited. (David Scherer) - -- GUI form designer to kick VB's butt. (Robert Geiger) - -- Printing! Possibly via generation of PDF files which the user must -then send to the printer separately. (Dinu Gherman) |