From c794a1cb2f5df8dbd7041b263bea4cabd3105f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Peters Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 20:23:49 +0000 Subject: Gave the main NEWS file its own IDLE section, and populated it with a blurb about ZoneAlarm (etc) nags. --- Misc/NEWS | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index b645b4e..f62bb44 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -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 ----- -- cgit v0.12