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- (For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)
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- New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000)
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-
- Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond:
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- - Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka).
-
- - Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack
- Viewer menu, not by the debugger.)
-
- - Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats
- them correctly (MH)
-
- - New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands
- much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path
- browsers (TP)
-
- - Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of
- multi-line statements (TP)
-
- - Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function
- followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the
- window to close the tip window (MH)
-
- - Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP)
-
- - New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks
- familiar to Windows users
-
- - Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now
- always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works
- correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module
- name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script:
- this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also
- sets sys.argv[] to the script name
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- New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99)
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-
- Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows
- a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path,
- directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class
- browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module,
- MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog.
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- New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99)
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-
- Most important changes:
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- - Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger.
- Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a
- reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger.
-
- - Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows
- menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed.
-
- - Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts
- with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer"
- (was: JIT stack viewer) menu items.
-
- - Added a Quit button to the Debugger API.
-
- - The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path.
-
- - Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical
- filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a
- lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the
- debugger though.)
-
- - Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works.
-
- - Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the
- class browser.
-
- - Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class
- browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text
- windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.)
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- New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99)
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-
- Lots of changes; here are the highlights:
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- General:
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- - You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see
- extend.txt.
-
-
- File menu:
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- The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu.
-
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- Edit menu:
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- New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog.
-
- Commands to tabify or untabify a region.
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- Command to format a paragraph.
-
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- Debug menu:
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- JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer
- automaticall pops up when you get a traceback.
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- Windows menu:
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- Zoom height -- make the window full height.
-
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- Help menu:
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- The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and
- even edit it if you like.
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- IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98.
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