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diff --git a/lib/python2.7/idlelib/TODO.txt b/lib/python2.7/idlelib/TODO.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e2f1ac0 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/python2.7/idlelib/TODO.txt @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@ +Original IDLE todo, much of it now outdated: +============================================ +TO DO: + +- improve debugger: + - manage breakpoints globally, allow bp deletion, tbreak, cbreak etc.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) DONE + - 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 DONE +- 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 DONE +- 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?) DONE +- 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: + +- ^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 DONE + +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, DONE + 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? FIRST CUT DONE + - 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) DONE + +- Config files still editable outside the preferences dialog. +(Randall Hopper) DONE + +- 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) DONE + +- 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) REJECT FIRST, LATTER DONE + +- GUI form designer to kick VB's butt. (Robert Geiger) THAT'S NOT IDLE + +- Printing! Possibly via generation of PDF files which the user must +then send to the printer separately. (Dinu Gherman) FIRST CUT |