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diff --git a/lib/python2.7/idlelib/HISTORY.txt b/lib/python2.7/idlelib/HISTORY.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..01d73ed --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/python2.7/idlelib/HISTORY.txt @@ -0,0 +1,296 @@ +IDLE History +============ + +This file contains the release messages for previous IDLE releases. +As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history. + + +What's New in IDLEfork 0.8.1? +============================= + +*Release date: 22-Jul-2001* + +- New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork + project. + +- This release requires python 2.1 or better. Compatibility with earlier + versions of python (especially ancient ones like 1.5x) is no longer a + priority in IDLEfork development. + +- This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with current + cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional coding by Kurt + B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava. + +- This release is basically functional but also contains some known breakages, + particularly with running things from the shell window. Also the debugger is + not working, but I believe this was the case with the previous IDLE fork + release (0.7.1) as well. + +- This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is + launching into a new stage of development. + +- IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and + exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted by + David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR, while stabilisation + and development of less heavyweight improvements (like user customisation) + can continue on the trunk. + + +What's New in IDLEfork 0.7.1? +============================== + +*Release date: 15-Aug-2000* + +- First project tarball released. + +- This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a + combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional changes + coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and Nicholas Riley. + + + +IDLEfork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000 +----------------------------- + + David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu> + +- This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of + 2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you + get to keep both pieces. + +- If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or post to + the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev (making it clear + that you are using this modified version of IDLE). + +- Changes: + + - The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes programs + in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC mechanism to an + OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing unnamed programs + (through a temporary file). It does not yet support debugging. + + - When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped to + exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back into the + user program, that part of the traceback will be shown. + + - The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular, it now + supports a readline() function used to implement user input, and a + scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of a previous run + by scrolling it out of the window. + + - Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with just a + blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening a file in + such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of that window + instead of creating another window. Because of the need to have a + well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of IDLE can be + running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to report their + command line arguments to the copy already running. + + - The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large + 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'. + + - 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is + present. + + - A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation + instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent. + +- New modules: + + ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader + loader.py Bootstraps user program + protocol.py RPC protocol + Remote.py User-process interpreter + spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs + +- Files modified: + + autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked ) + bindings.py ( menus reorganized ) + config.txt ( execbinding enabled ) + editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' ) + filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" ) + formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked ) + idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname ) + idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? ) + iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention ) + keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked ) + outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc ) + pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior ) + readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> ) + + + +IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes +---------------------------------------- + +This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based +IDE for Python. + +(For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.) + +FEATURES + +IDLE has the following features: + +- coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk) + +- cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are +currently problems with Tcl/Tk) + +- multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing +and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips + +- Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) + +- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step) + +USAGE + +The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able +to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can +run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up +a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows, +use the batch file idle.bat. + +Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed, +not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option. +Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options. + +IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a +Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed +with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.) + +COPYRIGHT + +IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice +(http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html). + + +New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000) +--------------------------- + +Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond: + +- 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 + + +New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99) +------------------------ + +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. + + +New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99) +------------------------- + +Most important changes: + +- 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.) + + +New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99) +------------------------ + +Lots of changes; here are the highlights: + +General: + +- You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see +extend.txt. + + +File menu: + +The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu. + + +Edit menu: + +New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog. + +Commands to tabify or untabify a region. + +Command to format a paragraph. + + +Debug menu: + +JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer +automaticall pops up when you get a traceback. + +Windows menu: + +Zoom height -- make the window full height. + + +Help menu: + +The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and +even edit it if you like. + + + +IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98. + +====================================================================== |