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1 | IDLE History |
2 | ============ | |
3 | ||
4 | This file contains the release messages for previous IDLE releases. | |
5 | As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history. | |
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7 | ||
8 | What's New in IDLEfork 0.8.1? | |
9 | ============================= | |
10 | ||
11 | *Release date: 22-Jul-2001* | |
12 | ||
13 | - New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork | |
14 | project. | |
15 | ||
16 | - This release requires python 2.1 or better. Compatability with earlier | |
17 | versions of python (especially ancient ones like 1.5x) is no longer a | |
18 | priority in IDLEfork development. | |
19 | ||
20 | - This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with current | |
21 | cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional coding by Kurt | |
22 | B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava. | |
23 | ||
24 | - This release is basically functional but also contains some known breakages, | |
25 | particularly with running things from the shell window. Also the debugger is | |
26 | not working, but I believe this was the case with the previous IDLE fork | |
27 | release (0.7.1) as well. | |
28 | ||
29 | - This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is | |
30 | launching into a new stage of development. | |
31 | ||
32 | - IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and | |
33 | exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted by | |
34 | David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR, while stabilisation | |
35 | and development of less heavyweight improvements (like user customisation) | |
36 | can continue on the trunk. | |
37 | ||
38 | ||
39 | What's New in IDLEfork 0.7.1? | |
40 | ============================== | |
41 | ||
42 | *Release date: 15-Aug-2000* | |
43 | ||
44 | - First project tarball released. | |
45 | ||
46 | - This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a | |
47 | combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional changes | |
48 | coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and Nicholas Riley. | |
49 | ||
50 | ||
51 | ||
52 | IDLEfork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000 | |
53 | ----------------------------- | |
54 | ||
55 | David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu> | |
56 | ||
57 | - This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of | |
58 | 2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you | |
59 | get to keep both pieces. | |
60 | ||
61 | - If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or post to | |
62 | the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev (making it clear | |
63 | that you are using this modified version of IDLE). | |
64 | ||
65 | - Changes: | |
66 | ||
67 | - The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes programs | |
68 | in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC mechanism to an | |
69 | OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing unnamed programs | |
70 | (through a temporary file). It does not yet support debugging. | |
71 | ||
72 | - When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped to | |
73 | exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back into the | |
74 | user program, that part of the traceback will be shown. | |
75 | ||
76 | - The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular, it now | |
77 | supports a readline() function used to implement user input, and a | |
78 | scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of a previous run | |
79 | by scrolling it out of the window. | |
80 | ||
81 | - Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with just a | |
82 | blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening a file in | |
83 | such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of that window | |
84 | instead of creating another window. Because of the need to have a | |
85 | well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of IDLE can be | |
86 | running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to report their | |
87 | command line arguments to the copy already running. | |
88 | ||
89 | - The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large | |
90 | 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'. | |
91 | ||
92 | - 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is | |
93 | present. | |
94 | ||
95 | - A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation | |
96 | instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent. | |
97 | ||
98 | - New modules: | |
99 | ||
100 | ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader | |
101 | loader.py Bootstraps user program | |
102 | protocol.py RPC protocol | |
103 | Remote.py User-process interpreter | |
104 | spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs | |
105 | ||
106 | - Files modified: | |
107 | ||
108 | autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked ) | |
109 | bindings.py ( menus reorganized ) | |
110 | config.txt ( execbinding enabled ) | |
111 | editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' ) | |
112 | filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" ) | |
113 | formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked ) | |
114 | idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname ) | |
115 | idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? ) | |
116 | iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention ) | |
117 | keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked ) | |
118 | outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc ) | |
119 | pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior ) | |
120 | readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> ) | |
121 | ||
122 | ||
123 | ||
124 | IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes | |
125 | ---------------------------------------- | |
126 | ||
127 | This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based | |
128 | IDE for Python. | |
129 | ||
130 | (For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.) | |
131 | ||
132 | FEATURES | |
133 | ||
134 | IDLE has the following features: | |
135 | ||
136 | - coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk) | |
137 | ||
138 | - cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are | |
139 | currently problems with Tcl/Tk) | |
140 | ||
141 | - multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing | |
142 | and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips | |
143 | ||
144 | - Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) | |
145 | ||
146 | - debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step) | |
147 | ||
148 | USAGE | |
149 | ||
150 | The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able | |
151 | to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can | |
152 | run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up | |
153 | a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows, | |
154 | use the batch file idle.bat. | |
155 | ||
156 | Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed, | |
157 | not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option. | |
158 | Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options. | |
159 | ||
160 | IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a | |
161 | Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed | |
162 | with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.) | |
163 | ||
164 | COPYRIGHT | |
165 | ||
166 | IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice | |
167 | (http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html). | |
168 | ||
169 | ||
170 | New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000) | |
171 | --------------------------- | |
172 | ||
173 | Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond: | |
174 | ||
175 | - Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka). | |
176 | ||
177 | - Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack | |
178 | Viewer menu, not by the debugger.) | |
179 | ||
180 | - Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats | |
181 | them correctly (MH) | |
182 | ||
183 | - New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands | |
184 | much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path | |
185 | browsers (TP) | |
186 | ||
187 | - Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of | |
188 | multi-line statements (TP) | |
189 | ||
190 | - Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function | |
191 | followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the | |
192 | window to close the tip window (MH) | |
193 | ||
194 | - Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP) | |
195 | ||
196 | - New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks | |
197 | familiar to Windows users | |
198 | ||
199 | - Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now | |
200 | always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works | |
201 | correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module | |
202 | name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script: | |
203 | this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also | |
204 | sets sys.argv[] to the script name | |
205 | ||
206 | ||
207 | New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99) | |
208 | ------------------------ | |
209 | ||
210 | Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows | |
211 | a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path, | |
212 | directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class | |
213 | browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module, | |
214 | MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog. | |
215 | ||
216 | ||
217 | New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99) | |
218 | ------------------------- | |
219 | ||
220 | Most important changes: | |
221 | ||
222 | - Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger. | |
223 | Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a | |
224 | reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger. | |
225 | ||
226 | - Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows | |
227 | menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed. | |
228 | ||
229 | - Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts | |
230 | with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer" | |
231 | (was: JIT stack viewer) menu items. | |
232 | ||
233 | - Added a Quit button to the Debugger API. | |
234 | ||
235 | - The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path. | |
236 | ||
237 | - Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical | |
238 | filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a | |
239 | lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the | |
240 | debugger though.) | |
241 | ||
242 | - Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works. | |
243 | ||
244 | - Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the | |
245 | class browser. | |
246 | ||
247 | - Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class | |
248 | browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text | |
249 | windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.) | |
250 | ||
251 | ||
252 | New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99) | |
253 | ------------------------ | |
254 | ||
255 | Lots of changes; here are the highlights: | |
256 | ||
257 | General: | |
258 | ||
259 | - You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see | |
260 | extend.txt. | |
261 | ||
262 | ||
263 | File menu: | |
264 | ||
265 | The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu. | |
266 | ||
267 | ||
268 | Edit menu: | |
269 | ||
270 | New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog. | |
271 | ||
272 | Commands to tabify or untabify a region. | |
273 | ||
274 | Command to format a paragraph. | |
275 | ||
276 | ||
277 | Debug menu: | |
278 | ||
279 | JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer | |
280 | automaticall pops up when you get a traceback. | |
281 | ||
282 | Windows menu: | |
283 | ||
284 | Zoom height -- make the window full height. | |
285 | ||
286 | ||
287 | Help menu: | |
288 | ||
289 | The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and | |
290 | even edit it if you like. | |
291 | ||
292 | ||
293 | ||
294 | IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98. | |
295 | ||
296 | ====================================================================== |