1IDLE History 2============ 3 4This file contains the release messages for previous IDLE releases. 5As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history. 6 7 8What'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. Compatibility 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 39What'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 52IDLEfork 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 124IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes 125---------------------------------------- 126 127This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based 128IDE for Python. 129 130(For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.) 131 132FEATURES 133 134IDLE 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 139currently problems with Tcl/Tk) 140 141- multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing 142and 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 148USAGE 149 150The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able 151to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can 152run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up 153a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows, 154use the batch file idle.bat. 155 156Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed, 157not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option. 158Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options. 159 160IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a 161Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed 162with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.) 163 164COPYRIGHT 165 166IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice 167(http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html). 168 169 170New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000) 171--------------------------- 172 173Tons 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 178Viewer menu, not by the debugger.) 179 180- Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats 181them correctly (MH) 182 183- New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands 184much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path 185browsers (TP) 186 187- Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of 188multi-line statements (TP) 189 190- Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function 191followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the 192window 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 197familiar to Windows users 198 199- Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now 200always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works 201correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module 202name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script: 203this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also 204sets sys.argv[] to the script name 205 206 207New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99) 208------------------------ 209 210Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows 211a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path, 212directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class 213browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module, 214MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog. 215 216 217New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99) 218------------------------- 219 220Most important changes: 221 222- Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger. 223Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a 224reload 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 227menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed. 228 229- Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts 230with "!"); 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 238filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a 239lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the 240debugger 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 245class browser. 246 247- Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class 248browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text 249windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.) 250 251 252New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99) 253------------------------ 254 255Lots of changes; here are the highlights: 256 257General: 258 259- You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see 260extend.txt. 261 262 263File menu: 264 265The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu. 266 267 268Edit menu: 269 270New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog. 271 272Commands to tabify or untabify a region. 273 274Command to format a paragraph. 275 276 277Debug menu: 278 279JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer 280automaticall pops up when you get a traceback. 281 282Windows menu: 283 284Zoom height -- make the window full height. 285 286 287Help menu: 288 289The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and 290even edit it if you like. 291 292 293 294IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98. 295 296====================================================================== 297