From 91e476f297cf84f21d10ffba437360869ee12d5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kurt B. Kaiser" <kbk@shore.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 05:50:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a script "idles" which opens a Python Shell window.

The default behaviour of idlefork idle is to open an editor window instead
of a shell. Complex expressions may be run in a fresh environment by
selecting "run".  There are times, however, when a shell is desired.
Though one can be started by "idle -t 'foo'", this script is more
convenient.  In addition, a shell and an editor window can be started
in parallel by "idles -e foo.py".
---
 Lib/idlelib/idles | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 Lib/idlelib/idles

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idles b/Lib/idlelib/idles
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b2233b70779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idles
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import sys
+from idlelib import IdleConf
+
+idle_dir = os.path.dirname(IdleConf.__file__)
+IdleConf.load(idle_dir)
+
+# defer importing Pyshell until IdleConf is loaded
+from idlelib import PyShell
+# open a shell instead of an editor window
+PyShell.main(0)