Issue #25224: README.txt is now an idlelib index for IDLE developers and

curious users.  The previous user content is now in the IDLE doc and is
redundant.  IDLE now means 'Integrated Development and Learning Environment'.
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.. moduleauthor:: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
IDLE is the Python IDE built with the :mod:`tkinter` GUI toolkit.
IDLE is Python's Integrated Development and Learning Environment.
IDLE has the following features:

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IDLE is Python's Tkinter-based Integrated DeveLopment Environment.
README.txt: an index to idlelib files and the IDLE menu.
IDLE emphasizes a lightweight, clean design with a simple user interface.
Although it is suitable for beginners, even advanced users will find that
IDLE has everything they really need to develop pure Python code.
IDLE is Pythons Integrated Development and Learning
Environment. The user documentation is part of the Library Reference and
is available in IDLE by selecting Help => IDLE Help. This README documents
idlelib for IDLE developers and curious users.
IDLE features a multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing,
and many other capabilities, e.g. smart indent, call tips, and autocompletion.
IDLELIB FILES lists files alphabetically by category,
with a short description of each.
The editor has comprehensive search functions, including searching through
multiple files. Class browsers and path browsers provide fast access to
code objects from a top level viewpoint without dealing with code folding.
IDLE MENU show the menu tree, annotated with the module
or module object that implements the corresponding function.
There is a Python Shell window which features colorizing and command recall.
IDLE executes Python code in a separate process, which is restarted for each
Run (F5) initiated from an editor window. The environment can also be
restarted from the Shell window without restarting IDLE.
This enhancement has often been requested, and is now finally available. The
magic "reload/import *" incantations are no longer required when editing and
testing a module two or three steps down the import chain.
(Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE makes to its
subprocess using this computer's internal loopback interface. This connection
is not visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received
from the Internet.)
It is possible to interrupt tightly looping user code, even on Windows.
Applications which cannot support subprocesses and/or sockets can still run
IDLE in a single process.
IDLE has an integrated debugger with stepping, persistent breakpoints, and call
stack visibility.
There is a GUI configuration manager which makes it easy to select fonts,
colors, keybindings, and startup options. This facility includes a feature
which allows the user to specify additional help sources, either locally or on
the web.
IDLE is coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (Tk/Tcl)
and is cross-platform, working on Unix, Mac, and Windows.
IDLE accepts command line arguments. Try idle -h to see the options.
This file is descriptive, not prescriptive, and may have errors
and omissions and lag behind changes in idlelib.
If you find bugs or have suggestions or patches, let us know about
them by using the Python issue tracker:
IDLELIB FILES
Implemetation files not in IDLE MENU are marked (nim).
Deprecated files and objects are listed separately as the end.
http://bugs.python.org
Startup
-------
__init__.py # import, does nothing
__main__.py # -m, starts IDLE
idle.bat
idle.py
idle.pyw
For further details and links, read the Help files and check the IDLE home
page at
Implementation
--------------
AutoComplete.py # Complete attribute names or filenames.
AutoCompleteWindow.py # Display completions.
AutoExpand.py # Expand word with previous word in file.
Bindings.py # Define most of IDLE menu.
CallTipWindow.py # Display calltip.
CallTips.py # Create calltip text.
ClassBrowser.py # Create module browser window.
CodeContext.py # Show compound statement headers otherwise not visible.
ColorDelegator.py # Colorize text (nim).
Debugger.py # Debug code run from editor; show window.
Delegator.py # Define base class for delegators (nim).
EditorWindow.py # Define most of editor and utility functions.
FileList.py # Open files and manage list of open windows (nim).
FormatParagraph.py# Re-wrap multiline strings and comments.
GrepDialog.py # Find all occurrences of pattern in multiple files.
HyperParser.py # Parse code around a given index.
IOBinding.py # Open, read, and write files
IdleHistory.py # Get previous or next user input in shell (nim)
MultiCall.py # Wrap tk widget to allow multiple calls per event (nim).
MultiStatusBar.py # Define status bar for windows (nim).
ObjectBrowser.py # Define class used in StackViewer (nim).
OutputWindow.py # Create window for grep output.
ParenMatch.py # Match fenceposts: (), [], and {}.
PathBrowser.py # Create path browser window.
Percolator.py # Manage delegator stack (nim).
PyParse.py # Give information on code indentation
PyShell.py # Start IDLE, manage shell, complete editor window
RemoteDebugger.py # Debug code run in remote process.
RemoteObjectBrowser.py # Communicate objects between processes with rpc (nim).
ReplaceDialog.py # Search and replace pattern in text.
RstripExtension.py# Strip trailing whitespace
ScriptBinding.py # Check and run user code.
ScrolledList.py # Define ScrolledList widget for IDLE (nim).
SearchDialog.py # Search for pattern in text.
SearchDialogBase.py # Define base for search, replace, and grep dialogs.
SearchEngine.py # Define engine for all 3 search dialogs.
StackViewer.py # View stack after exception.
TreeWidget.py # Define tree widger, used in browsers (nim).
UndoDelegator.py # Manage undo stack.
WidgetRedirector.py # Intercept widget subcommands (for percolator) (nim).
WindowList.py # Manage window list and define listed top level.
ZoomHeight.py # Zoom window to full height of screen.
aboutDialog.py # Display About IDLE dialog.
configDialog.py # Display user configuration dialogs.
configHandler.py # Load, fetch, and save configuration (nim).
configHelpSourceEdit.py # Specify help source.
configSectionNameDialog.py # Spefify user config section name
dynOptionMenuWidget.py # define mutable OptionMenu widget (nim).
help.py # Display IDLE's html doc.
keybindingDialog.py # Change keybindings.
macosxSupport.py # Help IDLE run on Macs (nim).
rpc.py # Commuicate between idle and user processes (nim).
run.py # Manage user code execution subprocess.
tabbedpages.py # Define tabbed pages widget (nim).
textView.py # Define read-only text widget (nim).
http://www.python.org/idle/
Configuration
-------------
config-extensions.def # Defaults for extensions
config-highlight.def # Defaults for colorizing
config-keys.def # Defaults for key bindings
config-main.def # Defai;ts fpr font and geneal
There is a mail list for IDLE: idle-dev@python.org. You can join at
Text
----
CREDITS.txt # not maintained, displayed by About IDLE
HISTORY.txt # NEWS up to July 2001
NEWS.txt # commits, displayed by About IDLE
README.txt # this file, displeyed by About IDLE
TODO.txt # needs review
extend.txt # about writing extensions
help.html # copy of idle.html in docs, displayed by IDLE Help
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
Subdirectories
--------------
Icons # small image files
idle_test # files for human test and automated unit tests
Unused and Deprecated files and objects (nim)
---------------------------------------------
EditorWindow.py: Helpdialog and helpDialog
ToolTip.py: unused.
help.txt
idlever.py
IDLE MENUS
Top level items and most submenu items are defined in Bindings.
Extenstions add submenu items when active. The names given are
found, quoted, in one of these modules, paired with a '<<pseudoevent>>'.
Each pseudoevent is bound to an event handler. Some event handlers
call another function that does the actual work. The annotations below
are intended to at least give the module where the actual work is done.
File # IOBindig except as noted
New File
Open... # IOBinding.open
Open Module
Recent Files
Class Browser # Class Browser
Path Browser # Path Browser
---
Save # IDBinding.save
Save As... # IOBinding.save_as
Save Copy As... # IOBindling.save_a_copy
---
Print Window # IOBinding.print_window
---
Close
Exit
Edit
Undo # undoDelegator
Redo # undoDelegator
---
Cut
Copy
Paste
Select All
--- # Next 5 items use SearchEngine; dialogs use SearchDialogBase
Find # Search Dialog
Find Again
Find Selection
Find in Files... # GrepDialog
Replace... # ReplaceDialog
Go to Line
Show Completions # AutoComplete extension and AutoCompleteWidow (&HP)
Expand Word # AutoExpand extension
Show call tip # Calltips extension and CalltipWindow (& Hyperparser)
Show surrounding parens # ParenMatch (& Hyperparser)
Shell # PyShell
View Last Restart # PyShell.?
Restart Shell # PyShell.?
Debug (Shell only)
Go to File/Line
Debugger # Debugger, RemoteDebugger
Stack Viewer # StackViewer
Auto-open Stack Viewer # StackViewer
Format (Editor only)
Indent Region
Dedent Region
Comment Out Region
Uncomment Region
Tabify Region
Untabify Region
Toggle Tabs
New Indent Width
Format Paragraph # FormatParagraph extension
---
Strip tailing whitespace # RstripExtension extension
Run (Editor only)
Python Shell # PyShell
---
Check Module # ScriptBinding
Run Module # ScriptBinding
Options
Configure IDLE # configDialog
(tabs in the dialog)
Font tab # onfig-main.def
Highlight tab # configSectionNameDialog, config-highlight.def
Keys tab # keybindingDialog, configSectionNameDialog, onfig-keus.def
General tab # configHelpSourceEdit, config-main.def
Configure Extensions # configDialog
Xyz tab # xyz.py, config-extensions.def
---
Code Context (editor only) # CodeContext extension
Window
Zoomheight # ZoomHeight extension
---
<open windows> # WindowList
Help
About IDLE # aboutDialog
---
IDLE Help # help
Python Doc
Turtle Demo
---
<other help sources>
<Context Menu> (right click)
Defined in EditorWindow, PyShell, Output
Cut
Copy
Paste
---
Go to file/line (shell and output only)
Set Breakpoint (editor only)
Clear Breakpoint (editor only)
Defined in Debugger
Go to source line
Show stack frame

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<div class="section" id="idle">
<span id="id1"></span><h1>25.5. IDLE<a class="headerlink" href="#idle" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p id="index-0">IDLE is the Python IDE built with the <a class="reference internal" href="tkinter.html#module-tkinter" title="tkinter: Interface to Tcl/Tk for graphical user interfaces"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">tkinter</span></tt></a> GUI toolkit.</p>
<p id="index-0">IDLE is Python&#8217;s Integrated Development and Learning Environment.</p>
<p>IDLE has the following features:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>coded in 100% pure Python, using the <a class="reference internal" href="tkinter.html#module-tkinter" title="tkinter: Interface to Tcl/Tk for graphical user interfaces"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">tkinter</span></tt></a> GUI toolkit</li>
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