cpython/Tools/idle
Guido van Rossum 77f6ccd1f7 The test for re.engine was misfiring because re.engine is no longer
defined and the default was "pre" instead of "sre".  Give up on 1.5.2
compatibility, hardcode the sre solution.  However, this XXX comment
still applies, AFAIK:
        # XXX This code depends on internals of the regular expression
        # engine!  There's no standard API to do a substitution when you
        # have already found the match.  One should be added.
2002-07-24 01:49:16 +00:00
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Icons use -kb on idle/Icons/minusnode.gif ("cvs up" kept checking it out all 2002-03-18 21:43:04 +00:00
AutoExpand.py Use string.ascii_letters instead of string.letters (SF bug #226706). 2001-07-20 19:05:50 +00:00
AutoIndent.py smart_backspace_event(): remove now-pointless int() call. 2002-01-23 16:57:55 +00:00
Bindings.py Add primitive printing support for Unix and Windows. 2002-06-10 18:52:02 +00:00
CallTipWindow.py SF bug 546078: IDLE calltips cause application error. 2002-04-22 18:43:49 +00:00
CallTips.py Improve handling of docstrings. I had feared this was a case of 2001-09-16 02:19:49 +00:00
ChangeLog More changes. 2000-02-15 18:11:21 +00:00
ClassBrowser.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
ColorDelegator.py Don't use __debug__ as if it were some module global. Use DEBUG 2001-03-22 17:27:13 +00:00
Debugger.py Fix by Edward K Ream to make breakpoints work on Windows: insert a 2002-02-25 23:11:03 +00:00
Delegator.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
EditorWindow.py Patch 543222. Disable script bindings in shell window. 2002-05-21 17:00:20 +00:00
FileList.py Delete goodname() method, which is unused. 2001-05-12 12:11:36 +00:00
FormatParagraph.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
FrameViewer.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
GrepDialog.py Enclose pattern in quotes in status message. 1999-06-03 14:25:49 +00:00
IOBinding.py Add primitive printing support for Unix and Windows. 2002-06-10 18:52:02 +00:00
IdleConf.py Move the action of loading the configuration to the IdleConf module 2001-05-12 12:18:10 +00:00
IdleHistory.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
MultiScrolledLists.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
MultiStatusBar.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
NEWS.txt The 0.5 release happened on 2/15, not on 2/14. :-) 2000-02-16 01:22:35 +00:00
ObjectBrowser.py Convert a pile of obvious "yes/no" functions to return bool. 2002-04-04 22:55:58 +00:00
OldStackViewer.py Adding the old stack viewer implementation back, for the debugger. 2000-02-15 18:04:09 +00:00
OutputWindow.py Patch #520483: Make IDLE OutputWindow handle Unicode. 2002-02-23 22:39:37 +00:00
ParenMatch.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
PathBrowser.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
Percolator.py move "from Tkinter import *" to module level 2001-02-02 20:07:46 +00:00
PyParse.py Taught IDLE's autoident parser that "yield" is a keyword that begins a 2001-06-19 00:28:47 +00:00
PyShell.py Patch 543222. Disable script bindings in shell window. 2002-05-21 17:00:20 +00:00
README.txt A bit restructured. 2000-02-15 19:11:26 +00:00
RemoteInterp.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
ReplaceDialog.py The test for re.engine was misfiring because re.engine is no longer 2002-07-24 01:49:16 +00:00
ScriptBinding.py Patch 543222. Disable script bindings in shell window. 2002-05-21 17:00:20 +00:00
ScrolledList.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
SearchBinding.py Got rid of debug print statement in goto_line_event(). 1999-01-11 14:49:00 +00:00
SearchDialog.py Convert a pile of obvious "yes/no" functions to return bool. 2002-04-04 22:55:58 +00:00
SearchDialogBase.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
SearchEngine.py Patch by Mark Favas: it fixes the search engine behaviour where an 1999-04-20 15:00:00 +00:00
Separator.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
StackViewer.py Refactored, with some future plans in mind. 2001-05-12 12:30:04 +00:00
TODO.txt Add IDLE wish: access items of arrays 2000-10-25 21:18:12 +00:00
ToolTip.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
TreeWidget.py Use self.__class__ to instantiate a TreeNode item recursively, to 2002-05-27 13:35:05 +00:00
UndoDelegator.py Use string.ascii_letters instead of string.letters (SF bug #226706). 2001-07-20 19:05:50 +00:00
WidgetRedirector.py Add unregister() method. 1999-06-25 16:03:19 +00:00
WindowList.py Whitespace normalization. 2001-01-17 08:48:39 +00:00
ZoomHeight.py Move zoom height functionality to separate function. 1999-06-01 18:17:02 +00:00
__init__.py Support for using idle as a package. 1999-04-30 19:39:25 +00:00
config-mac.txt Oops, this file was apparently never added to the repository. Now it is. 2001-08-06 10:08:56 +00:00
config-unix.txt Add primitive printing support for Unix and Windows. 2002-06-10 18:52:02 +00:00
config-win.txt Add primitive printing support for Unix and Windows. 2002-06-10 18:52:02 +00:00
config.txt Minor edit of leading comments: 'the the' --> 'the', quoted 'enable' 2000-05-09 14:28:03 +00:00
eventparse.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
extend.txt Quick update to the extension mechanism (extend.py is gone, long live 2001-06-04 21:21:11 +00:00
help.txt Update outdated text about how to fix the font. 2001-10-08 22:49:12 +00:00
idle Allow installation of IDLE via distutils (patch #103138). 2001-01-28 11:01:50 +00:00
idle.bat Get rid of hardcoded Python path (can't guess where the user installed 2001-03-10 21:48:24 +00:00
idle.py Move the action of loading the configuration to the IdleConf module 2001-05-12 12:18:10 +00:00
idle.pyw Defer all the work to idle.py, which has recently become too 2000-03-06 17:16:05 +00:00
idlever.py Make this IDLE version 0.8. (We have to skip 0.7 because that was a 2001-03-22 17:37:52 +00:00
keydefs.py Add primitive printing support for Unix and Windows. 2002-06-10 18:52:02 +00:00
setup.py Patch #422471: Install IDLE Help File 2001-08-08 20:26:14 +00:00
testcode.py Renamed test.py to testcode.py so one can import Python's 1999-01-12 22:14:34 +00:00

README.txt

IDLE 0.5 - February 2000
------------------------

This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based
IDE for Python.

For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt.  (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).

FEEDBACK

For feedback, please use the Python Bugs List
(http://www.python.org/search/search_bugs.html).

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)