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IDLEfork README
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IDLEfork is an official experimental fork of Python's Integrated DeveLopment
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Environment, IDLE. The biggest change is to execute Python code in a separate
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process, which is /restarted/ for each Run (F5) initiated from an editor
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window. This enhancement of IDLE has often been requested, and is now finally
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available, complete with the IDLE debugger. The magic "reload/import *"
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incantations are no longer required when editing/testing a module two or three
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steps down the import chain.
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There is also a new GUI configuration manager which makes it easy to select
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fonts, colors, keybindings, and startup options. There is new feature where
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the user can specify additional help sources, either locally or on the web.
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IDLEfork will be merged back into the Python distribution in the near future
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(probably 2.3), replacing the current version of IDLE.
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For information on this release, refer to NEWS.txt
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As David Scherer aptly put it in the original IDLEfork README, "It is alpha
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software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces."
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If you find bugs let us know about them by using the IDLEfork Bug Tracker. See
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the IDLEfork home page at
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http://idlefork.sourceforge.net
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for details. Patches are always appreciated at the IDLEfork Patch Tracker, and
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Change Requests should be posted to the RFE Tracker at
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https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=9579&atid=359579
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There is a mail list for IDLE: idle-dev@python.org. You can join at
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http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
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Thanks for trying IDLEfork.
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