cpython/Tools/idle
Guido van Rossum eeb88076e7 A lot of changes to make the command line more useful. You can now do:
idle.py -e file ...    -- to edit files
  idle.py script arg ... -- to run a script
  idle.py -c cmd arg ... -- to run a command
Other options, see also the usage message (also new!) for more details:
  -d       -- enable debugger
  -s       -- run $IDLESTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP
  -t title -- set Python Shell window's title
sys.argv is set accordingly, unless -e is used.
sys.path is absolutized, and all relevant paths are inserted into it.

Other changes:
- the environment in which commands are executed is now the __main__ module
- explicitly save sys.stdout etc., don't restore from sys.__stdout__
- new interpreter methods execsource(), execfile(), stuffsource()
- a few small nits
1999-04-22 20:49:35 +00:00
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AutoExpand.py Added Meta-/ binding for Unix as alt for Alt-/. 1999-01-04 16:32:21 +00:00
AutoIndent.py Tim Peters implements some of my wishes: 1999-04-19 16:23:15 +00:00
Bindings.py Add PathBrowser to File module 1999-03-10 05:18:02 +00:00
ChangeLog New change log. 1999-04-07 18:43:22 +00:00
ClassBrowser.py # TODO entries changed 1999-04-08 20:28:42 +00:00
ColorDelegator.py Super-elegant patch by Tim Peters that speeds up colorization 1999-04-22 13:38:40 +00:00
Debugger.py Add canonic() function -- for brand new bdb.py feature. 1999-02-01 19:35:33 +00:00
Delegator.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
EditorWindow.py Color preferences code by Loren Luke (massaged by me somewhat) 1999-04-20 15:45:30 +00:00
FileList.py Make sure the Tcl variables are shared between windows. 1999-01-28 22:24:30 +00:00
FormatParagraph.py Change paragraph width limit to 70 (like Emacs M-Q). 1999-01-07 00:12:15 +00:00
FrameViewer.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
GrepDialog.py Need to import sys! 1999-01-04 15:52:33 +00:00
History.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
IOBinding.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
IdleHistory.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
IdlePrefs.py Restored the original IDLE color scheme. 1999-04-20 15:58:29 +00:00
MultiScrolledLists.py New utility: multiple scrolled lists in parallel 1999-03-10 05:13:29 +00:00
NEWS.txt New version. 1999-04-07 18:41:59 +00:00
OutputWindow.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
PathBrowser.py Don't crash when sys.path contains an empty string. 1999-03-11 23:21:23 +00:00
Percolator.py Initial checking of Tk-based Python IDE. 1998-10-10 18:48:31 +00:00
PyShell.py A lot of changes to make the command line more useful. You can now do: 1999-04-22 20:49:35 +00:00
README.txt New version. 1999-04-07 18:41:59 +00:00
ReplaceDialog.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
ScriptBinding.py At Tim Peters' recommendation, add a dummy flush() method to PseudoFile. 1999-03-29 14:52:28 +00:00
ScrolledList.py - White background. 1999-03-10 05:10:49 +00:00
SearchBinding.py Got rid of debug print statement in goto_line_event(). 1999-01-11 14:49:00 +00:00
SearchDialog.py When find_again() finds exactly the current selection, it's a failure. 1999-01-28 19:04:01 +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 Vladimir Marangozov's patch: 1999-01-12 22:09:18 +00:00
StackViewer.py Protect against accessing an empty stack. 1999-02-01 19:34:53 +00:00
TODO.txt Some more TODO items. Made up my mind about command line args, 1999-04-22 14:07:33 +00:00
UndoDelegator.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
WidgetRedirector.py Initial checking of Tk-based Python IDE. 1998-10-10 18:48:31 +00:00
WindowList.py When deleting, call the callbacks *after* deleting the window from our list! 1999-02-17 17:34:25 +00:00
ZoomHeight.py Use only the height to decide whether to zoom in or out. 1999-01-29 20:44:45 +00:00
eventparse.py Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
extend.py Added ScriptBinding to standard bindings. 1999-01-09 05:00:59 +00:00
extend.txt For an event 'foo-bar', the corresponding method must be called 1999-04-20 17:32:52 +00:00
help.txt Updated a bunch of things (it was mostly still 0.1!) 1999-01-09 21:57:56 +00:00
idle.bat Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
idle.py Rename idle -> idle.py 1999-01-28 18:50:31 +00:00
idle.pyw Checking in IDLE 0.2. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00
idlever.py Version bump awaiting impending new release. 1999-04-07 18:27:29 +00:00
keydefs.py Ran eventparse.py again. 1999-01-04 16:35:02 +00:00
tabnanny.py Added a -q ('quiet') option to tabnanny, which causes only the names of 1998-12-18 13:56:58 +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 0.4 - 7 April 1999
-----------------------

For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt.  (For a more
detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)

This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based
IDE for Python.  It has the following features:

- 100% pure Python
- multi-window text editor with multiple undo and Python colorizing
- Python shell (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) window subclass
- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints and step)
- works on Windows and Unix (probably works on Mac too)

The main program is in the file "idle"; on Windows you can use idle.pyw
to avoid popping up a DOS console.  Any arguments passed are interpreted
as files that will be opened for editing.

IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with the
Python 1.5.2 distribution (luckily, IDLE is bundled with Python
1.5.2).

Please send feedback to the Python newsgroup, comp.lang.python, and cc
me <guido@python.org>.

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