SF Patch 686254 "Run IDLEfork from any directory without set-up"
Allows IDLE to run when not installed and cwd is not the IDLE directory.
I took the liberty of moving it to the startup scripts since once IDLEfork
is again a part of Python it will be superfluous and I don't want it to
be forgotten. But it is very useful for those using IDLEfork standalone!
M CREDITS.txt
M NEWS.txt
M idle
M idle.py
M idle.pyw
M idle
M idle.py
M idle.pyw
M setup.py
Switch back to installing IDLE as a package. The IDLE GUI and the
subprocess will both attempt to start up via the package mechanism, but if
IDLE is not yet installed it is possible to run by calling python idle.py
in the IDLE source directory, or to add the source directory to sys.path.
One advantage of doing it this way is IDLE stays off sys.path.
Developed in collaboration with Tony Lownds.
"Move the action of loading the configuration to the IdleConf module
rather than the idle.py script. This has advantages and
disadvantages; the biggest advantage being that we can more easily
have an alternative main program." --GvR
Kurt B. Kaiser
Steven M. Gava
David Scherer