cpython/Tools/idle/README.txt

IDLE 0.2 - 8 January 1999
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For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt.

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 beta distribution (luckily, IDLE is bundled with Python
1.5.2).

Please send feedback to the Python newsgroup, comp.lang.python.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
What's new in this release. 1999-01-08 17:26:02 +00:00			`IDLE 0.2 - 8 January 1999`
			`-------------------------`

			`For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt.`
Added intro for 0.1 release and append Grail notes. 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +00:00
Separating TODO from README. Slight reformulation of features. No exact release date. 1999-01-07 00:11:29 +00:00			`This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based`
			`IDE for Python. It has the following features:`
Added intro for 0.1 release and append Grail notes. 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +00:00
Separating TODO from README. Slight reformulation of features. No exact release date. 1999-01-07 00:11:29 +00:00			`- 100% pure Python`
Added intro for 0.1 release and append Grail notes. 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +00:00			`- multi-window text editor with multiple undo and Python colorizing`
			`- Python shell (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) window subclass`
Separating TODO from README. Slight reformulation of features. No exact release date. 1999-01-07 00:11:29 +00:00			`- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints and step)`
Checking in IDLE 0.2. Much has changed -- too much, in fact, to write down. The big news is that there's a standard way to write IDLE extensions; see extend.txt. Some sample extensions have been provided, and some existing code has been converted to extensions. Probably the biggest new user feature is a new search dialog with more options, search and replace, and even search in files (grep). This is exactly as downloaded from my laptop after returning from the holidays -- it hasn't even been tested on Unix yet. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00			`- works on Windows and Unix (probably works on Mac too)`
Added intro for 0.1 release and append Grail notes. 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +00:00
Formatted some paragraphs 1999-01-04 13:05:58 +00:00			`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.`
Clarify portability and main program. 1998-11-16 18:37:42 +00:00
Checking in IDLE 0.2. Much has changed -- too much, in fact, to write down. The big news is that there's a standard way to write IDLE extensions; see extend.txt. Some sample extensions have been provided, and some existing code has been converted to extensions. Probably the biggest new user feature is a new search dialog with more options, search and replace, and even search in files (grep). This is exactly as downloaded from my laptop after returning from the holidays -- it hasn't even been tested on Unix yet. 1999-01-02 21:28:54 +00:00			`IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with the`
			`Python 1.5.2 beta distribution (luckily, IDLE is bundled with Python`
			`1.5.2).`
Added intro for 0.1 release and append Grail notes. 1998-11-16 18:34:26 +00:00
			`Please send feedback to the Python newsgroup, comp.lang.python.`

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