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- Improved exception reporting when running commands or scripts from the
command line.
- Added a -n command line switch to start IDLE without the subprocess.
Removed the Shell menu when running in that mode. Updated help messages.
- Added a comment to the shell startup header to indicate when IDLE is not
using the subprocess.
- Restore the ability to run without the subprocess. This can be important for
some platforms or configurations. (Running without the subprocess allows the
debugger to trace through parts of IDLE itself, which may or may not be
desirable, depending on your point of view. In addition, the traditional
reload/import tricks must be use if user source code is changed.) This is
helpful for developing IDLE using IDLE, because one instance can be used to
edit the code and a separate instance run to test changes. (Multiple
concurrent IDLE instances with subprocesses is a future feature)
- Improve the error message a user gets when saving a file with non-ASCII
characters and no source encoding is specified. Done by adding a dialog
'EncodingMessage', which contains the line to add in a fixed-font entry
widget, and which has a button to add that line to the file automatically.
Also, add a configuration option 'EditorWindow/encoding', which has three
possible values: none, utf-8, and locale. None is the default: IDLE will show
this dialog when non-ASCII characters are encountered. utf-8 means that files
with non-ASCII characters are saved as utf-8-with-bom. locale means that
files are saved in the locale's encoding; the dialog is only displayed if the
source contains characters outside the locale's charset. SF 710733 - Loewis
- Improved I/O response by tweaking the wait parameter in various
calls to signal.signal().
- Implemented a threaded subprocess which allows interrupting a pass
loop in user code using the 'interrupt' extension. User code runs
in MainThread, while the RPCServer is handled by SockThread. This is
necessary because Windows doesn't support signals.
- Implemented the 'interrupt' extension module, which allows a subthread
to raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
- Attempting to save the shell raised an error related to saving
breakpoints, which are not implemented in the shell
- Provide a correct message when 'exit' or 'quit' are entered at the
IDLE command prompt SF 695861
- Eliminate extra blank line in shell output caused by not flushing
stdout when user code ends with an unterminated print. SF 695861
- Moved responsibility for exception formatting (i.e. pruning IDLE internal
calls) out of rpc.py into the client and server.
- Exit IDLE cleanly even when doing subprocess I/O
- Handle subprocess interrupt with an RPC message.
- Restart the subprocess if it terminates itself. (VPython programs do that)
- Support subclassing of exceptions, including in the shell, by moving the
exception formatting to the subprocess.
What's New in IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 2?
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*Release date: 27-Jan-2003*
- Updated INSTALL.txt to claify use of the python2 rpm.
- Improved formatting in IDLE Help.
- Run menu: Replace "Run Script" with "Run Module".
- Code encountering an unhandled exception under the debugger now shows
the correct traceback, with IDLE internal levels pruned out.
- If an exception occurs entirely in IDLE, don't prune the IDLE internal
modules from the traceback displayed.
- Class Browser and Path Browser now use Alt-Key-2 for vertical zoom.
- IDLE icons will now install correctly even when setup.py is run from the
build directory
- Class Browser now compatible with Python2.3 version of pyclbr.py
- Left cursor move in presence of selected text now moves from left end
of the selection.
- Add Meta keybindings to "IDLE Classic Windows" to handle reversed
Alt/Meta on some Linux distros.
- Change default: IDLE now starts with Python Shell.
- Removed the File Path from the Additional Help Sources scrolled list.
- Add capability to access Additional Help Sources on the web if the
Help File Path begins with //http or www. (Otherwise local path is
validated, as before.)