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- Issue #25224: README.txt is now an idlelib index for IDLE developers and
curious users. The previous user content is now in the IDLE doc chapter.
'IDLE' now means 'Integrated Development and Learning Environment'.
- Issue #24820: Users can now set breakpoint colors in
Settings -> Custom Highlighting. Original patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #24972: Inactive selection background now matches active selection
background, as configured by users, on all systems. Found items are now
always highlighted on Windows. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs
affected by a tk regression. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #24988: Idle ScrolledList context menus (used in debugger)
now work on Mac Aqua. Patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #24801: Make right-click for context menu work on Mac Aqua.
Patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #25173: Associate tkinter messageboxes with a specific widget.
For Mac OSX, make them a 'sheet'. Patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #25198: Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help.
* Properly indent fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman).
* Give code snippet a very Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background.
* Re-use initial width and height set by users for shell and editor.
* When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used, put the section header
at the top of the screen.
- Issue #25225: Condense and rewrite Idle doc section on text colors.
- Issue #21995: Explain some differences between IDLE and console Python.
- Issue #22820: Explain need for *print* when running file from Idle editor.
- Issue #25224: Doc: augment Idle feature list and no-subprocess section.
- Issue #25219: Update doc for Idle command line options.
Some were missing and notes were not correct.
- Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change.
Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
- Issue #25199: Idle: add synchronization comments for future maintainers.
- Issue #16893: Replace help.txt with help.html for Idle doc display.
The new idlelib/help.html is rstripped Doc/build/html/library/idle.html.
It looks better than help.txt and will better document Idle as released.
The tkinter html viewer that works for this file was written by Mark Roseman.
The now unused EditorWindow.HelpDialog class and helt.txt file are deprecated.
- Issue #24199: Deprecate unused idlelib.idlever with possible removal in 3.6.
- Issue #24790: Remove extraneous code (which also create 2 & 3 conflicts).
What's New in IDLE 3.5.0?
=========================
*Release date: 2015-09-13*
- Issue #23672: Allow Idle to edit and run files with astral chars in name.
Patch by Mohd Sanad Zaki Rizvi.
- Issue 24745: Idle editor default font. Switch from Courier to
platform-sensitive TkFixedFont. This should not affect current customized
font selections. If there is a problem, edit $HOME/.idlerc/config-main.cfg
and remove 'fontxxx' entries from [Editor Window]. Patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #21192: Idle editor. When a file is run, put its name in the restart bar.
Do not print false prompts. Original patch by Adnan Umer.
- Issue #13884: Idle menus. Remove tearoff lines. Patch by Roger Serwy.
- Issue #23184: remove unused names and imports in idlelib.
Initial patch by Al Sweigart.
- Issue #20577: Configuration of the max line length for the FormatParagraph
extension has been moved from the General tab of the Idle preferences dialog
to the FormatParagraph tab of the Config Extensions dialog.
Patch by Tal Einat.
- Issue #16893: Update Idle doc chapter to match current Idle and add new
information.
- Issue #3068: Add Idle extension configuration dialog to Options menu.
Changes are written to HOME/.idlerc/config-extensions.cfg.
Original patch by Tal Einat.
- Issue #16233: A module browser (File : Class Browser, Alt+C) requires an
editor window with a filename. When Class Browser is requested otherwise,
from a shell, output window, or 'Untitled' editor, Idle no longer displays
an error box. It now pops up an Open Module box (Alt+M). If a valid name
is entered and a module is opened, a corresponding browser is also opened.
- Issue #4832: Save As to type Python files automatically adds .py to the
name you enter (even if your system does not display it). Some systems
automatically add .txt when type is Text files.
- Issue #21986: Code objects are not normally pickled by the pickle module.