Ok, you know now, I remember seeing this. It has a lot of the stuff I want to see also, like tabbed windows and reordering. Cool!
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Roger Serwy <roger.se...@gmail.com> wrote: > IdleX - http://idlex.sourceforge.net > > It's a collection of extensions and bug fixes for stock IDLE. It is not a > fork as much as a wrapper. > > > On 12/12/2011 02:58 PM, Sean Wolfe wrote: >> >> Got it. Let me read up on idle hacking and familiarize myself with the >> bug tracker and I'll get back with you. >> >> What's idleX? Funny, I was thinking down the line of making my own >> fork of idle and calling it idleXL . Haha. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Roger Serwy<roger.se...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I am glad that you are willing to help with fixing IDLE. Tkinter >>> experience >>> is not a strong prerequisite; you can contribute simply by testing >>> patches >>> already provided and giving your feedback. With more reviewers we can >>> iron-out any unanticipated side-effects. >>> >>> I can offer what I know about IDLE's internals if you or anyone else >>> needs >>> it (while it is still fresh in my memory) . >>> >>> Al Sweigart's article discusses several important shortcomings of IDLE. >>> Nick >>> Coghlan created a meta-issue for it: #13504. Some of those issues are >>> actually fixed in IdleX. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/12/2011 01:30 PM, Sean Wolfe wrote: >>>> >>>> Nice to see this mail! I'm a big fan of IDLE though and it's nice to >>>> see. I'm not really a IDLE developer yet but I'm boning up on tkinter >>>> to try and help out in the future... maybe in time to help out with >>>> this. >>>> >>>> Did you guys catch this article? I think so cause there are a lot of >>>> comments. Anyhow, I dig a lot of the suggestions. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://inventwithpython.com/blog/2011/11/29/the-things-i-hate-about-idle-that-i-wish-someone-would-fix/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Roger Serwy<roger.se...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> IDLE Developers, >>>>> >>>>> By my count there are over 110 valid open issues against IDLE, some >>>>> minor >>>>> and others major. Let's try to make that number smaller. >>>>> >>>>> Here is a partial list of issues that have working patches: >>>>> >>>>> 3573 IDLE hangs when passing invalid command line args >>>>> (directory(ies) >>>>> instead of file(s)) >>>>> 5219 IDLE/Tkinter: edit win stops updating when tooltip is active >>>>> 6698 IDLE no longer opens only an edit window when configured to do >>>>> so >>>>> 6699 IDLE: Warn user about overwriting a file that has a newer >>>>> version >>>>> on >>>>> filesystem >>>>> 7136 Idle File Menu Option Improvement >>>>> 7676 IDLE shell shouldn't use TABs >>>>> 8515 idle "Run Module" (F5) does not set __file__ variable >>>>> 8900 IDLE crashes if Preference set to At Startup -> Open Edit >>>>> Window >>>>> 13039 IDLE editor: shell-like behaviour on line starting with ">>>" >>>>> 13179 IDLE uses common tkinter variables across all editor windows >>>>> 13495 IDLE: Regression - Two ColorDelegator instances loaded >>>>> 13506 IDLE sys.path does not contain Current Working Directory >>>>> >>>>> Can these patches be applied? I understand that there will be need for >>>>> some >>>>> discussion, but we should try to avoid the bike shed problem. >>>>> >>>>> Not surprisingly, there are a lot of "duplicate" bug reports. Some >>>>> issues >>>>> deal with invalid key bindings and should have a common solution: 4765, >>>>> 5707, 6739, 11437, 12387, 13071. (IdleX already has a work-around for >>>>> these >>>>> issues.) Other issues deal with permission error handling of >>>>> configHandler.py: 4625, 8231, 9404, 9925. >>>>> >>>>> One major patch which requires some updating and much consideration is: >>>>> 10079 idlelib for Python 3 with Guilherme Polo GSoC enhancements >>>>> There are a lot of good improvements in there. >>>>> >>>>> I am willing to help with fixing the remaining bugs if the IDLE >>>>> developers >>>>> are willing to help as well. >>>>> >>>>> - Roger >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> IDLE-dev mailing list >>>>> IDLE-dev@python.org >>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> > -- A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. - Abraham Maslow _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list IDLE-dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
