Hi Bruce: Please click on the link below to find the contributor agreement form along with instructions on how to send it.
http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/ If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, Pat Campbell PSF Secretary & Administrator On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Kurt B. Kaiser <k...@shore.net> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12 2010, Bruce Sherwood wrote: > > > I don't recall that VIDLE has anything to do with running multiple IDLE > > copies. > > Well, I stole the ephemeral port idea from him! > > > What's in VIDLE is a lot of bug fixes and some improvements. For > > example, you can configure it to not require having to save a file, > > which makes it as easy to use for quick testing as the shell. Another > > improvement, of high importance for our physics students and other > > novice programmers, is to bring an error display forward. Many > > students fill the screen with the edit window and the error message > > could be hidden, leaving them puzzled as to why their program wasn't > > running. Stuff like that, all aimed at issues we had seen with a large > > population of science and engineering students. > > > > I'll say again that IDLE/VIDLE is an excellent environment for novices. > > Issues identified here about look and feel etc. have just not been of any > > importance in that context. > > > > I'd like to get all that incorporated so you can go back to dealing > directly with us. Your students are the people we want to reach! > > > If you'll send me what you want from Scherer, I can contact him. > > I'm copying our PSF Secretary/Administrator, Pat Campbell. She can work > with you to get David Scherer's Contributor Agreement. We really > appreciate your assistance with this, he's one of the last missing > agreements. > > -- > KBK > -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary pat...@python.org
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