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This file contains the release messages for previous IDLE releases.

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As you read on you go back to the dark ages of IDLE's history.

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What's New in IDLEfork 0.8.1?

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*Release date: 22-Jul-2001*

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- New tarball released as a result of the 'revitalisation' of the IDLEfork

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project.

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- This release requires python 2.1 or better. Compatibility with earlier

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versions of python (especially ancient ones like 1.5x) is no longer a

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priority in IDLEfork development.

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- This release is based on a merging of the earlier IDLE fork work with current

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cvs IDLE (post IDLE version 0.8), with some minor additional coding by Kurt

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B. Kaiser and Stephen M. Gava.

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- This release is basically functional but also contains some known breakages,

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particularly with running things from the shell window. Also the debugger is

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not working, but I believe this was the case with the previous IDLE fork

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release (0.7.1) as well.

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- This release is being made now to mark the point at which IDLEfork is

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launching into a new stage of development.

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- IDLEfork CVS will now be branched to enable further development and

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exploration of the two "execution in a remote process" patches submitted by

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David Scherer (David's is currently in IDLEfork) and GvR, while stabilisation

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and development of less heavyweight improvements (like user customisation)

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can continue on the trunk.

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What's New in IDLEfork 0.7.1?

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*Release date: 15-Aug-2000*

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- First project tarball released.

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- This was the first release of IDLE fork, which at this stage was a

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combination of IDLE 0.5 and the VPython idle fork, with additional changes

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coded by David Scherer, Peter Schneider-Kamp and Nicholas Riley.

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IDLEfork 0.7.1 - 29 May 2000

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David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu>

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- This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of

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2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you

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get to keep both pieces.

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- If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or post to

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the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev (making it clear

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that you are using this modified version of IDLE).

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- Changes:

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- The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes programs

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in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC mechanism to an

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OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing unnamed programs

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(through a temporary file). It does not yet support debugging.

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- When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped to

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exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back into the

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user program, that part of the traceback will be shown.

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- The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular, it now

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supports a readline() function used to implement user input, and a

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scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of a previous run

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by scrolling it out of the window.

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- Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with just a

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blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening a file in

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such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of that window

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instead of creating another window. Because of the need to have a

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well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of IDLE can be

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running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to report their

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command line arguments to the copy already running.

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- The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large

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'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'.

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- 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is

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present.

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- A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation

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instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent.

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- New modules:

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ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader

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loader.py Bootstraps user program

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protocol.py RPC protocol

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Remote.py User-process interpreter

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spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs

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- Files modified:

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autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked )

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bindings.py ( menus reorganized )

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config.txt ( execbinding enabled )

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editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' )

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filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" )

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formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked )

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idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname )

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idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? )

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iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention )

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keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked )

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outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc )

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pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior )

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readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> )

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IDLE 0.5 - February 2000 - Release Notes

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This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based

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IDE for Python.

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(For a more detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)

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FEATURES

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IDLE has the following features:

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- coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk)

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- cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are

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currently problems with Tcl/Tk)

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- multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing

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and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips

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- Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter)

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- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step)

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USAGE

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The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able

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to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can

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run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up

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a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows,

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use the batch file idle.bat.

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Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed,

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not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option.

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Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options.

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IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a

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Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed

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with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.)

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COPYRIGHT

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IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice

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(http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html).

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New in IDLE 0.5 (2/15/2000)

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Tons of stuff, much of it contributed by Tim Peters and Mark Hammond:

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- Status bar, displaying current line/column (Moshe Zadka).

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- Better stack viewer, using tree widget. (XXX Only used by Stack

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Viewer menu, not by the debugger.)

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- Format paragraph now recognizes Python block comments and reformats

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them correctly (MH)

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- New version of pyclbr.py parses top-level functions and understands

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much more of Python's syntax; this is reflected in the class and path

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browsers (TP)

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- Much better auto-indent; knows how to indent the insides of

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multi-line statements (TP)

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- Call tip window pops up when you type the name of a known function

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followed by an open parenthesis. Hit ESC or click elsewhere in the

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window to close the tip window (MH)

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- Comment out region now inserts ## to make it stand out more (TP)

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- New path and class browsers based on a tree widget that looks

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familiar to Windows users

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- Reworked script running commands to be more intuitive: I/O now

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always goes to the *Python Shell* window, and raw_input() works

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correctly. You use F5 to import/reload a module: this adds the module

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name to the __main__ namespace. You use Control-F5 to run a script:

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this runs the script *in* the __main__ namespace. The latter also

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sets sys.argv[] to the script name

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New in IDLE 0.4 (4/7/99)

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Most important change: a new menu entry "File -> Path browser", shows

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a 4-column hierarchical browser which lets you browse sys.path,

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directories, modules, and classes. Yes, it's a superset of the Class

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browser menu entry. There's also a new internal module,

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MultiScrolledLists.py, which provides the framework for this dialog.

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New in IDLE 0.3 (2/17/99)

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Most important changes:

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- Enabled support for running a module, with or without the debugger.

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Output goes to a new window. Pressing F5 in a module is effectively a

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reload of that module; Control-F5 loads it under the debugger.

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- Re-enable tearing off the Windows menu, and make a torn-off Windows

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menu update itself whenever a window is opened or closed.

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- Menu items can now be have a checkbox (when the menu label starts

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with "!"); use this for the Debugger and "Auto-open stack viewer"

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(was: JIT stack viewer) menu items.

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- Added a Quit button to the Debugger API.

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- The current directory is explicitly inserted into sys.path.

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- Fix the debugger (when using Python 1.5.2b2) to use canonical

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filenames for breakpoints, so these actually work. (There's still a

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lot of work to be done to the management of breakpoints in the

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debugger though.)

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- Closing a window that is still colorizing now actually works.

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- Allow dragging of the separator between the two list boxes in the

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class browser.

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- Bind ESC to "close window" of the debugger, stack viewer and class

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browser. It removes the selection highlighting in regular text

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windows. (These are standard Windows conventions.)

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New in IDLE 0.2 (1/8/99)

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Lots of changes; here are the highlights:

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General:

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- You can now write and configure your own IDLE extension modules; see

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extend.txt.

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File menu:

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The command to open the Python shell window is now in the File menu.

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Edit menu:

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New Find dialog with more options; replace dialog; find in files dialog.

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Commands to tabify or untabify a region.

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Command to format a paragraph.

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Debug menu:

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JIT (Just-In-Time) stack viewer toggle -- if set, the stack viewer

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automaticall pops up when you get a traceback.

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Windows menu:

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Zoom height -- make the window full height.

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Help menu:

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The help text now show up in a regular window so you can search and

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even edit it if you like.

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IDLE 0.1 was distributed with the Python 1.5.2b1 release on 12/22/98.

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