[Edu-sig] Help Testing IDLD patch

[John Zelle]

Oooops. The link below should be: 
http://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/PyShell.py

John Zelle wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> A while back, I responded to a post about some IDLE annoyances and 
> said I was more concerned about IDLE 1.04's instablility under 
> Windows. I have a very simple test that causes IDLE to hang, and it 
> does not appear to be fixed in IDLE 1.1. A number of folks who are 
> trying to use Python in education have reported frsutration with the 
> situation. So..., I did some poking around myself. I do not have a 
> very good understanding of the IDLE code, but I think I have found a 
> simple fix for the error I can reproduce reliably.
>
> I would appreciate it if some of you who have noticed these problems 
> with IDLE would give my patch a try and let me know if it helps out at 
> all. I have added a single line to the PyShell.py file that lives in 
> Python2.3/lib/idlelib. You can get my modified version here:
>
> http://mcsp.wartburg/edu/zelle/Python/PyShell.py.
>
> You should be able to use this as a drop-in replacement. 
> Alternatively, you can search in it for my initials (JMZ) to find the 
> line I added and just edit your own copy. Basically, the patch just 
> does the equivalent of a keyboard-interrupt (ctrl-c) before closing 
> the shell window.
>
> Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. A number of schools 
> are wondering what they should use for Winter term. It would be a real 
> shame if this flaw in IDLE causes Python to lose ground.
>
> --John
>
> ps. With this "fix", killing the IDLE shell window will produce a 
> little "chatter" before it goes away. I can live with that.
>
>
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