[Idle-dev] more interesting ideas for idle

[Tom M]

I've been using the MatLAB IDE lately, and it has a few things that
would be worth looking at for IDLE

1) a button next to the prompt that can be used for browsing and
searching for functions
this is really useful if you either aren't sure what module you need
for a specific function, or just want to get a feel for the various
functions available from assorted modules

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/find-functions-using-the-function-browser.html

2) a window showing currently available variables and their values
it shows all variables that are currently in scope, the number of
elements the variable contains, etc.

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/workspace.html

Also a command to display all variables in scope (whos)

Tom M.