[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[Terry Reedy]

On 7/12/2010 5:43 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> Am 12.07.2010 23:21, schrieb Terry Reedy:
>> On 7/12/2010 5:46 AM, Kurt B. Kaiser wrote:
>>
>>> On Windows, IDLE opens when you right click / edit a .py. Very useful.
>>
>> On my xp machine with 3.1.2, it edit .py opens with notepad. Perhaps the
>> installer just copies forward the association from long ago, before IDLE
>> was available, or at least so usable. I have thought of changing that,
>> but I do not know what the replacement incantation would be.
>
> There should be an "Edit with IDLE" (sic) context menu item.

I agree, and thought about requesting such, but there is not and never 
has been for me that I know of. Actually, I would like Edit with IDLE 
x.y and Run with x.y so it is easy to test a file with different versions.

XP with updates, install for everyone, make install the default Python.

Should I open a tracker issue?

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy