[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[Michael Foord]

On 12/07/2010 23:00, Terry Reedy wrote:
> 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.
>

I have "Edit with IDLE" as a context menu option for Windows 7 - so it 
does exist *sometimes*. Either an XP issue or a "your system" issue I guess.

Michael

> XP with updates, install for everyone, make install the default Python.
>
> Should I open a tracker issue?
>


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