[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[geremy condra]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> Neil Hodgson wrote:
>> Stephen J. Turnbull:
>>
>>> But it's very important to be able to *move* tabs across windows or
>>> panes.  ...
>>> In many apps, however, you would have to select the foo.c tab, close
>>> it, bring up a new window, and open foo.c using the long path
>>> (presumably with a file browser interface, but often enough the
>>> default directory is wherever you started the editor, not most
>>> recently used file).
>>
>>    The common GUI technique is to drag a tab from one window into
>> another window. Drag onto the desktop for a new top level
>>  window. This is supported by, among others, Firefox; Chrome; gedit;
>> and GNOME Terminal.
>>
> Time used to be we would innovate, not imitate, but I suppose that
> convergence has changed things.

Nobody is being innovative with IDLE's UI right now. Some imitation
would do it good, however.

Geremy Condra