IDLE: A cornicopia of mediocrity and obfuscation.

[Robert]

On 2011-02-01 10:54:26 -0500, Terry Reedy said:

> On 2/1/2011 12:13 AM, rantingrick wrote:
>> On Jan 31, 4:17 pm, Kevin Walzer<k... at codebykevin.com>  wrote:
>>> Rick,
> 
>> Yes. IDLE is first and foremost a tool to get work done. However we
>> should not ignore the fact that IDLE could also be a great learning
>> resource for Tkinter GUI's and other subjects. Why not clean up the
>> code base? We could start small. First, move the custom widgets like
>> textView, Tabbedpages, FindDialog, ReplaceDialog, and TreeWidget into
>> the lib-tk for others to use more freely. Then we can modify the
>> "event robbers" CallTips, ParenMatch, and ColorDelegator.
> 
> Perhaps, after the repository moves from svn to hg, some 'we' will.
> Maybe by then, you will have had your fun and be ready to work. Maybe
> Kevin would help a bit.

If he does not, I think I might. Is there a timeline for the move?

> 
> Such a project would be carried out on the tracker and idle-sig mailing
> list. Normal decorum would be required -- no ranting or insulting. The
> first thing to do, in my opinion, is to review existing patches on the
> tracker.
> 
>> Well some changes and improvements can be made to the UI as well.
> 
> There is patch on the tracker, by G. Polo, as I remember, to replace tk
> widgets with the newer themed ttk widgets. It needs to be reviewed and
> tested. To make a big change (or proceed with any refactoring) better
> automated testing would be very useful.

+1 for the UI update
+1 for more tests

-- 
Robert