[Idle-dev] IDLE "shell" (was: IDLE interpreter window)

[Rodgers, Kevin]

There is a commercial app I use everyday (Xmath from Integrated Systems, now
Wind River) that has the "paned" window with output on the top, command line
(actually, a multi-line command window) in the middle, and error message
window on the bottom.  This sounds similar to what Tibs is describing here.
I am generally pleased with this arrangement; my only complaint is that on
Windows (not on Unix) the Xmath interface isn't focus-follows-mouse; i.e.,
you have to explicitly click on the command pane to direct keystrokes there
(the Unix version directs the focus to the command pane whenever the overall
window has the focus, regardless of whether the overall focus is
click-to-type or focus-follows-mouse).  Something to think about!

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Kevin Rodgers  Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical  krodgers@ryanaero.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tony J Ibbs (Tibs) [SMTP:tony@lsl.co.uk]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 07, 2000 7:56 AM
> To:	Idle-dev@python.org
> Subject:	RE: [Idle-dev] IDLE "shell" (was: IDLE interpreter window)
> 
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> What do I expect? Perhaps something closer to the model found on the old
> Apollo "not-quite-Unix" boxes. The console/shell/call-it-what-you-will
> window had a line at the bottom which was where you were typing. This was
> separated by a thin line from the rest of the window above it, which was
> the
> "history" - everything that was readonly, so stuff you had typed and
> system
> responses to it (obviously, a prompt had to be dealt with differently, and
> I
> assume it would have gone into the "typing" line - this *is* a good while
> ago). Typeahead worked, but I can't remember if you saw it (which would
> have
> meant potentially increasing the number of lines shown in the typing
> area).
> 
> If you wanted an old line, you copied it with the normal editing
> mechanisms
> for copying (there was a built in editor, and the "history" area was akin
> to
> a text file - in fact, since the system actually kept a log of your
> session
> for you, it probably *was* just a text file! presumably in readonly mode)
> down into the "typing" line.
> 
> So, in brief, one area for input and the rest for "stuff I've done/stuff
> that has happened".
>