[Idle-dev] CVS: idle INSTALL.txt,1.2,1.3 README.txt,1.4,1.5
Kurt B. Kaiser
kbk@users.sourceforge.net
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:56:21 -0800
Update of /cvsroot/idlefork/idle
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Modified Files:
INSTALL.txt README.txt
Log Message:
Update for Alpha 0 Release
Index: INSTALL.txt
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! IDLEfork INSTALL notes
! ======================
! The emphasis in IDLEfork is now for the project to be able to be run
! directly from the unpacked source directory. This is to enable easy testing
! of (and hacking on) IDLEfork, and will also prevent interfering with the
! stable Python IDLE set up in any way.
! To install IDLEfork just unpack the archive into its own directory wherever
! you like. To run IDLEfork just go to the directory you unpacked IDLEfork
! into and then run 'python idle.py' in an xterm under unix/linux, or
! 'idle.pyw' under windows 98/2000. Remember that IDLEfork 0.8.1 and greater
! require python 2.1 or greater.
! See README.txt and NEWS.txt for more details on this version of IDLEfork.
- INSTALLATION notes from IDLE fork 0.7.1 :
- =========================================
- IDLE Fork Installation on Linux:
- Until the tarball is released, you must download a CVS copy. An excellent
- place for it is
- /usr/local/src/PythonX.X/Tools/idlefork, assuming that's where your Python
- source is located. Put the correct version in for X.X .
- # cd /usr/local/src/PythonX.X/Tools
- Now do the CVS login and checkout:
-
- # cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.idlefork.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/idlefork login
-
- Type an <enter> for the password.
-
- # cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.idlefork.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/idlefork \
- -d idlefork checkout idle
-
- The -d option to checkout puts the files in an idlefork directory, so you don't
- step on "official" idle.
-
- # cd idlefork
- # su to root
-
- # python setup.py install
-
- # echo idlelib >> /usr/local/lib/pythonX.X/site-packages/site-packages.pth
-
- This last is necessary so idle can find itself. I hope we can create/append
- this file via setup.py at some point, but it needs to be done manually now, and
- it only needs to be done once (unless you totally remove and reinstall python
- itself). (Replace X.X with the correct version for your Python.)
-
- # exit from root
-
- NOTE that the above procedure will install idlefork IDLE on top of any
- "official" IDLE that may be already installed.
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! IDLEfork Installation Notes
! ===========================
! IDLEfork requires Python Version 2.2 or later.
! There are several distribution files (where xx is the subversion):
! IDLEfork-0.9xx.win32.exe
! This is a Windows installer which will install IDLEfork in
! ..../site-packages/idleforklib/ and place the idefork startup script
! at ..../scripts/idlefork. Rename this to idlefork.pyw and
! point your launcher icons at it. Installation is as idlefork
! to avoid conflict with the original Python IDLE.
!
! IDLEfork-0.9xx-1.noarch.rpm
! This is an rpm which is designed to install as idleforklib in the
! /usr/lib/python2.2 tree created by the Python2 rpm. It requires
! python2 and python2-tkinter rpms. It installs as idlefork to avoid
! conflict with Python IDLE.
!
! IDLEfork-0.9xx.tar.gz
! This is a distutils sdist (source) tarfile which can be used to make
! installations on platforms not supported by the above files.
! It is configured to install as IDLE, not IDLEfork.
!
! Unpack in ..../Tools/, cd to the IDLEfork directory created, and
! <python setup.py install> to install as IDLE. If you don't want to
! step on Python IDLE, it is also possible to simply run <python idle.py>
! to test in the IDLEfork source directory without installation. In this
! case, IDLEfork will not be on your PATH unless you are in the source
! directory.
+ See README.txt for more details on this version of IDLEfork.
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IDLEfork is an official experimental fork of Python's Integrated
! DeveLopment Environment IDLE. Worthwhile and successful changes and
! additions will go back into the Python distribution's IDLE at some
! later stage. There is no spanish inquisition.
! As David Scherer aptly put it in the original IDLE fork README (below),
! "It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you get to
! keep both pieces." One of the aims of IDLEfork now is for it to be able
! to be uncompressed into its own directory and run from there, that way
! you can play with (or hack on) IDLEfork without any further installation,
! and entirely separately from your stable python IDLE distribution.
!
! If you find bugs or undesired behaviour please code nifty patches and
! submit them to the IDLEfork SourceForge patch manager, 8^) or let us
! know about it in one of the appropriate fora. See the IDLEfork home
! page at
!
! http://idlefork.sourceforge.net
!
! for details on the various ways to give input to or contact the project.
!
! Please see the files NEWS.txt and ChangeLog for more up to date
! information on changes in this release of IDLEfork.
!
!
! Thanks for trying IDLEfork,
! Stephen M. Gava.
! <elguavas@users.sourceforge.net>
!
!
!
! README from IDLE fork 0.7.1 :
! =============================
!
! EXPERIMENTAL LOADER IDLE 2000-05-29
! -----------------------------------
!
! David Scherer <dscherer@cmu.edu>
!
! This is a modification of the CVS version of IDLE 0.5, updated as of
! 2000-03-09. It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks,
! you get to keep both pieces.
!
! If you have problems or suggestions, you should either contact me or
! post to the list at http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
! (making it clear that you are using this modified version of IDLE).
!
! Changes:
! The ExecBinding module, a replacement for ScriptBinding, executes
! programs in a separate process, piping standard I/O through an RPC
! mechanism to an OnDemandOutputWindow in IDLE. It supports executing
! unnamed programs (through a temporary file). It does not yet support
! debugging.
! When running programs with ExecBinding, tracebacks will be clipped
! to exclude system modules. If, however, a system module calls back
! into the user program, that part of the traceback will be shown.
!
! The OnDemandOutputWindow class has been improved. In particular,
! it now supports a readline() function used to implement user input,
! and a scroll_clear() operation which is used to hide the output of
! a previous run by scrolling it out of the window.
!
! Startup behavior has been changed. By default IDLE starts up with
! just a blank editor window, rather than an interactive window. Opening
! a file in such a blank window replaces the (nonexistent) contents of
! that window instead of creating another window. Because of the need to
! have a well-known port for the ExecBinding protocol, only one copy of
! IDLE can be running. Additional invocations use the RPC mechanism to
! report their command line arguments to the copy already running.
!
! The menus have been reorganized. In particular, the excessively large
! 'edit' menu has been split up into 'edit', 'format', and 'run'.
!
! 'Python Documentation' now works on Windows, if the win32api module is
! present.
!
! A few key bindings have been changed: F1 now loads Python Documentation
! instead of the IDLE help; shift-TAB is now a synonym for unindent.
!
! New modules:
! ExecBinding.py Executes program through loader
! loader.py Bootstraps user program
! protocol.py RPC protocol
! Remote.py User-process interpreter
! spawn.py OS-specific code to start programs
!
! Files modified:
! autoindent.py ( bindings tweaked )
! bindings.py ( menus reorganized )
! config.txt ( execbinding enabled )
! editorwindow.py ( new menus, fixed 'Python Documentation' )
! filelist.py ( hook for "open in same window" )
! formatparagraph.py ( bindings tweaked )
! idle.bat ( removed absolute pathname )
! idle.pyw ( weird bug due to import with same name? )
! iobinding.py ( open in same window, EOL convention )
! keydefs.py ( bindings tweaked )
! outputwindow.py ( readline, scroll_clear, etc )
! pyshell.py ( changed startup behavior )
! readme.txt ( <Recursion on file with id=1234567> )
!
! IDLE 0.5 - February 2000
! ------------------------
!
! This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based
! IDE for Python.
!
! For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt. (For a more
! detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)
!
! FEATURES
!
! IDLE has the following features:
!
! - coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk)
! - cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are
! currently problems with Tcl/Tk)
! - multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing
! and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips
! - Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter)
! - debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step)
! USAGE
- The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able
- to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell. On Windows, you can
- run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up
- a DOS console. If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows,
- use the batch file idle.bat.
! Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed,
! not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option.
! Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options.
! IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a
! Python 1.5.2 distribution. (An older version of IDLE is distributed
! with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.)
! COPYRIGHT
! IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice
! (http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html).
! FEEDBACK
! (removed, since Guido probably doesn't want complaints about my
! changes)
! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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IDLEfork is an official experimental fork of Python's Integrated
! DeveLopment Environment IDLE. The biggest change is to execute
! Python code in a separate process, which is /restarted/ for each
! Run (F5) initiated from an editor window. This enhancement of
! IDLE has often been requested, and is now finally available,
! complete with debugger.
! There is also a new GUI configuration manager which makes it easy
! to select fonts, colors, and startup options.
! IDLEfork will be merged back into the Python distribution in the
! near future (probably 2.3), replacing the current version of IDLE.
! As David Scherer aptly put it in the original IDLEfork README,
! "It is alpha software and might be unstable. If it breaks, you get to
! keep both pieces."
! If you find bugs let us know about them by using the IDLEfork Bug
! Tracker. See the IDLEfork home page at
! http://idlefork.sourceforge.net
! for details. Patches are always appreciated at the IDLEfork Patch
! Tracker.
! Please see the files NEWS.txt and ChangeLog for more up to date
! information on changes in this release of IDLEfork.
! Thanks for trying IDLEfork.
! IDLEfork 0.9 Alpha 0
! --------------------------------
! Introduced the new RPC implementation, which includes a debugger. The
! output of user code is to the shell, and the shell may be used to
! inspect the environment after the run has finished. (In version 0.8.1
! the shell environment was separate from the environment of the user
! code.)
! Introduced the configuration GUI and a new About dialog.
! Adapted to the Mac platform.
! Multiple bug fixes and usability enhancements.
! Known issues:
! - Can't kill a tight loop in the Windows version: Use the Task Manager!
! - Printing under Linux may be problematic.
! - The debugger is pretty slow.
! - RPC stack levels are not being pruned from debugger tracebacks.
! - Changelog and NEWS.txt are incomplete.