[Idle-dev] Typos in About IDLE - Readme 👀

[Terry Reedy]

On 11/21/2022 4:46 AM, Kevin Dudeja wrote:

> I found several typos in the README documents of the IDLE in the About 
> IDLE window.

AFAIK, these were all fixed 3 to 6 years ago and none are in current 
releases.

> Help --> About IDLE --> Under IDLE version: 3.10.7 --> README

3.10.7, just months old, does not seem right an you have things fixed 6 
years ago. Did you mis-type the version?  Where did you install Python 
and IDLE from?  (Please respond to the list, not me.)

> I have listed all the typos I found:
> 1. Section: IMPLEMENTATION
> --> configSectionNameDialog.py  # _Spefify_ user config section name

This file was renamed in May 2016
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/20bd4c23cfe4
and removed, along with the typo, in July 2016
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/78a3d3700233

> 2. Section: Configuration
> --> config-main.def       # _Defai;ts fpr font and geneal_

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17770/files Dec 2019

> 3. Section: Text
> --> README.txt   # this file, _displeyed_ by About IDLE

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/15029/files July 2019

> 4. Section: IDLE MENU
> --> File  # _IOBindig_ except as noted

> --> Options
>    Configure IDLE  # configDialog
>      (tabs in the dialog)
>      Font tab  # _onfig-main.def_
>      Highlight tab  # configSectionNameDialog, config-highlight.def
>      Keys tab  # keybindingDialog, configSectionNameDialog, _onfig-keus.def_

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/20bd4c23cfe4 May 2016

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Terry Jan Reedy