[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Issue #14409: IDLE doesn't not execute commands from shell with default

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/30/2012 2:31 PM, Andrew Svetlov wrote:
> Thank you for mentoring.
>
> I will fix NEWS if you help me with better text.

I believe a succint message would be

Issue 14409: IDLE now properly executes commands in the Shell window 
when it cannot read the normal config files on startup and has to use 
the built-in default key bindings. There was previously a bug in one of 
the defaults.

> The bug fixed is that commit is:
> IDLE has 3 configs: user, system default and hardcoded in python code.
> Last one had bad binding for<Return>  key.
> Usually this config is never used: user or system ones overrides former.
> But if IDLE cannot open config files by some reason it switches to
> hardcoded configs and user got broken IDLE.
>
> Can anybody guess me short and descriptive message describing what fix well?
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Nick Coghlan<ncoghlan at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:01 AM, andrew.svetlov
>> <python-checkins at python.org>  wrote:
>>> +- Issue #14409: IDLE doesn't not execute commands from shell,
>>> +  error with default keybinding for Return. (Patch by Roger Serwy)
>>
>> The double negative here makes this impossible to understand. Could we
>> please get an updated NEWS entry that explains what actually changed
>> in IDLE to fix this?
>>
>> Perhaps something like "IDLE now always sets the default keybind for
>> Return correctly, ensuring commands can be executed in the IDLE shell
>> window"? (assuming that's what happened).
>>
>> This is important, folks: NEWS entries need to be comprehensible for
>> people that *haven't* read the associated tracker issue. This means
>> that issue titles (which generally describe a problem someone was
>> having) are often inappropriate as NEWS items. NEWS items should be
>> short descriptions that clearly describe *what changed*, perhaps with
>> some additional information to explain a bit about why the change was
>> made.

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Terry Jan Reedy