[Python-checkins] cpython: Mention PATHEXT and removed Misc dirs; clarify wording of a NEWS entry.

[r.david.murray]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/488bea77396f
changeset:   88166:488bea77396f
user:        R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
date:        Tue Dec 24 10:46:44 2013 -0500
summary:
  Mention PATHEXT and removed Misc dirs; clarify wording of a NEWS entry.

files:
  Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst |  15 +++++++++++++++
  Misc/NEWS            |   4 ++--
  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@
 Improved Modules
 ================
 
+
 aifc
 ----
 
@@ -1037,6 +1038,11 @@
   were made to :mod:`argparse` (:issue:`18920`) and other modules that have
   script-like invocation capabilities (:issue:`18922`).
 
+* The CPython Windows installer now adds ``.py`` to the :envvar:`PATHEXT`
+  variable when extensions are registered, allowing users to run a python
+  script at the windows command prompt by just typing its name without the
+  ``.py`` extension.  (Contributed by Paul Moore in :issue:`18569`.)
+
 
 Optimizations
 =============
@@ -1116,6 +1122,15 @@
   exists, is deprecated (:issue:`19375`).
 
 
+Removed
+=======
+
+* The unmaintained ``Misc/TextMate`` and ``Misc/vim`` directories have been
+  removed (see the devguide__ for what to use instead).
+
+__ http://docs.python.org/devguide
+
+
 Porting to Python 3.4
 =====================
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -3500,8 +3500,8 @@
 - Issue #17028: Allowed Python arguments to be supplied to the Windows
   launcher.
 
-- Issue #17156: pygettext.py now uses an encoding of source file and correctly
-  writes and escapes non-ascii characters.
+- Issue #17156: pygettext.py now detects the encoding of source files and
+  correctly writes and escapes non-ascii characters.
 
 - Issue #15539: Fix a number of bugs in Tools/scripts/pindent.py.  Now
   pindent.py works with a "with" statement.  pindent.py no longer produces

-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython