[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue 25224: Augment Idle doc feature list and no-subprocess section
terry.reedy
python-checkins at python.org
Thu Sep 24 02:02:47 CEST 2015
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5a60fdd9af8c
changeset: 98224:5a60fdd9af8c
branch: 2.7
parent: 98214:80e92eba23e0
user: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
date: Wed Sep 23 20:00:22 2015 -0400
summary:
Issue 25224: Augment Idle doc feature list and no-subprocess section
to finish making current README.txt obsolete.
files:
Doc/library/idle.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/idle.rst b/Doc/library/idle.rst
--- a/Doc/library/idle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
single: Python Editor
single: Integrated Development Environment
-.. moduleauthor:: Guido van Rossum <guido at Python.org>
+.. moduleauthor:: Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>
IDLE is the Python IDE built with the :mod:`tkinter` GUI toolkit.
@@ -18,13 +18,19 @@
* cross-platform: works on Windows, Unix, and Mac OS X
+* Python shell window (interactive interpreter) with colorizing
+ of code input, output, and error messages
+
* multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing,
- smart indent, call tips, and many other features
+ smart indent, call tips, auto completion, and other features
-* Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter)
+* search within any window, replace within editor windows, and search
+ through multiple files (grep)
-* debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step)
+* debugger with persistent breakpoints, stepping, and viewing
+ of global and local namespaces
+* configuration, browsers, and other dialogs
Menus
-----
@@ -530,6 +536,17 @@
Running without a subprocess
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+By default, Idle executes user code in a separate subprocess via a socket,
+which uses the internal loopback interface. This connection is not
+externally visible and no data is sent to or received from the Internet.
+If firewall software complains anyway, you can ignore it.
+
+If the attempt to make the socket connection fails, Idle will notify you.
+Such failures are sometimes transient, but if persistent, the problem
+may be either a firewall blocking the connecton or misconfiguration of
+a particular system. Until the problem is fixed, one can run Idle with
+the -n command line switch.
+
If IDLE is started with the -n command line switch it will run in a
single process and will not create the subprocess which runs the RPC
Python execution server. This can be useful if Python cannot create
--
Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython
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