[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[Terry Reedy]

On 7/14/2010 2:35 AM, Giampaolo Rodolà wrote:
> One of the main problems with IDLE is the lack of tabs for editing
> multiple files within the same window.
> Having that alone would be a great improvement.

Yes, the same as tabs for browsing was.

This is firstly an unlying gui widget set issue. Tk does not, as far as 
I know, have a tabbed document widget. Ttk has a new Notebook widget, 
with tabs.

The second issue is whether, starting with 3.2, IDLE can require the 
availability of ttk, meaning tcl/tk 8.5+ or the Tile add-on. I opened
http://bugs.python.org/issue9262

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Terry Jan Reedy