Issue 22726: Idle: add help to config dialogs (original) (raw)

Created on 2014-10-25 04:46 by terry.reedy, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg229981 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-10-25 04:46
At one time, ConfigDialog was given a do-nothing Help button. It was diabled a couple of years ago. This patch restores it for both config dialogs, displaying a text appropriate for both. There are separate functions in anticipation of dialog-specific content. For both, there is the issue of when changes take effect (#22707). For extensions, there might be extension-specific help (#22705).
msg252371 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-10-06 00:42
This patch does two things: 1. restore the Help button and make it display something; 2. lower case the method names. The latter is a separate issue, best done in a new file. What is needed for #25313 is tab-specific text. Also, now that Config Extenstion uses a list rather than tabs, it couldn be added as a tab to the main dialog, and only one set of button event handlers would be needed. Tab-specific text would be needed first.
msg252440 - (view) Author: Mark Roseman (markroseman) * Date: 2015-10-06 23:56
I'm not against online help, but I feel that what's there wouldn't be helpful to someone using IDLE. Once this would be extended to per-tab, what are the problem areas that people really need help with? Also keeping in mind we're going to be replacing this dialog (at least for people with tk > 8.4) in the not too distant future.
msg252836 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2015-10-12 02:08
New changeset fd41b05b8227 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '2.7': Issue #22726: Re-activate config dialog help button with some content about https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fd41b05b8227 New changeset 01f83efcc44b by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '3.4': Issue #22726: Re-activate config dialog help button with some content about https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/01f83efcc44b
msg252837 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-10-12 02:13
I rewrote the common section to explain what the button do. I did not modify the extensions dialog because I want to finish #24782. #22707 may add more.
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2022-04-11 14:58:09 admin set github: 66915
2019-03-21 18:19:30 terry.reedy set components: + IDLE
2015-10-12 02:13:10 terry.reedy set status: open -> closedversions: + Python 3.6messages: + resolution: fixedstage: patch review -> resolved
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