[Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library; Scherer Agreement (original) (raw)

Pat Campbell patcam at python.org
Tue Jul 13 22:19:15 CEST 2010

Hi Bruce:

Please click on the link below to find the contributor agreement form along with instructions on how to send it.

http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks, Pat Campbell PSF Secretary & Administrator

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk at shore.net> wrote:

On Mon, Jul 12 2010, Bruce Sherwood wrote:

> I don't recall that VIDLE has anything to do with running multiple IDLE > copies. Well, I stole the ephemeral port idea from him! > What's in VIDLE is a lot of bug fixes and some improvements. For > example, you can configure it to not require having to save a file, > which makes it as easy to use for quick testing as the shell. Another > improvement, of high importance for our physics students and other > novice programmers, is to bring an error display forward. Many > students fill the screen with the edit window and the error message > could be hidden, leaving them puzzled as to why their program wasn't > running. Stuff like that, all aimed at issues we had seen with a large > population of science and engineering students. > > I'll say again that IDLE/VIDLE is an excellent environment for novices. > Issues identified here about look and feel etc. have just not been of any > importance in that context. > I'd like to get all that incorporated so you can go back to dealing directly with us. Your students are the people we want to reach! > If you'll send me what you want from Scherer, I can contact him. I'm copying our PSF Secretary/Administrator, Pat Campbell. She can work with you to get David Scherer's Contributor Agreement. We really appreciate your assistance with this, he's one of the last missing agreements. -- KBK

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