[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library (original) (raw)

geremy condra debatem1 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 16 00:23:12 CEST 2010

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

Neil Hodgson wrote:

Stephen J. Turnbull:

But it's very important to be able to move tabs across windows or panes.  ... In many apps, however, you would have to select the foo.c tab, close it, bring up a new window, and open foo.c using the long path (presumably with a file browser interface, but often enough the default directory is wherever you started the editor, not most recently used file).  The common GUI technique is to drag a tab from one window into another window. Drag onto the desktop for a new top level  window. This is supported by, among others, Firefox; Chrome; gedit; and GNOME Terminal. Time used to be we would innovate, not imitate, but I suppose that convergence has changed things.

Nobody is being innovative with IDLE's UI right now. Some imitation would do it good, however.

Geremy Condra

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