[3.7] bpo-34162: Update idlelib NEWS to 2018-12-05 (GH-10964) (GH-10980) · python/cpython@de8037d (original) (raw)

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1 -What's New in IDLE 3.7.1
1 +What's New in IDLE 3.7.2
2 2 Released on 2018-07-31?
3 3 ======================================
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6 +bpo-35213: Where appropriate, use 'macOS' in idlelib.
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8 +bpo-34864: Document two IDLE on MacOS issues. The System Preferences
9 +Dock "prefer tabs always" setting disables some IDLE features.
10 +Menus are a bit different than as described for Windows and Linux.
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12 +bpo-35202: Remove unused imports in idlelib.
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14 +bpo-33000: Document that IDLE's shell has no line limit.
15 +A program that runs indefinitely can overfill memory.
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17 +bpo-23220: Explain how IDLE's Shell displays output.
18 +Add new subsection "User output in Shell".
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20 +bpo-35099: Improve the doc about IDLE running user code.
21 +"IDLE -- console differences" is renamed "Running user code".
22 +It mostly covers the implications of using custom sys.stdxxx objects.
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24 +bpo-35097: Add IDLE doc subsection explaining editor windows.
25 +Topics include opening, title and status bars, .py* extension, and running.
26 +
27 +Issue 35093: Document the IDLE document viewer in the IDLE doc.
28 +Add a paragraph in "Help and preferences", "Help sources" subsection.
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30 +bpo-1529353: Explain Shell text squeezing in the IDLE doc.
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32 +bpo-35088: Update idlelib.help.copy_string docstring.
33 +We now use git and backporting instead of hg and forward merging.
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35 +bpo-35087: Update idlelib help files for the current doc build.
36 +The main change is the elimination of chapter-section numbers.
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39 +What's New in IDLE 3.7.1
40 +Released on 2018-07-31?
41 +======================================
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6 43 bpo-1529353: Output over N lines (50 by default) is squeezed down to a button.
7 44 N can be changed in the PyShell section of the General page of the
8 45 Settings dialog. Fewer, but possibly extra long, lines can be squeezed by