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changeset 93718:395673aac686 2.7
Issue #3068: Document the new Configure Extensions dialog and menu entry. [#3068]
| Terry Jan Reedy tjreedy@udel.edu | |
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| date | Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:22:41 -0500 |
| parents | feec1ea55127 |
| children | 84928af5d703 |
| files | Doc/library/idle.rst |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/library/idle.rst 30 |
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--- a/Doc/library/idle.rst +++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst @@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ Configure IDLE themes may be altered. Startup Preferences may be set, and additional help sources can be specified. +Configure Extensions
Code Context (toggle)(Editor Window only) Open a pane at the top of the edit window which shows the block context of the section of code which is scrolling off the top of the window. @@ -525,8 +529,11 @@ with the default subprocess if at all po .. deprecated:: 3.4 +Help and preferences +-------------------- + Additional help sources ------------------------ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ IDLE includes a help menu entry called "Python Docs" that will open the extensive sources of help, including tutorials, available at docs.python.org. @@ -535,22 +542,22 @@ Configure IDLE dialog. See the IDLE help more information. -Other preferences ------------------ +Setting preferences +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The font preferences, highlighting, keys, and general preferences can be -changed via the Configure IDLE menu option. Be sure to note that -keys can be user defined, IDLE ships with four built in key sets. In -addition a user can create a custom key set in the Configure IDLE dialog -under the keys tab. +changed via Configure IDLE on the Option menu. Keys can be user defined; +IDLE ships with four built in key sets. In addition a user can create a +custom key set in the Configure IDLE dialog under the keys tab. Extensions ----------- +^^^^^^^^^^ -IDLE contains an extension facility. See the beginning of -config-extensions.def in the idlelib directory for further information. The -default extensions are currently: +IDLE contains an extension facility. Peferences for extensions can be +changed with Configure Extensions. See the beginning of config-extensions.def +in the idlelib directory for further information. The default extensions +are currently: