[Python-Dev] Idle, site.py, and the release candidates (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sun Mar 31 17:43:56 CEST 2013


On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:38:07 -0400 Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

On 3/31/2013 6:01 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

> That said, if IDLE users expect those global functions, perhaps IDLE > should define its own ones rather than rely on site.py. I thought of that. Idle would have to check the beginning of every statement before sending it to the user process, which would do the same thing. I personally think exit/quit should eventually go, as ^d/^z or [x] button are as easy.

I never use them myself, but they are more discoverable than keyboard shortcuts, and hence can be useful for beginners or casual users.

Regards

Antoine.



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