Commit 328e1ecb authored by Terry Jan Reedy's avatar Terry Jan Reedy

Issue 25224: Augment Idle doc feature list and no-subprocess section

to finish making current README.txt obsolete.
parent 6741a5ae
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<ul class="simple"> <ul class="simple">
<li>coded in 100% pure Python, using the <tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">tkinter</span></tt> GUI toolkit</li> <li>coded in 100% pure Python, using the <tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">tkinter</span></tt> GUI toolkit</li>
<li>cross-platform: works on Windows, Unix, and Mac OS X</li> <li>cross-platform: works on Windows, Unix, and Mac OS X</li>
<li>Python shell window (interactive interpreter) with colorizing
of code input, output, and error messages</li>
<li>multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing, <li>multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing,
smart indent, call tips, and many other features</li> smart indent, call tips, auto completion, and other features</li>
<li>Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter)</li> <li>search within any window, replace within editor windows, and search
<li>debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step)</li> through multiple files (grep)</li>
<li>debugger with persistent breakpoints, stepping, and viewing
of global and local namespaces</li>
<li>configuration, browsers, and other dialogs</li>
</ul> </ul>
<div class="section" id="menus"> <div class="section" id="menus">
<h2>24.6.1. Menus<a class="headerlink" href="#menus" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2> <h2>24.6.1. Menus<a class="headerlink" href="#menus" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
...@@ -503,6 +508,15 @@ set in the Options dialog.</li> ...@@ -503,6 +508,15 @@ set in the Options dialog.</li>
</div> </div>
<div class="section" id="running-without-a-subprocess"> <div class="section" id="running-without-a-subprocess">
<h3>24.6.4.2. Running without a subprocess<a class="headerlink" href="#running-without-a-subprocess" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3> <h3>24.6.4.2. Running without a subprocess<a class="headerlink" href="#running-without-a-subprocess" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>By default, Idle executes user code in a separate subprocess via a socket,
which uses the internal loopback interface. This connection is not
externally visible and no data is sent to or received from the Internet.
If firewall software complains anyway, you can ignore it.</p>
<p>If the attempt to make the socket connection fails, Idle will notify you.
Such failures are sometimes transient, but if persistent, the problem
may be either a firewall blocking the connecton or misconfiguration of
a particular system. Until the problem is fixed, one can run Idle with
the -n command line switch.</p>
<p>If IDLE is started with the -n command line switch it will run in a <p>If IDLE is started with the -n command line switch it will run in a
single process and will not create the subprocess which runs the RPC single process and will not create the subprocess which runs the RPC
Python execution server. This can be useful if Python cannot create Python execution server. This can be useful if Python cannot create
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