A bit restructured.

Tools/idle/README.txt

 IDLE 0.5 - February 2000
 ------------------------
 
+This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based
+IDE for Python.
+
 For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt.  (For a more
 detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)
 
-This is an early release of IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based
-IDE for Python.  It has the following features:
+FEATURES
+
+IDLE has the following features:
+
+- coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk)
+
+- cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are
+currently problems with Tcl/Tk)
+
+- multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing
+and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips
+
+- Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter)
+
+- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view  and step)
+
+USAGE
+
+The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able
+to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell.  On Windows, you can
+run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up
+a DOS console.  If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows,
+use the batch file idle.bat.
+
+Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed,
+not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option.
+Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options.
+
+IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with a
+Python 1.5.2 distribution.  (An older version of IDLE is distributed
+with Python 1.5.2; you can drop this version on top of it.)
 
-- 100% pure Python
-- multi-window text editor with multiple undo and Python colorizing
-- Python shell (a.k.a. interactive interpreter) window subclass
-- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints and step)
-- works on Windows and Unix (probably works on Mac too)
+COPYRIGHT
 
-The main program is in the file "idle"; on Windows you can use
-idle.pyw to avoid popping up a DOS console.  Any arguments passed are
-interpreted as files that will be opened for editing.
+IDLE is covered by the standard Python copyright notice
+(http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html).
 
-IDLE requires Python 1.5.2, so it is currently only usable with the
-Python 1.5.2 distribution (luckily, IDLE is bundled with Python
-1.5.2).
+FEEDBACK
 
-Please send feedback to the Python newsgroup, comp.lang.python, and cc
-me <guido@python.org>.
+For feedback, please use the Python Bugs List
+(http://www.python.org/search/search_bugs.html).
 
 --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)