Commit da10017d authored by Terry Jan Reedy's avatar Terry Jan Reedy

Add recent IDLE NEWS items. Move Build sectios down.

parent b7c35153
...@@ -2,6 +2,40 @@ What's New in IDLE 2.7.11? ...@@ -2,6 +2,40 @@ What's New in IDLE 2.7.11?
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*Release date: *Release date:
- Issue #24972: Inactive selection background now matches active selection
background, as configured by user, on all systems. Found items are now
always highlighted on Windows. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs
affected by a tk regression. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #24988: Idle ScrolledList context menus (used in debugger)
now work on Mac Aqua. Patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #24801: Make right-click for context menu work on Mac Aqua.
Patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #25173: Associate tkinter messageboxes with a specific widget.
For Mac OSX, make them a 'sheet'. Patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #25198: Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help.
* Properly indent fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman).
* Give code snippet a very Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background.
* Re-use initial width and height set by users for shell and editor.
* When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used, put the section header
at the top of the screen.
- Issue #25225: Condense and rewrite Idle doc section on text colors.
- Issue #21995: Explain some differences between IDLE and console Python.
- Issue #22820: Explain need for *print* when running file from Idle editor.
- Issue #25224: Doc: augment Idle feature list and no-subprocess section.
- Issue #25219: Update doc for Idle command line options.
Some were missing and notes were not correct.
- Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change. - Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change.
Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__. Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
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...@@ -156,25 +156,42 @@ Library ...@@ -156,25 +156,42 @@ Library
- Issue #24134: Reverted issue #24134 changes. - Issue #24134: Reverted issue #24134 changes.
Build IDLE
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- Issue #24915: When doing a PGO build, the test suite is now used instead of - Issue #24972: Inactive selection background now matches active selection
pybench; Clang support was also added as part off this work. Initial patch by background, as configured by user, on all systems. Found items are now
Alecsandru Patrascu of Intel. always highlighted on Windows. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #24986: It is now possible to build Python on Windows without errors - Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs
when external libraries are not available. affected by a tk regression. Initial patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #24508: Backported the MSBuild project files from Python 3.5. The - Issue #24988: Idle ScrolledList context menus (used in debugger)
backported files replace the old project files in PCbuild; the old files moved now work on Mac Aqua. Patch by Mark Roseman.
to PC/VS9.0 and remain supported.
- Issue #24603: Update Windows builds and OS X 10.5 installer to use OpenSSL - Issue #24801: Make right-click for context menu work on Mac Aqua.
1.0.2d. Patch by Mark Roseman.
IDLE - Issue #25173: Associate tkinter messageboxes with a specific widget.
---- For Mac OSX, make them a 'sheet'. Patch by Mark Roseman.
- Issue #25198: Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help.
* Properly indent fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman).
* Give code snippet a very Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background.
* Re-use initial width and height set by users for shell and editor.
* When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used, put the section header
at the top of the screen.
- Issue #25225: Condense and rewrite Idle doc section on text colors.
- Issue #21995: Explain some differences between IDLE and console Python.
- Issue #22820: Explain need for *print* when running file from Idle editor.
- Issue #25224: Doc: augment Idle feature list and no-subprocess section.
- Issue #25219: Update doc for Idle command line options.
Some were missing and notes were not correct.
- Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change. - Issue #24861: Most of idlelib is private and subject to change.
Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__. Use idleib.idle.* to start Idle. See idlelib.__init__.__doc__.
...@@ -233,6 +250,23 @@ Tests ...@@ -233,6 +250,23 @@ Tests
- PCbuild\rt.bat now accepts an unlimited number of arguments to pass along - PCbuild\rt.bat now accepts an unlimited number of arguments to pass along
to regrtest.py. Previously there was a limit of 9. to regrtest.py. Previously there was a limit of 9.
Build
-----
- Issue #24915: When doing a PGO build, the test suite is now used instead of
pybench; Clang support was also added as part off this work. Initial patch by
Alecsandru Patrascu of Intel.
- Issue #24986: It is now possible to build Python on Windows without errors
when external libraries are not available.
- Issue #24508: Backported the MSBuild project files from Python 3.5. The
backported files replace the old project files in PCbuild; the old files moved
to PC/VS9.0 and remain supported.
- Issue #24603: Update Windows builds and OS X 10.5 installer to use OpenSSL
1.0.2d.
Windows Windows
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