https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5ff3a161c8a6b525c5e5b3e36e9c43f5a95... commit: 5ff3a161c8a6b525c5e5b3e36e9c43f5a95bda60 branch: master author: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> committer: GitHub <noreply@github.com> date: 2018-04-30T03:08:01-04:00 summary: bpo-21474: Update IDLE word/identifier definition from ascii to unicode. (GH-6643) In text and entry boxes, this affects selection by double-click, movement left/right by control-left/right, and deletion left/right by control-BACKSPACE/DEL. files: A Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2018-04-29-16-13-02.bpo-21474.bglg-F.rst M Lib/idlelib/editor.py diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/editor.py b/Lib/idlelib/editor.py index ab9c7e615ef0..892b64ba696d 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/editor.py +++ b/Lib/idlelib/editor.py @@ -1658,12 +1658,12 @@ def get_accelerator(keydefs, eventname): def fixwordbreaks(root): - # Make sure that Tk's double-click and next/previous word - # operations use our definition of a word (i.e. an identifier) + # On Windows, tcl/tk breaks 'words' only on spaces, as in Command Prompt. + # We want Motif style everywhere. See #21474, msg218992 and followup. tk = root.tk tk.call('tcl_wordBreakAfter', 'a b', 0) # make sure word.tcl is loaded - tk.call('set', 'tcl_wordchars', '[a-zA-Z0-9_]') - tk.call('set', 'tcl_nonwordchars', '[^a-zA-Z0-9_]') + tk.call('set', 'tcl_wordchars', r'\w') + tk.call('set', 'tcl_nonwordchars', r'\W') def _editor_window(parent): # htest # diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2018-04-29-16-13-02.bpo-21474.bglg-F.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2018-04-29-16-13-02.bpo-21474.bglg-F.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..caf640b73b29 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2018-04-29-16-13-02.bpo-21474.bglg-F.rst @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +Update word/identifier definition from ascii to unicode. In text and entry +boxes, this affects selection by double-click, movement left/right by +control-left/right, and deletion left/right by control-BACKSPACE/DEL.