[Idle-dev] idle development && run script

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> Not much -- we've got so much else to do that we're waiting for 2.0 to
> be complete before we get back to IDLE (probably).
> 
> In the mean time, I agree with you that this area of IDLE needs a lot
> of improvement.  I have some ideas (with Jeremy) for completely
> revamping this part of IDLE, which involve running the program in a
> separate process altogether (the only way to get everything to work
> right).  This would require a lot of restructuring, and the code you
> are patching would probably disappear completely...

Well, I am certainly willing to help with that restructuring. If
you (or Jeremy) could give me a few more hints what the ideas look
like, I might adopt them pre-2.0 (an improved idle would not hurt the
2.0 release <0.1 wink>).

> I'm not sure what to do about your proposed patch, but I do want to
> say that I am *against* saving without asking the user.

Okay, then there should be an *option* where you can switch between
those behaviours. For the sake of your sanity it could be set
to *ask user* on default (the other options being *just save* and
*just complain*).

Peter
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