[Idle-dev] open idle edit window only?

[Tal Einat]

On 7/20/07, Paul Guse <paul at mustagh.com> wrote:
>
>
> Is there a way to open just the edit window (without the run window) from
> the commandline?
> I can go into the idle configuration and change the "At Startup" option to
> "Open Edit Window" and this does what I'm looking for, but I need to be able
> to do this without manually going into idle and changing it.
> I need to be able to control this through the commandline (or equivalent)
> without making the user set up the options manually.
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks.

Unfortunately, no. As long as the "At Startup" option in the
configuration dialog is set to "Open Shell Window", a shell window
will always be opened.

I agree that there should be a command-line option to explicitly not
open a shell window. I'll post a feature request to SourceForge.

If you want this quickly, I can work up a quick patch for you.

- Tal