[Idle-dev] Rework when IDLE opens editor and/or shell windows

[Kevin Walzer]

On 7/21/10 6:08 AM, Tal Einat wrote:
>
> The "editor-on-startup" config option should be removed. Running IDLE
> without arguments should open a shell. If IDLE is asked to open any
> files for editing, it should open just editor windows. IDLE should
> open both a shell window and one or more editor windows only when
> explicitly asked to do so on the command line.
>
> If this is done, the -e option ("open an editor") would tell IDLE to
> open an empty editor window if no files are asked to be opened for
> editing. If no other arguments are given, IDLE will open just an
> editor window (no shell window). The -i option ("open a shell") would
> tell IDLE to open a shell window even if asked to open files for
> editing.
>
> I think this is more obvious and easier to work with. It will also
> make the command line argument processing code simpler. And as a bonus
> we remove a config option :)

I'm not sure if I agree with this or not, but it appears to me that this 
proposal is mostly relevant for X11-based systems. On the Mac I open 
IDLE by double-clicking its app icon, not from the terminal; it appears 
that IDLE opens a shell by default in this context and opens both the 
shell and any files that are dropped on the app icon. I'm also not sure 
how IDLE works on Windows in this regard. Comments?

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Kevin Walzer
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