[Idle-dev] Suggestions idle-dev

[phelix]

Over the last couple of months I have collected a couple of small but imho
important modifications / bugs to make working with IDLE smoother. But I
would prefer very much to discuss these in a more active environment.

Taking part in IDLE-development seems very hard, though it really does not
have to be. On the code-side everything is fine but marketing-wise things
are not so good. Just take this mailing list. I am in my thirties and to me
it looks like from the stone age. Who wants his eMail-account spammed with a
mailing list? I would prefer a regular forum and I think a lot of people
would, especially the younger ones.

Also this list is hard to find. It is not mentioned anywhere on the
idle-homepage and not very obvious in the program.

Compare the spyder homepage and the idle-homepage:
http://packages.python.org/spyder/ http://packages.python.org/spyder/ 
http://docs.python.org/library/idle.html
http://docs.python.org/library/idle.html 
I am not talking about fancy graphics but only missing information.

Why not display something in the splash-screen like: idle development is
easy, contribute at ...

I really like working with IDLE and it being coded in Python and easy to
modify and all but seing how slow it is improving makes me sad. Especially
the small things count for a smooth workflow.

Very many people start out with IDLE and it is a missed chance to give them
an unsmooth IDE.

best,

=Phelix=

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