[Idle-dev] IdleX - The IDLE Extension Pack

[Roger Serwy]

On 11/08/2011 12:33 PM, Tal Einat wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Roger Serwy <roger.serwy at gmail.com 
> <mailto:roger.serwy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     I have written a simple extension manager for IDLE and packaged
>     several extensions with it. It can be found at:
>     http://www.ews.illinois.edu/~ serwy/idlex/
>     <http://www.ews.illinois.edu/%7Eserwy/idlex/>
>
>     The extension manager loads extensions without needing to modify
>     config-extensions.def. This makes distributing extensions simpler.
>
>     The features include:
>
>     * Terminal-like behavior for PyShell. The cursor is confined to
>     the prompt and up/down arrow keys navigate the command history,
>     similar to the original Python interpreter.
>     * Matplotlib support for interactive figures when using the
>     subprocess.
>     * Tabbed editor windows with drag'n'drop reordering.
>     * SubCodes, similar to Matlab cell mode and Sagemath cells, for
>     quick code prototyping without restarting the shell.
>     * Integrated reindent.py support.
>     * Improved code navigation with Code Browser.
>     * Cython editing and execution support. (Version 0.15.1)
>     * Line numbers for the Editor.
>     * Clear PyShell Window without restarting PyShell.
>     * Simple interface for enabling/disabling extensions.
>     * SearchBar, Squeezer, and IDLE2HTML included. (Originally by Tal
>     Einat, Noam Raphael, and Michael Haubenwallner)
>
>     Some of these extensions might be useful in the standard IDLE
>     distribution.
>
>     - Roger
>
>
> Way to go, Roger!
>
> I'm glad you've released this so soon :)
>
> I'm sure this will be useful for many people using IDLE, and will 
> accelerate the acceptance of good extensions into the stdlib.
>
> BTW, which versions of Python does this work with?

Thanks Tal!

This works with 2.7 and 3.2.  (It should work on 2.6, but it isn't 
heavily tested).

Cheers,
Roger
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