[Idle-dev] Guilherme Polo changes lost?

[Bruce Sherwood]

Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding about the shell window coming
forward. Some years ago that wasn't the case and was one of the reasons for
VIDLE.

We agree that "No prompt" should be the default for Autosave Preferences/At
Start of Run once a file exists, but we disagree on the value of being able
to test a few lines of code without there having to be a file. Yes, one can
of course create a test.py file somewhere for such uses, and get to it
through Recent Files. But I don't like being a second-class citizen in this
regard. Those who prefer to do their testing in the shell window are not
required to create and/or open a file for the purpose, and if I choose to
run complete routines from the edit window I shouldn't have to do this
either. I want to be able to use the editor the way others use the shell,
with the same immediacy. Hence my strong desire for the option "If file has
never been saved, No prompt".

On the other hand, we judged it prudent to specify for occasional users
(our intro physics students) "If file has never been saved, Prompt to
Save", to make sure that they've saved the file to a permanent place even
if there is a crash during the session. Hence the extra options implemented
by Polo. We want and need the flexibility to tailor the environment. At the
end of Polo's 2009 project, I thought there was agreement that his changes
were acceptable.

I agree that in addition to the autosave that occurs on a run, it would be
good to implement timed backups and/or other mechanisms for guarding
against crashes.

Bruce
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