[New-bugs-announce] [issue28097] IDLE: document all key bindings, add menu items for more.

Terry J. Reedy report at bugs.python.org
Mon Sep 12 03:03:30 EDT 2016


New submission from Terry J. Reedy:

(Follow-up to #15308, which added ^C Interrupt Execution to doc and Shell menu, and to #27120, which proposed to add ^/ Toggle Highlighting, until I realized that that should be part of #6858, about highlighting non-.py files.)

Every IDLE function should be documented.  More should be on menu.  Perhaps add Move/delete menus for cursor movement and directional deletion, if not a diagram.

Another idea.  A searchable current key binding list, possible sortable by key as well as function.  It should include fixed builtin bindings as well as extension bindings.  See #27120 for motivation.

Side issue 1: Menu entries for extensions do not reflect customization (? verify, from Roger).

Side issue 2: Menus need to be tested.

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assignee: terry.reedy
components: IDLE
messages: 275980
nosy: terry.reedy
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: IDLE: document all key bindings, add menu items for more.
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.6

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