[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Mon Jul 12 17:42:26 CEST 2010


On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:23:04 -0400
"Kurt B. Kaiser" <kbk at shore.net> wrote:
> 
> What distro are you using?  Tk8.6 is still in beta.

It's Mandriva 2010.1

> Still looks crummy?  Bummer.

Yes.

> Fine, I showed it as an example of the improvement in 8.5.  Most people,
> I think, are using Windows or Macs.  Looks decent, don't you think?

Yes, it does. If indeed the main target population for IDLE is Windows
and Mac users (since Linux users have a lot of alternatives almost by
default), then I suppose the situation is not that bad.

Regards

Antoine.




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