[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

Neil Hodgson nyamatongwe at gmail.com
Thu Jul 15 05:59:30 CEST 2010


Stephen J. Turnbull:

> But it's very important to be able to *move* tabs across windows or
> panes.  ...
> In many apps, however, you would have to select the foo.c tab, close
> it, bring up a new window, and open foo.c using the long path
> (presumably with a file browser interface, but often enough the
> default directory is wherever you started the editor, not most
> recently used file).

   The common GUI technique is to drag a tab from one window into
another window. Drag onto the desktop for a new top level
 window. This is supported by, among others, Firefox; Chrome; gedit;
and GNOME Terminal.

   Neil


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