IDLE: A cornicopia of mediocrity and obfuscation.

[rantingrick]

If anyone would like to see a good example of how IDLE code should be
written. I highly suggest you check out the source for PyShell and
PyCrust which is located in roughly...

HOME\PythonXX\Lib\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-ansi\wx\py:
 * shell.py
 * crust.py
 * filling.py

Also run these scripts to see them all in action:
 * PyAlaCarte.py
 * PyAlaMode.py

This is a code base that was laid out in a logical and sensible
manner. This is a code base that can be built from. IDLE on the other
hand is utter chaos. If you don't believe me, first look at the
beautiful scripts i mentioned above, then check out these scripts in
your idlelib...

PythonXX\Lib\idlelib:
 * EditorWindow.py
 * PyShell.py

It is like night and day people!  NIGHT AND DAY!!!