[Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Mon Apr 10 18:43:51 CEST 2006


On Apr 10, 2006, at 4:11 AM, has wrote:

> I wrote:
>
>>> * IDLE Application icon
>>
>> A typical editor icon a-la Script Editor except with the Python  
>> icon and a different style of pen (e.g. technical pencil) may be  
>> acceptable; the only caveat is that IDLE isn't a conventional  
>> document editor a-la Script Editor but more a lightweight  
>> interactive interpreter with a Save option on the side.
>
> On second thoughts, IDLE's save option just does a straight dump of  
> the interpreter display, so a document editor symbol is somewhat  
> misleading and it should be something closer to a terminal window  
> like Terminal.app.

I think you're totally mislead as to what IDLE does.  Yes, it has  
interactive interpreters with a save feature, but it also edits  
source files and has a debugger.  It IS conventional.

-bob



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