[Pythonmac-SIG] IDLE fixes for 2.x and 3.x

Ned Deily nad at acm.org
Tue Feb 10 05:39:14 CET 2009


I've opened the following issues for problems with various menu, key 
definitions, and launch problems with IDLE.app and bin/idle on OS X:
  <http://bugs.python.org/issue5194>
  <http://bugs.python.org/issue5195>
  <http://bugs.python.org/issue5196>

Issue5194 applies to 2.6, trunk (2.7), 3.0, and py3k (3.1).  It might 
also work on 2.5 with a little touchup.

Issue5195 and Issue5196 are specific to Python 3.0 and py3k (3.1).

The patches included have been tested on 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, and 3.1 as 
indicated.  I believe that, with these patches applied, IDLE.app and 
command line idle (bin/idle) on all of these systems will exhibit
the same behavior regarding menus and key definitions.[1]  In 
particular, the often missing-in-action Preferences menu option should 
be home for good.

I'd appreciate feedback on the patches.  It would be best to comment 
directly via the issue tracker.


[1] One minor difference: bin/idle still has an application name of 
"Python" in menus and the dock while IDLE.app is "IDLE".

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org



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