Re: Big change to IDLE Shell

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On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:30 PM Andr=C3=A9 Roberge <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 3:52 AM Terry Reedy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 3.10.0b1 is due to be released next Monday.  The big change for IDLE is
>> in the Shell.  The first line of entered statement will line up with
>> continuation lines and indents will be spaces instead of tabs.  The
>> '>>>' prompt will be either above on a line by itself or to the left in
>> a Shell sidebar.
>
>
> This is just a quick report after a brief test. I just **love** the way
> the prompt is now shown. I am convinced that beginners will be much less
> confused with understanding indentation when using IDLE.
>
> I also did a quick test with friendly (formally known as
> friendly-traceback) and can happily report that support for custom
> excepthook appears to have been unaffected by the latest changes.
>
> I will do more testing in the near future (and likely do a brief demo
> during a presentation at the upcoming PyCon Education Summit). I do not
> plan to report further on this list unless I find problems.
>
> Thank you all for the work done to constantly improve IDLE.
>
> Andr=C3=A9 Roberge
>

Many thanks for testing this, for the feedback and for the kind words,
Andr=C3=A9! It means very much coming from you.

- Tal

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_attr">On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:30 PM Andr=C3=A9 Roberge &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></di=
v><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;borde=
r-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr =
28, 2021 at 3:52 AM Terry Reedy &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" tar=
get=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">3.10.0b1 is due to be released next Monday=
.=C2=A0 The big change for IDLE is <br>
in the Shell.=C2=A0 The first line of entered statement will line up with <=
br>
continuation lines and indents will be spaces instead of tabs.=C2=A0 The <b=
r>
&#39;&gt;&gt;&gt;&#39; prompt will be either above on a line by itself or t=
o the left in <br>
a Shell sidebar.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style=3D"font-family:=
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is just a quick report aft=
er a brief test. I just **love** the way the prompt is now shown. I am conv=
inced that beginners will be much less confused with understanding indentat=
ion when using IDLE.</div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-se=
rif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sa=
ns-serif;font-size:small">I also did a quick test with friendly (formally k=
nown as friendly-traceback) and can happily report that support for custom =
excepthook appears to have been unaffected by the latest changes.</div><div=
 style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div=
><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I wi=
ll do more testing in the near future (and likely do a brief demo during a =
presentation at the upcoming PyCon Education Summit). I do not plan to repo=
rt further on this list unless I find problems.</div><div style=3D"font-fam=
ily:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style=3D"fon=
t-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you all for the =
work done to constantly improve IDLE.</div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,=
helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:a=
rial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Andr=C3=A9 Roberge</div></div></=
div></div></blockquote><div>=C2=A0</div><div>Many thanks for testing this, =
for the feedback and for the kind words, Andr=C3=A9! It means very much com=
ing from you.</div><div><br></div><div>- Tal<br></div></div></div>

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