Re: Big change to IDLE Shell
Mark Roseman <[email protected]> Mon, 24 May 2021 08:09:40 -0700
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--===============4009332073061755808== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_DDE07C56-9E43-4889-B7FA-B624103C01A7" --Apple-Mail=_DDE07C56-9E43-4889-B7FA-B624103C01A7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 On May -20- 2021, at 2:19 PM, Tal Einat <[email protected]> wrote: > In recent years Terry J. Reedy has taken the lead on IDLE. Terry has > been doing a fantastic job of moving IDLE forward while also fixing > many bugs and making it more robust. He's also been very responsible > in deciding which changes to make. Thanks to his stewardship, I think > now is the best time in the past 15 years or so to attempt to bring > such improvements into IDLE proper. >=20 > I encourage you to try! Start with something significant, but not > huge. Perhaps discuss this with us in advance, so that we can decide > together what we'd like done and on the general approach, to avoid > working a lot on something that is eventually rejected (I've gone > through that too many times!). Thanks for your advice Tal. Here are a couple of longstanding things (dating from 2015) that I=E2=80=99= d love to see move forward: 1. Improve appearance, =04get rid of modal behaviour in about dialog https://bugs.python.org/issue24813 = <https://bugs.python.org/issue24813> 2. Improve debugger UI https://bugs.python.org/issue17942 = <https://bugs.python.org/issue17942> Both of these have mockups done, patches (now very outdated), and what = appears to be some early agreement that the basic ideas at least would = be worth pursuing. Both are currently stalled. Terry (and others), are these things you=E2=80=99d still like to see = move forward? What steps would be necessary for these to be completed = and integrated? Mark --Apple-Mail=_DDE07C56-9E43-4889-B7FA-B624103C01A7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">On = May -20- 2021, at 2:19 PM, Tal Einat <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D""><div class=3D"">In recent years Terry J. Reedy has taken the = lead on IDLE. Terry has<br class=3D"">been doing a fantastic job of = moving IDLE forward while also fixing<br class=3D"">many bugs and making = it more robust. He's also been very responsible<br class=3D"">in = deciding which changes to make. Thanks to his stewardship, I think<br = class=3D"">now is the best time in the past 15 years or so to attempt to = bring<br class=3D"">such improvements into IDLE proper.<br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">I encourage you to try! Start with something significant, but = not<br class=3D"">huge. Perhaps discuss this with us in advance, so that = we can decide<br class=3D"">together what we'd like done and on the = general approach, to avoid<br class=3D"">working a lot on something that = is eventually rejected (I've gone<br class=3D"">through that too many = times!).<br class=3D""></div></div></blockquote><br = class=3D""></div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>Thanks for your advice = Tal.</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>Here are a couple of = longstanding things (dating from 2015) that I=E2=80=99d love to see move = forward:</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>1. Improve appearance, =04get= rid of modal behaviour in about dialog</div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><a = href=3D"https://bugs.python.org/issue24813" = class=3D"">https://bugs.python.org/issue24813</a></div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div>2. Improve debugger UI</div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><a = href=3D"https://bugs.python.org/issue17942" = class=3D"">https://bugs.python.org/issue17942</a></div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div>Both of these have mockups done, patches (now very = outdated), and what appears to be some early agreement that the basic = ideas at least would be worth pursuing. Both are currently = stalled.</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>Terry (and others), are = these things you=E2=80=99d still like to see move forward? What steps = would be necessary for these to be completed and = integrated?</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>Mark</div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div><br class=3D""></div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div><br class=3D""></div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div><br class=3D""></div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div><br class=3D""></div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div><br class=3D""></div><br class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_DDE07C56-9E43-4889-B7FA-B624103C01A7-- --===============4009332073061755808== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev --===============4009332073061755808==--