1 Original IDLE todo, much of it now outdated:
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6 - manage breakpoints globally, allow bp deletion, tbreak, cbreak etc.
8 - help on how to use it (a simple help button will do wonders)
9 - performance? (updates of large sets of locals are slow)
10 - better integration of "debug module"
11 - debugger should be global resource (attached to flist, not to shell)
12 - fix the stupid bug where you need to step twice
13 - display class name in stack viewer entries for methods
14 - suppress tracing through IDLE internals (e.g. print)
15 - add a button to suppress through a specific module or class or method
16 - more object inspection to stack viewer, e.g. to view all array items
17 - insert the initial current directory into sys.path
18 - default directory attribute for each window instead of only for windows
19 that have an associated filename
20 - command expansion from keywords, module contents, other buffers, etc.
21 - "Recent documents" menu item
22 - Filter region command
23 - Optional horizontal scroll bar
25 - ^K should cut to buffer
26 - M-[, M-] to move by paragraphs
28 - search should indicate wrap-around in some way
29 - restructure state sensitive code to avoid testing flags all the time
30 - persistent user state (e.g. window and cursor positions, bindings)
31 - make backups when saving
32 - check file mtimes at various points
33 - Pluggable interface with RCS/CVS/Perforce/Clearcase
35 - don't open second class browser on same module (nor second path browser)
36 - unify class and path browsers
37 - Need to define a standard way whereby one can determine one is running
38 inside IDLE (needed for Tk mainloop, also handy for $PYTHONSTARTUP)
39 - Add more utility methods for use by extensions (a la get_selection)
40 - Way to run command in totally separate interpreter (fork+os.system?)
41 - Way to find definition of fully-qualified name:
42 In other words, select "UserDict.UserDict", hit some magic key and
43 it loads up UserDict.py and finds the first def or class for UserDict.
44 - need a way to force colorization on/off
45 - need a way to force auto-indent on/off
49 - when there's a selection, left/right arrow should go to either
51 - ^O (on Unix -- open-line) should honor autoindent
52 - after paste, show end of pasted text
53 - on Windows, should turn short filename to long filename (not only in argv!)
54 (shouldn't this be done -- or undone -- by ntpath.normpath?)
55 - new autoindent after colon even indents when the colon is in a comment!
56 - sometimes forward slashes in pathname remain
57 - sometimes star in window name remains in Windows menu
58 - With unix bindings, ESC by itself is ignored
59 - Sometimes for no apparent reason a selection from the cursor to the
60 end of the command buffer appears, which is hard to get rid of
61 because it stays when you are typing!
62 - The Line/Col in the status bar can be wrong initially in PyShell
66 - too much knowledge in FileList about EditorWindow (for example)
67 - should add some primitives for accessing the selection etc.
68 to repeat cumbersome code over and over
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74 - Open Module doesn't appear to handle hierarchical packages.
75 - Class browser should also allow hierarchical packages.
76 - Open and Open Module could benefit from a history,
77 either command line style, or Microsoft recent-file
79 - Add a Smalltalk-style inspector (i.e. Tkinspect)
81 The last suggestion is already a reality, but not yet
82 integrated into IDLE. I use a module called inspector.py,
83 that used to be available from python.org(?) It no longer
84 appears to be in the contributed section, and the source
85 has no author attribution.
87 In any case, the code is useful for visually navigating
88 an object's attributes, including its container hierarchy.
90 >>> from inspector import Tkinspect
91 >>> Tkinspect(None, myObject)
93 Tkinspect could probably be extended and refined to
94 integrate better into IDLE.
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101 + PTUI's help is better (HTML!)
103 + PTUI can attach a shell to any module
105 + PTUI has some more I/O commands:
108 examine (what's that?)
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112 Notes after trying to run Grail
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115 - Grail does stuff to sys.path based on sys.argv[0]; you must set
116 sys.argv[0] to something decent first (it is normally set to the path of
119 - Grail must be exec'ed in __main__ because that's imported by some
120 other parts of Grail.
122 - Grail uses a module called History and so does idle :-(
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126 Robin Friedrich's items:
128 Things I'd like to see:
129 - I'd like support for shift-click extending the selection. There's a
130 bug now that it doesn't work the first time you try it.
131 - Printing is needed. How hard can that be on Windows?
132 - The python-mode trick of autoindenting a line with <tab> is neat and
134 - (someday) a spellchecker for docstrings and comments.
135 - a pagedown/up command key which moves to next class/def statement (top
137 - split window capability
138 - DnD text relocation/copying
140 Things I don't want to see.
141 - line numbers... will probably slow things down way too much.
142 - Please use another icon for the tree browser leaf. The small snake
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147 - Customizable views (multi-window or multi-pane). (Markus Gritsch)
149 - Being able to double click (maybe double right click) on a callable
150 object in the editor which shows the source of the object, if
151 possible. (Gerrit Holl)
153 - Hooks into the guts, like in Emacs. (Mike Romberg)
155 - Sharing the editor with a remote tutor. (Martijn Faassen)
157 - Multiple views on the same file. (Tony J Ibbs)
159 - Store breakpoints in a global (per-project) database (GvR); Dirk
160 Heise adds: save some space-trimmed context and search around when
161 reopening a file that might have been edited by someone else.
163 - Capture menu events in extensions without changing the IDLE source.
166 - Use overlapping panels (a "notebook" in MFC terms I think) for info
167 that doesn't need to be accessible simultaneously (e.g. HTML source
168 and output). Use multi-pane windows for info that does need to be
169 shown together (e.g. class browser and source). (Albert Brandl)
171 - A project should invisibly track all symbols, for instant search,
172 replace and cross-ref. Projects should be allowed to span multiple
173 directories, hosts, etc. Project management files are placed in a
174 directory you specify. A global mapping between project names and
175 project directories should exist [not so sure --GvR]. (Tim Peters)
177 - Merge attr-tips and auto-expand. (Mark Hammond, Tim Peters)
179 - Python Shell should behave more like a "shell window" as users know
180 it -- i.e. you can only edit the current command, and the cursor can't
181 escape from the command area. (Albert Brandl)
183 - Set X11 class to "idle/Idle", set icon and title to something
184 beginning with "idle" -- for window manangers. (Randall Hopper)
186 - Config files editable through a preferences dialog. (me)
188 - Config files still editable outside the preferences dialog.
191 - When you're editing a command in PyShell, and there are only blank
192 lines below the cursor, hitting Return should ignore or delete those
193 blank lines rather than deciding you're not on the last line. (me)
195 - Run command (F5 c.s.) should be more like Pythonwin's Run -- a
196 dialog with options to give command line arguments, run the debugger,
199 - Shouldn't be able to delete part of the prompt (or any text before
200 it) in the PyShell. (Martijn Faassen)
202 - Emacs style auto-fill (also smart about comments and strings).
205 - Output of Run Script should go to a separate output window, not to
206 the shell window. Output of separate runs should all go to the same
207 window but clearly delimited. (David Scherer)
209 - GUI form designer to kick VB's butt. (Robert Geiger)
211 - Printing! Possibly via generation of PDF files which the user must
212 then send to the printer separately. (Dinu Gherman)