Path: csiph.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:IDLE': 0.04; 'column': 0.07; 'feature.': 0.07; 'great.': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'interpreter': 0.15; 'agree.': 0.16; 'examples:': 0.16; 'later).': 0.16; 'margin': 0.16; 'pane': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:ever': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; '>>>': 0.20; 'am,': 0.23; 'code,': 0.23; 'patch': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.26; 'mostly': 0.27; 'separate': 0.27; 'subject: -- ': 0.27; 'this.': 0.28; 'separated': 0.29; 'that.': 0.30; 'window': 0.30; "i'd": 0.31; 'idle': 0.33; 'received:comcast.net': 0.33; 'editor': 0.34; 'could': 0.35; 'text': 0.35; 'done': 0.35; 'subject:please': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'say': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'johnson': 0.37; 'mean': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.62; 'more': 0.63; 'more.': 0.63; 'from:addr:outlook.com': 0.84; 'timothy': 0.84; 'subject:you': 0.85; 'subject:Who': 0.91; 'subject:know': 0.91; 'subject:answer': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: tjohnson Subject: Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 21:41:10 -0400 References: <55C37EBC.3020604@outlook.com> <55C4969D.2010005@outlook.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-236-104-109.hsd1.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 150807-2, 08/07/2015), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 39 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1438998076 news.xs4all.nl 2832 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35027 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:95153 On 8/7/2015 9:10 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 8/7/2015 7:29 AM, tjohnson wrote: >> On 8/6/2015 7:31 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: >>> On 8/6/2015 11:35 AM, Timothy Johnson wrote: >>> >>>> problems because it works well for that. Most of the time I use PyDev >>>> and Notepad++ to edit Python code, but if more features were added to >>>> Idle I would consider using it more. >>> >>> What 1 or 2 features would you most like to see? >>> >> Practically, I'd say a line number margin > > Patch is mostly done but I need to review (sooner than later). > Great. >> and right edge indicator. > > Do you mean at column 80 or something? > Yes, exactly. >> Theoretically, a tabbed editor > > *Many* people want this. I think this should be the highest priority > new big feature. > I agree. > > and dockable interpreter pane. > > Please explain. > Currently the interpreter is shown in a separate floating window. If it was dockable, it could also be placed in the same window as the text editor but separated by a splitter. Examples: wxPython AUI panes, Firefox bookmarks pane >