Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.027 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:IDLE': 0.04; 'interpreter': 0.05; 'latter': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'idle,': 0.16; 'reasonably': 0.16; '\xe2\x80\x9cyour': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '>>>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'decide': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'feature': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; "skip:' 10": 0.31; '>>>>': 0.31; 'quite': 0.32; 'editor': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'idle': 0.36; 'useful': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'possible': 0.36; 'files': 0.38; 'fact': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'commands': 0.60; 'entire': 0.61; 'thomas': 0.65; 'request.': 0.70; 'hoping': 0.75; 'restore': 0.78; '2015': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.92 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wG7vTsQa7nCytVLx4+WLv+spjv86/Ok1jVDQXygTej4=; b=DmGaNINlT1jb8hue58LIBiiysAZ78lDjg8shwcNQ3UWv7MCtJXGsVnafxLuwbaAKCQ khha/3TuEJcF9AUp+CZT6wcB4Gue0Adi6TdwQj7di8r8g9nt2/TtFr5lCrI2kirRnUuY fSkWB9CC4XdeBTys+AN9ULOANo0tUU38KhuB6+qNNdQ5ZI0RL0yiUOuwCBscGX4Nk4hQ dnCVvityzbwoYNSIyL0sBAQScW052hy8GixA4d1DzvBj7VCCn24qzEOoRY4ve9dzFQwP dKH1P9FaWqn2lukuYBiQmOC3ncd/graQsj6fFW57ZNS20bAbd+fLsX5mwFEa4p6aZLxM YIsw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.114.35 with SMTP id jd3mr1840512igb.14.1431125550631; Fri, 08 May 2015 15:52:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9479712.mIojuHKHzG@PointedEars.de> References: <08bb6733-1bc3-4f21-bba1-b97d3f73e010@googlegroups.com> <4709717.b925lGYb8P@PointedEars.de> <9479712.mIojuHKHzG@PointedEars.de> Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 08:52:30 +1000 Subject: Re: IDLE Restoration From: Chris Angelico Cc: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1431125554 news.xs4all.nl 2927 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42447 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:90198 On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 5:12 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> [=E2=80=A6] Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn [=E2=80=A6] wrote: >>> Chris Angelico wrote: >>>> Are you hoping to have the IDLE editor restore the fact that you had >>>> files X, Y, and Z open, or are you hoping to have the interactive >>>> interpreter retain your entire history of commands and their results? >>>> The former is reasonably plausible (and may well be possible already - >>>> Terry?), but the latter is quite impractical. >>> >>> Various shells do the latter. I do not see why that would be >>> impractical, on the contrary. >> >> Exactly what do they recall? > > =E2=80=9Cyour entire history of commands=E2=80=9D and > >> A textual form of the scrollback? Okay. I'm not sure how useful a text-only scrollback would be in IDLE, if you start with a clean slate. But I'll let the OP decide on whether that's a worthwhile feature request. ChrisA