bpo-34162: Update idlelib NEWS to 2018-12-05. (GH-10964)

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bpo-35213: Where appropriate, use 'macOS' in idlelib.
bpo-34864: Document two IDLE on MacOS issues. The System Preferences
Dock "prefer tabs always" setting disables some IDLE features.
Menus are a bit different than as described for Windows and Linux.
bpo-35202: Remove unused imports in idlelib.
bpo-33000: Document that IDLE's shell has no line limit.
A program that runs indefinitely can overfill memory.
bpo-23220: Explain how IDLE's Shell displays output.
Add new subsection "User output in Shell".
bpo-35099: Improve the doc about IDLE running user code.
"IDLE -- console differences" is renamed "Running user code".
It mostly covers the implications of using custom sys.stdxxx objects.
bpo-35097: Add IDLE doc subsection explaining editor windows.
Topics include opening, title and status bars, .py* extension, and running.
Issue 35093: Document the IDLE document viewer in the IDLE doc.
Add a paragraph in "Help and preferences", "Help sources" subsection.
bpo-1529353: Explain Shell text squeezing in the IDLE doc.
bpo-35088: Update idlelib.help.copy_string docstring.
We now use git and backporting instead of hg and forward merging.
bpo-35087: Update idlelib help files for the current doc build.
The main change is the elimination of chapter-section numbers.
bpo-1529353: Output over N lines (50 by default) is squeezed down to a button. bpo-1529353: Output over N lines (50 by default) is squeezed down to a button.
N can be changed in the PyShell section of the General page of the N can be changed in the PyShell section of the General page of the
Settings dialog. Fewer, but possibly extra long, lines can be squeezed by Settings dialog. Fewer, but possibly extra long, lines can be squeezed by