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M config-extensions.def M help.txt 1. Run Script --> Run Module 2. Update IDLE Help file and do more work on format.
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[See the end of this file for ** TIPS ** on using IDLE !!]
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Click on the dotted line at the top of a menu to "tear it off": a
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separate window containing the menu is created.
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File Menu:
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New Window -- Create a new editing window
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Open... -- Open an existing file
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Recent Files... -- Open a list of recent files
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Open Module... -- Open an existing module (searches sys.path)
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Class Browser -- Show classes and methods in current file
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Path Browser -- Show sys.path directories, modules, classes
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and methods
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Save -- Save current window to the associated file (unsaved
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windows have a * before and after the window title)
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Save As... -- Save current window to new file, which becomes
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the associated file
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Save Copy As... -- Save current window to different file
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without changing the associated file
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---
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Print Window -- Print the current window
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---
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Close -- Close current window (asks to save if unsaved)
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Exit -- Close all windows, quit (asks to save if unsaved)
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Edit Menu:
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Undo -- Undo last change to current window
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(A maximum of 1000 changes may be undone)
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Redo -- Redo last undone change to current window
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---
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Cut -- Copy a selection into system-wide clipboard,
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then delete the selection
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Copy -- Copy selection into system-wide clipboard
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Paste -- Insert system-wide clipboard into window
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Select All -- Select the entire contents of the edit buffer
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---
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Find... -- Open a search dialog box with many options
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Find Again -- Repeat last search
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Find Selection -- Search for the string in the selection
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Find in Files... -- Open a search dialog box for searching files
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Replace... -- Open a search-and-replace dialog box
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Go to Line -- Ask for a line number and show that line
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Expand Word -- Expand the word you have typed to match another
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word in the same buffer; repeat to get a
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different expansion
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Format Menu (only in Edit window):
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Indent Region -- Shift selected lines right 4 spaces
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Dedent Region -- Shift selected lines left 4 spaces
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Comment Out Region -- Insert ## in front of selected lines
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Uncomment Region -- Remove leading # or ## from selected lines
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Tabify Region -- Turns *leading* stretches of spaces into tabs
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Untabify Region -- Turn *all* tabs into the right number of spaces
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New Indent Width... -- Open dialog to change indent width
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Format Paragraph -- Reformat the current blank-line-separated
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paragraph
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Run Menu (only in Edit window):
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Python Shell -- Open or wake up the Python shell window
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Check Module -- Run a syntax check on the module
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Run Module -- Execute the current file in the __main__ namespace
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Shell Menu (only in Shell window):
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View Last Restart -- Scroll the shell window to the last restart
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Restart Shell -- Restart the interpreter with a fresh environment
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Debug Menu (only in Shell window):
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Go to File/Line -- look around the insert point for a filename
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and linenumber, open the file, and show the line
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Debugger (toggle) -- Run commands in the shell under the debugger
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Stack Viewer -- Show the stack traceback of the last exception
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Auto-open Stack Viewer (toggle) -- Open stack viewer on traceback
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Options Menu:
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Configure IDLE -- Open a configuration dialog. Fonts, indentation,
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keybindings, and color themes may be altered.
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Startup Preferences may be set, and Additional Help
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Souces can be specified.
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Revert to Default Settings -- Restore original settings. Not
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currently implemented - simply delete
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your .idlerc file.
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Windows Menu:
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Zoom Height -- toggles the window between configured size
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and maximum height.
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The rest of this menu lists the names of all open windows;
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select one to bring it to the foreground (deiconifying it if
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necessary).
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Help Menu:
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About IDLE -- Version, copyright, license, credits
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IDLE Readme -- Background discussion and change details
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---
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IDLE Help -- Display this file
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Python Docs -- Access local Python documentation, if
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installed. Otherwise, access www.python.org.
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---
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(Additional Help Sources may be added here)
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** TIPS **
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==========
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Additional Help Sources:
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Windows users can Google on pythlp.chm and zopeshelf.chm to access help
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files in the Windows help format. The Additional Help Sources feature
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of the configuration GUI supports .chm, along with any other filetypes
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supported by your browser. Supply a Menu Item title, and enter the
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location in the Help File Path slot of the New Help Source dialog. Use
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http:// and/or www. to identify external URLs, or download the file and
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browse for its path on your machine using the Browse button.
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All users can access the extensive sources of help, including
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tutorials, available at www.python.org/doc. Selected URLs can be added
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or removed from the Help menu at any time using Configure IDLE.
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Basic editing and navigation:
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Backspace deletes to the left; DEL deletes to the right
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Arrow keys and Page Up/Down to move around
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Home/End go to begin/end of line
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Control-Home/End go to begin/end of file
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Some Emacs or standard Windows bindings may work.
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Keybindings are selected in the Settings Dialog, look there.
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Automatic indentation:
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After a block-opening statement, the next line is indented by
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4 spaces (in the Python Shell window by one tab). After
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certain keywords (break, return etc.) the next line is
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dedented. In leading indentation, Backspace deletes up to 4
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spaces if they are there. Tab inserts spaces (in the
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Python Shell window one tab), number depends on Indent Width.
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(N.B. Currently tabs are restricted to four spaces due to Tcl/Tk
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issues.)
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See also the indent/dedent region commands in the edit menu.
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Python Shell window:
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^C interrupts executing command
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^D sends end-of-file; closes window if typed at >>> prompt
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Command history:
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Alt-p retrieves previous command matching what you have typed
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Alt-n retrieves next
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Return while on any previous command retrieves that command
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Alt-/ (Expand word) is also useful here
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Syntax colors:
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The coloring is applied in a background "thread", so you may
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occasionally see uncolorized text. To change the color
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scheme, use the Settings/Highlighting dialog.
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Python default syntax colors:
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Keywords orange
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Strings green
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Comments red
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Definitions blue
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Shell default colors:
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Console output brown
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stdout blue
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stderr dark green
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stdin black
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Other preferences:
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The font preferences, keybinding, and startup preferences can
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be changed using the Settings dialog.
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Command line usage:
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Enter idle -h at the command prompt to get a usage message.
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