>> from inspector import Tkinspect
>>> Tkinspect(None, myObject)
Tkinspect could probably be extended and refined to
integrate better into IDLE.
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Comparison to PTUI
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+ PTUI's help is better (HTML!)
+ PTUI can attach a shell to any module
+ PTUI has some more I/O commands:
open multiple
append
examine (what's that?)
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Notes after trying to run Grail
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- Grail does stuff to sys.path based on sys.argv[0]; you must set
sys.argv[0] to something decent first (it is normally set to the path of
the idle script).
- Grail must be exec'ed in __main__ because that's imported by some
other parts of Grail.
- Grail uses a module called History and so does idle :-(
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Robin Friedrich's items:
Things I'd like to see:
- I'd like support for shift-click extending the selection. There's a
bug now that it doesn't work the first time you try it.
- Printing is needed. How hard can that be on Windows? FIRST CUT DONE
- The python-mode trick of autoindenting a line with is neat and
very handy.
- (someday) a spellchecker for docstrings and comments.
- a pagedown/up command key which moves to next class/def statement (top
level)
- split window capability
- DnD text relocation/copying
Things I don't want to see.
- line numbers... will probably slow things down way too much.
- Please use another icon for the tree browser leaf. The small snake
isn't cutting it.
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- Customizable views (multi-window or multi-pane). (Markus Gritsch)
- Being able to double click (maybe double right click) on a callable
object in the editor which shows the source of the object, if
possible. (Gerrit Holl)
- Hooks into the guts, like in Emacs. (Mike Romberg)
- Sharing the editor with a remote tutor. (Martijn Faassen)
- Multiple views on the same file. (Tony J Ibbs)
- Store breakpoints in a global (per-project) database (GvR); Dirk
Heise adds: save some space-trimmed context and search around when
reopening a file that might have been edited by someone else.
- Capture menu events in extensions without changing the IDLE source.
(Matthias Barmeier)
- Use overlapping panels (a "notebook" in MFC terms I think) for info
that doesn't need to be accessible simultaneously (e.g. HTML source
and output). Use multi-pane windows for info that does need to be
shown together (e.g. class browser and source). (Albert Brandl)
- A project should invisibly track all symbols, for instant search,
replace and cross-ref. Projects should be allowed to span multiple
directories, hosts, etc. Project management files are placed in a
directory you specify. A global mapping between project names and
project directories should exist [not so sure --GvR]. (Tim Peters)
- Merge attr-tips and auto-expand. (Mark Hammond, Tim Peters)
- Python Shell should behave more like a "shell window" as users know
it -- i.e. you can only edit the current command, and the cursor can't
escape from the command area. (Albert Brandl)
- Set X11 class to "idle/Idle", set icon and title to something
beginning with "idle" -- for window manangers. (Randall Hopper)
- Config files editable through a preferences dialog. (me) DONE
- Config files still editable outside the preferences dialog.
(Randall Hopper) DONE
- When you're editing a command in PyShell, and there are only blank
lines below the cursor, hitting Return should ignore or delete those
blank lines rather than deciding you're not on the last line. (me)
- Run command (F5 c.s.) should be more like Pythonwin's Run -- a
dialog with options to give command line arguments, run the debugger,
etc. (me)
- Shouldn't be able to delete part of the prompt (or any text before
it) in the PyShell. (Martijn Faassen) DONE
- Emacs style auto-fill (also smart about comments and strings).
(Jeremy Hylton)
- Output of Run Script should go to a separate output window, not to
the shell window. Output of separate runs should all go to the same
window but clearly delimited. (David Scherer) REJECT FIRST, LATTER DONE
- GUI form designer to kick VB's butt. (Robert Geiger) THAT'S NOT IDLE
- Printing! Possibly via generation of PDF files which the user must
then send to the printer separately. (Dinu Gherman) FIRST CUT