This just showed up on the gmane mirror today.
On 1/14/2016 8:09 PM, Andrew Wells wrote:
I'd like to preface this email with the statement that I absolutely love
IDLE. I started learning python a few days ago and IDLE is a great tool
for that great language.
Thanks for the positive feedback.
I've got three bugs to report, and each of them pertains to the
autocomplete function. For reference, I'm using a new MacBook Pro and
the new OS X El Capitan. Upon opening, IDLE prints:
Python 3.5.1 (v3.5.1:37a07cee5969 ...)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Thanks for mentioning the OS. 1. and 3. are probably OSX-specific
problems with tcl/tk. Did you upgrade from the Apple supplied tcl/tk,
as recommended on https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ ? If you
have already done that, or if you still have any of these problems after
doing so, please open an issue at bugs.python.org.
1.
The first bug is not too important. When two IDLE windows are open, the
autocomplete reference box appears on the shell window, whether or not I
am currently typing in the shell or the text editing window. As I said,
trivial.
I do not see this with Windows. Such a gross error, must be OS and
maybe even version specific.
2.
The second is trivial and quite irritating. I'm used to being able to
click on the autocomplete in order to accept it (i.e. I'm typing
random.rand and click on the highlighted "randint" which appears below).
I've come to realize that IDLE does not support this, which is perfectly
acceptable. However, when I click on it (which I do accidentally out of
habit) the cursor disappears entirely and I cannot regain focus ...
https://bugs.python.org/issue15786
is about problems with clicking on completion box. No need to report
this, but you can add a comment to the issue if you want.
For me, the box disappears, the cursor remains.
3.
The last is more serious but easy to avoid. I have a secondary monitor
which I connect to my laptop via HDMI. With a little experimentation,
I've discovered that IDLE crashes when it tries to display the
autocorrect reference box in the second monitor.
This is likely a tcl/tk problem with the OS. Run Python 3.5 from the
console/terminal with 'python3 -m idlelib' and you may see an error
message there after the crash.
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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