On 2011-02-01 10:54:26 -0500, Terry Reedy said:
On 2/1/2011 12:13 AM, rantingrick wrote:
On Jan 31, 4:17 pm, Kevin Walzer<k...@codebykevin.com> wrote:
Rick,
Yes. IDLE is first and foremost a tool to get work done. However we
should not ignore the fact that IDLE could also be a great learning
resource for Tkinter GUI's and other subjects. Why not clean up the
code base? We could start small. First, move the custom widgets like
textView, Tabbedpages, FindDialog, ReplaceDialog, and TreeWidget into
the lib-tk for others to use more freely. Then we can modify the
"event robbers" CallTips, ParenMatch, and ColorDelegator.
Perhaps, after the repository moves from svn to hg, some 'we' will.
Maybe by then, you will have had your fun and be ready to work. Maybe
Kevin would help a bit.
If he does not, I think I might. Is there a timeline for the move?
Such a project would be carried out on the tracker and idle-sig mailing
list. Normal decorum would be required -- no ranting or insulting. The
first thing to do, in my opinion, is to review existing patches on the
tracker.
Well some changes and improvements can be made to the UI as well.
There is patch on the tracker, by G. Polo, as I remember, to replace tk
widgets with the newer themed ttk widgets. It needs to be reviewed and
tested. To make a big change (or proceed with any refactoring) better
automated testing would be very useful.
+1 for the UI update
+1 for more tests
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