On 7/19/2014 6:50 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
[A missed point from my last reply...]
Terry Reedy said:
I believe there is a proposal to be able to clear the
shell window. We just need to add "Clear and restart
shell".
# In order to prevent confusion with the typical "edit- #
# undo" of "CONTROL+Z", we should refer to the action of #
# "remove the last output displayed" as an "output-undo". #
That would make implementation easier.
I think IDLE needs all three functionality of:
1. Reset symbol tables *WHILST* retaining previous "shell
IO" (Already exists via "Shell->Restart Shell")
2. Reset symbol tables *AND* clear all "shell IO" (Maybe:
"Shell->Reset Shell")
3. Remove the displayed result of the *LAST* command
processed. (Maybe: "Shell->Remove Last Output")
Hotkeys for all three are a must
I consider them a nicety. We will eventually run out of simple hot keys.
and should be configurable by the user.
I believe anything Idle controls is.
There is also an idea to put help output in an
output window.
In the new issue, I said 'move the last output' from the shell to a
window, so it would be entirely optional.
I believe more windows just creates more confusion for the
user.
I expect to eventually look at G.Polo's patch for using tabbed
notebooks, which will help with this.
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