Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Terry Reedy
On 7/21/2014 10:27 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico wrote: You call it a bug because you can't think of any way it could be beneficial. That's the wrong way of looking at it. Something isn't a bug because you find it annoying; it's a bug because it fails to implement the

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> When you send email, you have to have a valid envelope-from address, >> which can be found in the headers. But the From: address doesn't >> technically have to be valid. > > Note that a lot of mail

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Lele Gaifax
Steven D'Aprano writes: >> Granted, the readline library exposes a "operate-and-get-next" function, >> by default bound to \C-o, with the same behaviour as the cmd.exe one. I >> find it very handy in the scenario you picted. So again, "feature" and >> "bug" may be effectively subjective :-) > > H

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-07-21, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-07-21, Shiyao Ma wrote: >> No intent to pollute this thread. >> >> But really interested in the [email protected] mailing address. >> And,,, obviously, I cannot send to [email protected], so > > FWIW, my real e-mail address is at the botto

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:57:22 +0200, Lele Gaifax wrote: > Chris Angelico writes: > >> Take, for instance, the behaviour of Windows's cmd.exe editing keys: >> enter three commands, then up-arrow three times and hit enter, then >> press down, enter, down, enter. You'll repeat the three commands. In

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-07-21, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 21/07/2014 15:27, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> You call it a bug because you can't think of any way it could be >>> beneficial. That's the wrong way of looking at it. Something isn't a >>> bug because you find it anno

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Shiyao Ma wrote: >> No intent to pollute this thread. >> >> But really interested in the [email protected] mailing address. >> And,,, obviously, I cannot send to [email protected], so >> >> How does you(he) make

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-07-21, Shiyao Ma wrote: > No intent to pollute this thread. > > But really interested in the [email protected] mailing address. > And,,, obviously, I cannot send to [email protected], so FWIW, my real e-mail address is at the bottom of every post. > How does you(he) make this

RE: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Coll-Barth, Michael
> -Original Message- > From: Python-list [mailto:python-list-bounces+michael.coll- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Edwards > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy tha

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:57 AM, Lele Gaifax wrote: > Granted, the readline library exposes a "operate-and-get-next" function, > by default bound to \C-o, with the same behaviour as the cmd.exe > one. I find it very handy in the scenario you picted. So again, > "feature" and "bug" may be effective

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Lele Gaifax
Chris Angelico writes: > Take, for instance, the behaviour of Windows's cmd.exe > editing keys: enter three commands, then up-arrow three times and hit > enter, then press down, enter, down, enter. You'll repeat the three > commands. In other interfaces (eg GNU readline), you'd do the same job >

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 21/07/2014 15:27, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> You call it a bug because you can't think of any way it could be >>> beneficial. That's the wrong way of looking at it. Something isn't a >>> bug bec

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 21/07/2014 15:27, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico wrote: You call it a bug because you can't think of any way it could be beneficial. That's the wrong way of looking at it. Something isn't a bug because you find it annoying; it's a bug because it fails to implement the pr

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Monte Milanuk
On 2014-07-21, Shiyao Ma wrote: > But really interested in the [email protected] mailing address. > And,,, obviously, I cannot send to [email protected], so > > How does you(he) make this? Some usenet clients, such as slrn which it looks like Grant is using according to the message he

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Shiyao Ma wrote: > No intent to pollute this thread. > > But really interested in the [email protected] mailing address. > And,,, obviously, I cannot send to [email protected], so > > How does you(he) make this? When you send email, you have to have a

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> You call it a bug because you can't think of any way it could be >> beneficial. That's the wrong way of looking at it. Something isn't a >> bug because you find it annoying; it's a bug because it fa

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Shiyao Ma
No intent to pollute this thread. But really interested in the [email protected] mailing address. And,,, obviously, I cannot send to [email protected], so How does you(he) make this? 2014-07-21 22:27 GMT+08:00 Grant Edwards : > I was always taught that it's a "bug" is when a program

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-07-21, Chris Angelico wrote: > You call it a bug because you can't think of any way it could be > beneficial. That's the wrong way of looking at it. Something isn't a > bug because you find it annoying; it's a bug because it fails to > implement the programmer's intentions and/or the docs

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-21 Thread Martin S
2014-07-21 4:30 GMT+02:00 Tim Chase : > On 2014-07-20 19:06, Rick Johnson wrote: >> >> STEPS TO REPRODUCE BUG 1: "Attack of the clones!" >> >> >> 1. Open the IDLE application >

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 7/20/2014 10:38 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> on Windows. The file dialog appears in the alt-tab list, which seems >> perfectly sane and sensible, and in fact alt-tab is the most logical >> way to move between maximized windows anyway. > >

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Terry Reedy
On 7/20/2014 10:38 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: on Windows. The file dialog appears in the alt-tab list, which seems perfectly sane and sensible, and in fact alt-tab is the most logical way to move between maximized windows anyway. Thank you for the fact, and the suggestion. -- Terry Jan Reedy

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Mark Lawrence
[snipped to bits] On 21/07/2014 03:38, Chris Angelico wrote: On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: STEPS TO REPRODUCE BUG 1: "Attack of the clones!" This is not an Idle bug at all. It's a window manager issue. ChrisA Attack of the clown? -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask n

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > STEPS TO REPRODUCE BUG 1: "Attack of the clones!" > > 1. Open the IDLE application > 2. Maximize the window that appears > 3. Go to the "File Menu" and choose the "Open" command > > Now repeat step 3 at least one more time, but feel free to

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Tim Chase
On 2014-07-20 19:06, Rick Johnson wrote: > > STEPS TO REPRODUCE BUG 1: "Attack of the clones!" > > > 1. Open the IDLE application > 2. Maximize the window that appears > 3. Go

Re: Tabbed IDLE (was PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!)

2014-07-20 Thread Tim Chase
On 2014-07-20 23:40, Irmen de Jong wrote: > > And since IDLE is not a "tabbed editor", only *1* document > > is going to be displayed at a time. > > False. Idle opens any number of documents at the same time just > fine (in different windows - rather than tabs). This sounds like a failing of th

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Rick Johnson
On Sunday, July 20, 2014 8:02:11 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > File dialogs can be modal or modeless. [...] and there are > good reasons for both operation styles [...] Are you > seriously unaware of standard GUI widget functionality? Chris i get so tired of your trolling, you cannot just post

Re: Tabbed IDLE (was PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!)

2014-07-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2014-07-20 23:40, Irmen de Jong wrote: >> > And since IDLE is not a "tabbed editor", only *1* document >> > is going to be displayed at a time. >> >> False. Idle opens any number of documents at the same time just >> fine (in different window

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: > Filedialogs should be "truly modal", and like any modal > dialog, should present themselves to the user utilizing > blocking -- that is the whole point of "modal dialogs", to > *BLOCK* further execution of the application *UNTIL* the > user pr

Re: Tabbed IDLE (was PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!)

2014-07-20 Thread Tim Chase
On 2014-07-20 23:40, Irmen de Jong wrote: > > And since IDLE is not a "tabbed editor", only *1* document > > is going to be displayed at a time. > > False. Idle opens any number of documents at the same time just > fine (in different windows - rather than tabs). This sounds like a failing of th

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Rick Johnson
On Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:40:59 PM UTC-5, Irmen de Jong wrote: > On 20-7-2014 23:14, Rick Johnson wrote: > > And since IDLE is not a "tabbed editor", only *1* > > document is going to be displayed at a time. > False. Idle opens any number of documents at the same time > just fine (in different win

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Irmen de Jong
On 20-7-2014 23:14, Rick Johnson wrote: > And since IDLE is not a "tabbed editor", only *1* document > is going to be displayed at a time. False. Idle opens any number of documents at the same time just fine (in different windows - rather than tabs). While I don't see the use case for the possib

Re: PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 20/07/2014 22:14, Rick Johnson wrote: [loads of stuff snipped] Why bother writing all that here, why not put it all on the bug tracker, or has that already been done, either by you or someone else? -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do

PyWart(2.7.8) IDLE is more buggy than "Joe's apartment"!

2014-07-20 Thread Rick Johnson
BUG 1: FileDialog Duplicity: If you open the IDLE application (either utilizing the "shell window" or "editor window") and then go to the "File" menu and choose the "Open" co