IDLE 0.6
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Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.

This is IDLE, my own attempt at a Tkinter-based IDE for Python.

For news about this release, see the file NEWS.txt.  (For a more
detailed change log, see the file ChangeLog.)

FEATURES

IDLE has the following features:

- coded in 100% pure Python, using the Tkinter GUI toolkit (i.e. Tcl/Tk)

- cross-platform: works on Windows and Unix (on the Mac, there are
currently problems with Tcl/Tk)

- multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing
and many other features, e.g. smart indent and call tips

- Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter)

- debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view  and step)

USAGE

The main program is in the file "idle.py"; on Unix, you should be able
to run it by typing "./idle.py" to your shell.  On Windows, you can
run it by double-clicking it; you can use idle.pyw to avoid popping up
a DOS console.  If you want to pass command line arguments on Windows,
use the batch file idle.bat.

Command line arguments: files passed on the command line are executed,
not opened for editing, unless you give the -e command line option.
Try "./idle.py -h" to see other command line options.

RESOURCES

IDLE home page: http://www.python.org/idle/
CP4E home page: http://www.python.org/cp4e/
EDU-SIG: http://www.python.org/sigs/edu-sig/
IDLE-DEV mailing list: http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)