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Title: IDLE breakpoint facility undocumented
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Components: Documentation, IDLE Versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.1, Python 2.7
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: Nick.ODell, docs@python, eric.araujo, kbk, ned.deily, taleinat, terry.reedy
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Created on 2010-11-13 08:54 by ned.deily, last changed 2011-06-06 23:19 by Nick.ODell.

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idle.rst Nick.ODell, 2011-06-06 23:19 Python-3.2.tar.bz2\Python-3.2\Doc\library\
Messages (4)
msg121121 - (view) Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-11-13 08:54
In neither the IDLE section of the Library Reference nor in IDLE's own help file is there any documentation on how to use its breakpoint capability.  Since the menu options only appear if the user knows to Right-click (or Control-click on OS X - see issue10404), it would be easy for a user to never realize that the breakpoint capability exists.
msg121849 - (view) Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-11-21 03:17
Can you propose a patch, as a diff or even plain English in a reply?
msg121854 - (view) Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-11-21 03:32
I'd rather see the wording come from more experienced users of IDLE and on other platforms.
msg137781 - (view) Author: Nick ODell (Nick.ODell) Date: 2011-06-06 23:19
I've added a short note regarding breakpoints in Doc/library/idle.rst

Ned, I'm not an experienced user with IDLE by any means, but I think some documentation is better than none, no?
History
Date User Action Args
2011-06-06 23:19:37Nick.ODellsetfiles: + idle.rst
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2010-11-21 03:32:36ned.deilysetmessages: + msg121854
2010-11-21 03:17:30eric.araujosetnosy: + eric.araujo
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2010-11-13 08:54:33ned.deilycreate