Created on 2009-10-15 00:40 by tjd, last changed 2011-12-08 12:41 by ramchandra.apte.
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| IDLE_new_file_py3k.patch | taleinat, 2010-07-20 15:59 | review | ||
| issue7136.patch | serwy, 2011-12-08 04:13 | extended patch | review | |
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| msg94064 - (view) | Author: Toby Donaldson (tjd) | Date: 2009-10-15 00:40 | |
I've been using Idle to teach beginning programming to university students for the last 6 or 7 years. I've taught hundreds and hundreds of students, and the single biggest confusion with Idle is this: "New Window" in the file menu is ambiguous Proposed fix: change "New Window" to "New File", or "New Program" Many beginners don't get the difference between a shell window and program window. I spend some time explaining the difference, and yet they see "New Window" and don't know if this means a shell window or program window. Obviously this is not an issue for non-beginners, or even for anyone willing to experiment for a minute or two, but it seems to me this is a small change that could be useful to beginners. Plus more precise menu options are usually a good thing in general. |
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| msg110914 - (view) | Author: Tal Einat (taleinat)  |
Date: 2010-07-20 15:59 | |
+1 on renaming it "New File". Patch attached for py3k. |
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| msg149016 - (view) | Author: Roger Serwy (serwy) * | Date: 2011-12-08 04:13 | |
This issue is mentioned as part of #13504 meta-issue. The attached patch extends Tal's original patch by also updating the help.txt documentation. |
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| msg149023 - (view) | Author: Ramchandra Apte (ramchandra.apte) | Date: 2011-12-08 12:41 | |
+1 on renaming New Window to New File |
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| History | |||
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2011-12-08 12:41:40 | ramchandra.apte | set | nosy:
+ ramchandra.apte messages: + msg149023 |
| 2011-12-08 04:13:48 | serwy | set | files:
+ issue7136.patch nosy: + serwy messages: + msg149016 |
| 2010-07-20 15:59:54 | taleinat | set | files:
+ IDLE_new_file_py3k.patch nosy: + taleinat messages: + msg110914 keywords: + patch |
| 2010-07-10 06:39:53 | terry.reedy | set | stage: needs patch versions: + Python 3.2, - Python 2.6 |
| 2009-10-15 00:40:43 | tjd | create | |