replacing across multiple files is something i personally considered too fancy for idle, but that's a great feature. the same goes for smart selections like selecting multiline statements. if they don't contradict idle's simplicity ideology they are great canditates to be implemented.

as to the editors currently implementing replace-in-selection, notepad++ is one. it actually does exactly what terry suggested, activating an "in selection" checkbox only if something is selected. (visual studio, and python tools for visual studio in particular, have some replacement and refactoring abilities too.)


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now, guys, i'm very sorry that i have to return to my already mentioned off-topic issue: i'm not getting emails from bugtracker. not even in spam. i was about to file a bug on the metatracker but it seems i can't even register on it because i am not receiving that confirmation email to activate my account! i don't know if http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue541 is related to my problem. it seems it might be. what am i to do?