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Idle: add help to config dialogs #66915

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terryjreedy opened this issue Oct 25, 2014 · 5 comments
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Idle: add help to config dialogs #66915

terryjreedy opened this issue Oct 25, 2014 · 5 comments
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BPO 22726
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    At one time, ConfigDialog was given a do-nothing Help button. It was diabled a couple of years ago. This patch restores it for both config dialogs, displaying a text appropriate for both. There are separate functions in anticipation of dialog-specific content. For both, there is the issue of when changes take effect (bpo-22707). For extensions, there might be extension-specific help (bpo-22705).

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    @terryjreedy terryjreedy added the type-feature A feature request or enhancement label Oct 25, 2014
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    This patch does two things: 1. restore the Help button and make it display something; 2. lower case the method names. The latter is a separate issue, best done in a new file. What is needed for bpo-25313 is tab-specific text.

    Also, now that Config Extenstion uses a list rather than tabs, it couldn be added as a tab to the main dialog, and only one set of button event handlers would be needed. Tab-specific text would be needed first.

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    roseman mannequin commented Oct 6, 2015

    I'm not against online help, but I feel that what's there wouldn't be helpful to someone using IDLE.

    Once this would be extended to per-tab, what are the problem areas that people really need help with? Also keeping in mind we're going to be replacing this dialog (at least for people with tk > 8.4) in the not too distant future.

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    python-dev mannequin commented Oct 12, 2015

    New changeset fd41b05b8227 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '2.7':
    Issue bpo-22726: Re-activate config dialog help button with some content about
    https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fd41b05b8227

    New changeset 01f83efcc44b by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '3.4':
    Issue bpo-22726: Re-activate config dialog help button with some content about
    https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/01f83efcc44b

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    I rewrote the common section to explain what the button do. I did not modify the extensions dialog because I want to finish bpo-24782. bpo-22707 may add more.

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