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| author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2014-12-04 01:26:04 -0500 |
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| committer | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2014-12-04 01:26:04 -0500 |
| commit | bb37b4ca7341bc1f09996c4c7a1d59b32d80c5a6 (patch) | |
| tree | e2a27143f096c5160e1ba1ebe9a2f6c93f3657ae /Doc/library/idle.rst | |
| parent | f56849486b2f863458f16461165d63f6ee283a4b (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-bb37b4ca7341bc1f09996c4c7a1d59b32d80c5a6.tar.gz | |
Issue #3068: Document the new Configure Extensions dialog and menu entry.
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/idle.rst b/Doc/library/idle.rst index 119e961e6a..f62f863bef 100644 --- a/Doc/library/idle.rst +++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst @@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ Configure IDLE themes may be altered. Startup Preferences may be set, and additional help sources can be specified. +Configure Extensions + Open a configuration dialog for setting preferences for extensions + (discussed below). + Code Context (toggle)(Editor Window only) Open a pane at the top of the edit window which shows the block context of the section of code which is scrolling off the top of the window. @@ -525,8 +529,11 @@ with the default subprocess if at all possible. .. deprecated:: 3.4 +Help and preferences +-------------------- + Additional help sources ------------------------ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ IDLE includes a help menu entry called "Python Docs" that will open the extensive sources of help, including tutorials, available at docs.python.org. @@ -535,22 +542,22 @@ Configure IDLE dialog. See the IDLE help option in the help menu of IDLE for more information. -Other preferences ------------------ +Setting preferences +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The font preferences, highlighting, keys, and general preferences can be -changed via the Configure IDLE menu option. Be sure to note that -keys can be user defined, IDLE ships with four built in key sets. In -addition a user can create a custom key set in the Configure IDLE dialog -under the keys tab. +changed via Configure IDLE on the Option menu. Keys can be user defined; +IDLE ships with four built in key sets. In addition a user can create a +custom key set in the Configure IDLE dialog under the keys tab. Extensions ----------- +^^^^^^^^^^ -IDLE contains an extension facility. See the beginning of -config-extensions.def in the idlelib directory for further information. The -default extensions are currently: +IDLE contains an extension facility. Peferences for extensions can be +changed with Configure Extensions. See the beginning of config-extensions.def +in the idlelib directory for further information. The default extensions +are currently: * FormatParagraph @@ -568,3 +575,4 @@ default extensions are currently: * CodeContext +* RstripExtension |