From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 04:04:53 +0000 (-0500) Subject: bpo-24310: Document IDLE settings dialog font tab sample (GH-12007) X-Git-Tag: v3.8.0a2~10 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d610116a2e48b55788b62e11f2e6956af06b3de0;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git bpo-24310: Document IDLE settings dialog font tab sample (GH-12007) --- diff --git a/Doc/library/idle.rst b/Doc/library/idle.rst index 8290039c968b..8ef9e2eed534 100644 --- a/Doc/library/idle.rst +++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst @@ -852,6 +852,13 @@ Non-default user settings are saved in a .idlerc directory in the user's home directory. Problems caused by bad user configuration files are solved by editing or deleting one or more of the files in .idlerc. +On the Font tab, see the text sample for the effect of font face and size +on multiple characters in multiple languages. Edit the sample to add +other characters of personal interest. Use the sample to select +monospaced fonts. If particular characters have problems in Shell or an +editor, add them to the top of the sample and try changing first size +and then font. + On the Highlights and Keys tab, select a built-in or custom color theme and key set. To use a newer built-in color theme or key set with older IDLEs, save it as a new custom theme or key set and it well be accessible diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt index 5d30fb3d9671..715b013e11df 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt +++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Released on 2019-10-20? ====================================== +bpo-24310: Document settings dialog font tab sample. + bpo-35689: Add docstrings and tests for colorizer. bpo-35833: Revise IDLE doc for control codes sent to Shell. diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/help.html b/Lib/idlelib/help.html index 374159f807e9..b654ab7f2c5f 100644 --- a/Lib/idlelib/help.html +++ b/Lib/idlelib/help.html @@ -788,6 +788,12 @@ changed via Configure IDLE on the Option menu. Non-default user settings are saved in a .idlerc directory in the user’s home directory. Problems caused by bad user configuration files are solved by editing or deleting one or more of the files in .idlerc.

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On the Font tab, see the text sample for the effect of font face and size +on multiple characters in multiple languages. Edit the sample to add +other characters of personal interest. Use the sample to select +monospaced fonts. If particular characters have problems in Shell or an +editor, add them to the top of the sample and try changing first size +and then font.

On the Highlights and Keys tab, select a built-in or custom color theme and key set. To use a newer built-in color theme or key set with older IDLEs, save it as a new custom theme or key set and it well be accessible @@ -937,7 +943,7 @@ also used for testing.



- Last updated on Feb 08, 2019. + Last updated on Feb 23, 2019. Found a bug?
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-02-23-22-31-20.bpo-24310.j_vJQl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-02-23-22-31-20.bpo-24310.j_vJQl.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..12ac99022aeb --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-02-23-22-31-20.bpo-24310.j_vJQl.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +IDLE -- Document settings dialog font tab sample.