Message 101182 - Python tracker

Message101182

Author	cben
Recipients	ajaksu2, bmiller, cben, gpolo, kbk, roger.serwy, terry.reedy
Date	2010-03-16.19:50:43
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Message-id	<1268769045.87.0.9038801424.issue2704@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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History access by Up/Down is important because it makes IDLE history much more discoverable. Most users instinctively expect Up/Down to work; moving back through the text of the session is nice but they probably won't guess that you can press Enter to reuse old commands; and it's not an efficient way to access history anyway. The problem is increased by the fact that Alt+P/N don't appear anywhere in the menus, so a user will never discover them!

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History access by Up/Down is important because it makes IDLE history much more discoverable.  Most users instinctively expect Up/Down to work; moving back through the text of the session is nice but they probably won't guess that you can press Enter to reuse old commands; and it's not an efficient way to access history anyway.

The problem is increased by the fact that Alt+P/N *don't appear anywhere in the menus*, so a user will never discover them!

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-03-16 19:50:46	cben	set	recipients: + cben, terry.reedy, kbk, ajaksu2, gpolo, bmiller, roger.serwy
2010-03-16 19:50:45	cben	set	messageid: <1268769045.87.0.9038801424.issue2704@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-03-16 19:50:44	cben	link	issue2704 messages
2010-03-16 19:50:43	cben	create