Rename IDLE's "Windows" menu item to "Window"

[AlSweigart]

BPO	23180
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @ned-deily
Files	patch.diff: Fix for the issue. idle_window_doc_rename.diff

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title = 'Rename IDLE\'s "Windows" menu item to "Window"'
updated_at = <Date 2015-01-18.05:13:02.514>
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[AlSweigart]

Currently IDLE's top-level menu item is "Windows" on Windows & Linux but is specifically changed to "Window" on OS X to match mac's look and feel. See https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1b3b6b1982aa

The singular "Window" is the standard menu name on all platforms, and "Windows" should never be used. Note: Photoshop, Blender, Visual Studio, IntelliJ, WinMerge, HxD, and Notepad++ on Windows use the "Window" name in their menus. I can't find any that use "Windows".

[terryjreedy]

I guess the logic of the plural was that the submenu lists windows to select from. The logic of the singular is that the submenu lets a user select and jump to *a* window, just as the file menu allows one to select and open (if needed) *a* file.

Somewhat oddly, Notepad++ Window menu has a Windows entry.

Please mark Idle issues for exactly 2.7, 3.4, and 3.5.

[AlSweigart]

Will do, re marking IDLE issues for 2.7, 3.4, and 3.5 only. Thanks for the heads up.

[ned-deily]

Also, the IDLE help text file (Lib/idlelib/help.txt) and the IDLE documentation in the Standard Library Reference (Doc/library/idle.rst) refer to the "Windows" menu and would need to be updated.

[AlSweigart]

Added another patch for the documentation changes for the menu renaming.

[ned-deily]

LGTM. Terry, should I apply them?

[terryjreedy]

I cannot currently test or commit a patch. So go ahead.

[python-dev]

New changeset 9a451aaa8ddb by Ned Deily in branch '2.7':
Issue bpo-23180: Rename IDLE "Windows" menu item to "Window".
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9a451aaa8ddb

New changeset 8c0e5b507794 by Ned Deily in branch '3.4':
Issue bpo-23180: Rename IDLE "Windows" menu item to "Window".
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8c0e5b507794

New changeset af092c1d3747 by Ned Deily in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-23180: merge from 3.4
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/af092c1d3747

[ned-deily]

Thanks for the patches, Al. Pushed for release in 2.7.10, 3.4.3, and 3.5.0.