changeset:   98224:5a60fdd9af8c
branch:      2.7
parent:      98214:80e92eba23e0
user:        Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
date:        Wed Sep 23 20:00:22 2015 -0400
files:       Doc/library/idle.rst
description:
Issue 25224: Augment Idle doc feature list and no-subprocess section
to finish making current README.txt obsolete.


diff -r 80e92eba23e0 -r 5a60fdd9af8c Doc/library/idle.rst
--- a/Doc/library/idle.rst	Wed Sep 23 03:52:18 2015 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst	Wed Sep 23 20:00:22 2015 -0400
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    single: Python Editor
    single: Integrated Development Environment
 
-.. moduleauthor:: Guido van Rossum <guido@Python.org>
+.. moduleauthor:: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
 
 IDLE is the Python IDE built with the :mod:`tkinter` GUI toolkit.
 
@@ -18,13 +18,19 @@
 
 * cross-platform: works on Windows, Unix, and Mac OS X
 
+* Python shell window (interactive interpreter) with colorizing
+  of code input, output, and error messages
+
 * multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing,
-  smart indent, call tips, and many other features
+  smart indent, call tips, auto completion, and other features
 
-* Python shell window (a.k.a. interactive interpreter)
+* search within any window, replace within editor windows, and search
+  through multiple files (grep)
 
-* debugger (not complete, but you can set breakpoints, view and step)
+* debugger with persistent breakpoints, stepping, and viewing
+  of global and local namespaces
 
+* configuration, browsers, and other dialogs
 
 Menus
 -----
@@ -530,6 +536,17 @@
 Running without a subprocess
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+By default, Idle executes user code in a separate subprocess via a socket,
+which uses the internal loopback interface.  This connection is not
+externally visible and no data is sent to or received from the Internet.
+If firewall software complains anyway, you can ignore it.
+
+If the attempt to make the socket connection fails, Idle will notify you.
+Such failures are sometimes transient, but if persistent, the problem
+may be either a firewall blocking the connecton or misconfiguration of
+a particular system.  Until the problem is fixed, one can run Idle with
+the -n command line switch.
+
 If IDLE is started with the -n command line switch it will run in a
 single process and will not create the subprocess which runs the RPC
 Python execution server.  This can be useful if Python cannot create