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gh-81949: IDLE: show help(object) output in a text viewing window#15140

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@taleinat taleinat commented Aug 5, 2019

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Note that the text viewing windows are non-modal, which allows keeping them open while continuing to work in the shell.

https://bugs.python.org/issue37768

@taleinat taleinat force-pushed the bpo-37768/idle-help-in-text-viewer branch from 4dd7f70 to 471dcca Compare August 31, 2019 11:10
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@terryjreedy, this is a small, relatively simple code change providing a significant UX improvement; I'd love to get this into 3.8. Pending your review!

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I've merged the latest main branch into this PR.

It is still missing a configuration option for disabling this feature or setting a minimum number of help text lines for triggering it, as requested by @terryjreedy on the bpo issue.

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This missed the boat for inclusion in Python 3.9 which accepts security fixes only as of today.

@serhiy-storchaka serhiy-storchaka added the needs backport to 3.11 only security fixes label May 20, 2022
@hauntsaninja hauntsaninja changed the title bpo-37768: IDLE: show help(object) output in a text viewing window gh-81949: IDLE: show help(object) output in a text viewing window Jan 7, 2023
@hugovk hugovk removed the needs backport to 3.10 only security fixes label Apr 8, 2023
@serhiy-storchaka serhiy-storchaka added needs backport to 3.12 only security fixes needs backport to 3.13 bugs and security fixes and removed needs backport to 3.11 only security fixes labels May 9, 2024
@hugovk hugovk removed the needs backport to 3.12 only security fixes label Apr 10, 2025
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@serhiy-storchaka serhiy-storchaka added the needs backport to 3.14 bugs and security fixes label May 8, 2025
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This PR is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.

@github-actions github-actions Bot added the stale Stale PR or inactive for long period of time. label Apr 7, 2026
@serhiy-storchaka serhiy-storchaka added the needs backport to 3.15 pre-release feature fixes, bugs and security fixes label May 30, 2026
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