[issue18318] Idle: stop depending on console output

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[issue18318] Idle: stop depending on console output

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[issue18318] Idle: stop depending on console output

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[issue18318] Idle: stop depending on console output

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[issue18318] Idle: stop depending on console output

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The proposal here is to flip the roles of text console and graphics gui, rather than to indefinitely bandage the current roles. I would want that even with the patch for #13582 applied (which I hope can be done soon). -- __

[issue18318] Idle: stop depending on console output

Roger Serwy added the comment: This looks similar to issue13582 with the patch to redirect console writes to a GUI text box. -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue18318] Idle: stop depending on console output

New submission from Terry J. Reedy: It appears that Idle was originally written to run on *nix after being launched from a command-line console. Messages related to Idle code (warnings and exceptions) are sent back to the console, while messages related to user code go to the shell window. Thi