IDLE: revise window size, placement startup options

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

Research direction

The issue identifies IDLE and references existing PRs #19816 and #25946, but names no files or tests. Start by reviewing those PRs and the IDLE startup-window code; completion criteria are not specified beyond revising window size and placement options.

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Description

topic-IDLE type-feature
BPO 23937
Nosy @rhettinger, @terryjreedy, @taleinat, @E-Paine
PRs
  • python/cpython#19816
  • python/cpython#25946
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-04-13.20:05:32.084>
labels = ['3.8', 'expert-IDLE', 'type-feature', '3.7', '3.9']
title = 'IDLE: revise window size, placement startup options'
updated_at = <Date 2021-05-28.07:22:23.705>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/zektron42'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-05-28.07:22:23.705>
actor = 'taleinat'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2015-04-13.20:05:32.084>
creator = 'zektron42'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 23937
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 13.0
messages = ['240725', '240767', '240847', '241119', '241366', '367759', '367763', '367775', '367777', '394589', '394612', '394640', '394641']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'terry.reedy', 'taleinat', 'Al.Sweigart', 'zektron42', 'epaine']
pr_nums = ['19816', '25946']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue23937'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9']

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