Redesign Help => About IDLE, make it non-modal

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#69,001 opened on Aug 7, 2015 31 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

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topic-IDLE type-bug

BPO	24813
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @roseman, @csabella
PRs	python/cpython#2335 python/cpython#2359 python/cpython#2366 python/cpython#2369 python/cpython#2380 python/cpython#2426 python/cpython#2451 python/cpython#2461
Files	about.patch

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GitHub fields:

assignee = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-08-07.04:19:41.973>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'type-bug', '3.10']
title = 'Redesign Help => About IDLE, make it non-modal'
updated_at = <Date 2020-06-07.23:01:48.196>
user = 'https://github.com/roseman'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-06-07.23:01:48.196>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'terry.reedy'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2015-08-07.04:19:41.973>
creator = 'markroseman'
dependencies = []
files = ['40409']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24813
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 31.0
messages = ['248167', '248214', '250084', '250235', '296648', '296649', '296656', '296659', '296724', '296726', '296745', '296746', '296747', '296748', '296749', '296785', '296787', '296788', '296790', '296798', '296827', '296834', '296836', '296987', '296990', '296991', '297023', '297071', '297142', '297144', '370921']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'markroseman', 'cheryl.sabella']
pr_nums = ['2335', '2359', '2366', '2369', '2380', '2426', '2451', '2461']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'test needed'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24813'
versions = ['Python 3.10']

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gh-129588
gh-129591
gh-129713
gh-129714
gh-130338
gh-130339

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