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znsoooo

opened on Jul 3, 2022

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Feature or enhancement

Because IDLE not good at text editing, I sometimes use another text editor to make text editing such as text replacement and refactoring while opening IDLE parallelly.

But when I go back to IDLE, the editor doesn't give any hints, and then on the next run, my text changes are overwritten.

So I add a feature that IDLE can detect whether the local file has changed and make a prompt, ask to refresh. or set file into unsaved state if not refreshed.

Previous discussion

Discuss at: https://discuss.python.org/t/i-made-some-improvement-for-idle-can-i-contribute-to-idlelib-library-in-python-project

Usage: https://github.com/znsoooo/IDLE-Advance

Implementation: https://github.com/znsoooo/IDLE-Advance/blob/master/idlealib/AutoReload.py

Linked PRs

• gh-94523: Detect file if modified at local disk and prompt to ask refresh #145625
• [3.13] gh-94523: IDLE: Detect file if modified and prompt the user to refresh (GH-145625) #152988
• [3.14] gh-94523: IDLE: Detect file if modified and prompt the user to refresh (GH-145625) #152989

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1. znsoooo

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   type-featureA feature request or enhancementA feature request or enhancement

   on Jul 3, 2022
2. AlexWaygood

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   topic-IDLE

   on Jul 3, 2022
3. AlexWaygood

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   terryjreedy

   on Jul 5, 2022
4. terryjreedy

   added this to IDLE Issueson Jul 23, 2022
5. CoolCat467 commented on Aug 16, 2024

   

   CoolCat467

   on Aug 16, 2024

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   To be honest this is halfway advertising, but I made an extension that allows you to reload a currently open file in IDLE, but does not currently support automatic reloading as of writing: https://pypi.org/project/idlereload/
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7. gpshead

   added a commit that references this issue on Apr 11, 2026

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8. gpshead commented on Apr 11, 2026

   

   gpshead

   on Apr 11, 2026

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   pr merged, thanks!

   Reacted by CoolCat467
9. gpshead

   closed this as completedon Apr 11, 2026
10. github-project-automation

    moved this to Done in IDLE Issueson Apr 11, 2026
11. CoolCat467 commented on Apr 12, 2026

    

    CoolCat467

    on Apr 12, 2026

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    Would this being merged count as completing #44968?
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13. terryjreedy

    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Jul 4, 2026

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