Issue #14117: Inprove help text and docstrings, some for clarity, some just to

fit in the default width of the text window (45 chars).

5 files changed, 46 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/Demo/turtle/demohelp.txt b/Demo/turtle/demohelp.txt
index 9517493a46..d364e94e8f 100644
--- a/Demo/turtle/demohelp.txt
+++ b/Demo/turtle/demohelp.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   ----------------------------------------------
 
-      xturtleDemo - Help
+      turtleDemo - Help
 
   ----------------------------------------------
 
@@ -53,27 +53,29 @@
 
    (2) How to add your own demos to the demo repository
 
-   - scriptname: must begin with tdemo_ ,
+   - The script name must begin with tdemo_ ,
      so it must have the form tdemo_<your-script-name>.py
 
-   - place: same directory as xturtleDemo.py or some
-     subdirectory, the name of which must also begin with
-     tdemo_.....
-
-   - requirements on source code:
-       code must contain a main() function which will
-       be executed by the viewer (see provided example scripts)
-       main() may return a string which will be displayed
-       in the Label below the source code window (when execution
-       has finished.)
-
-       If the demo is EVENT DRIVEN, main must return the string
-       "EVENTLOOP". This informs the demo viewer that the script is
-       still running and must be stopped by the user!
-
-       If an "EVENTLOOP" demo runs by itself, as with clock, which uses
-       ontimer, or minimal_hanoi, which loops by recursion, then the
-       code should catch the turtle.Terminator exception that will be
-       raised when the user presses the STOP button.  (Paint is not such
-       a demo; it only acts in response to mouse clicks and movements.)
-
+   - The code must contain a main() function which will
+     be executed by the viewer (see provided example scripts).
+     It may return a string which will be displayed in the Label below
+     the source code window (when execution has finished.)
+	   
+   - In order to run mydemo.py by itself, such as during development,
+     add the following at the end of the file:
+
+    if __name__ == '__main__':
+        main()
+        mainloop()  # keep window 
+
+    python -m turtledemo.mydemo  # will then run it
+
+   - If the demo is EVENT DRIVEN, main must return the string
+     "EVENTLOOP". This informs the demo viewer that the script is
+     still running and must be stopped by the user!
+
+     If an "EVENTLOOP" demo runs by itself, as with clock, which uses
+     ontimer, or minimal_hanoi, which loops by recursion, then the
+     code should catch the turtle.Terminator exception that will be
+     raised when the user presses the STOP button.  (Paint is not such
+     a demo; it only acts in response to mouse clicks and movements.)
diff --git a/Demo/turtle/tdemo_paint.py b/Demo/turtle/tdemo_paint.py
index e1d63030f6..105a06b611 100755
--- a/Demo/turtle/tdemo_paint.py
+++ b/Demo/turtle/tdemo_paint.py
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@
 
             tdemo_paint.py
 
-A simple  eventdriven paint program
+A simple  event-driven paint program
 
-- use left mouse button to move turtle
-- middle mouse button to change color
-- right mouse button do turn filling on/off
+- left mouse button moves turtle
+- middle mouse button changes color
+- right mouse button toogles betweem pen up
+(no line drawn when the turtle moves) and
+pen down (line is drawn). If pen up follows
+at least two pen-down moves, the polygon that
+includes the starting point is filled.
  -------------------------------------------
  Play around by clicking into the canvas
  using all three mouse buttons.
diff --git a/Demo/turtle/tdemo_peace.py b/Demo/turtle/tdemo_peace.py
index 13044c986d..8bfa92022f 100755
--- a/Demo/turtle/tdemo_peace.py
+++ b/Demo/turtle/tdemo_peace.py
@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@
 
               tdemo_peace.py
 
-A very simple drawing suitable as a beginner's
-programming example.
-
-Uses only commands, which are also available in
-old turtle.py.
-
-Intentionally no variables are used except for the
-colorloop:
+A simple drawing suitable as a beginner's
+programming example. Aside from the
+peacecolors assignment and the for loop,
+it only uses turtle commands.
 """
 
 from turtle import *
@@ -21,7 +17,7 @@ def main():
                    "royalblue1", "dodgerblue4")
 
     reset()
-    s = Screen()
+    Screen()
     up()
     goto(-320,-195)
     width(70)
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ def main():
     up()
 
     goto(0,300) # vanish if hideturtle() is not available ;-)
-    return "Done!!"
+    return "Done!"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/Demo/turtle/tdemo_planet_and_moon.py b/Demo/turtle/tdemo_planet_and_moon.py
index 223d87b4cd..a0280d7acc 100755
--- a/Demo/turtle/tdemo_planet_and_moon.py
+++ b/Demo/turtle/tdemo_planet_and_moon.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ very light moon!
 Planet has a circular orbit, moon a stable
 orbit around the planet.
 
-You can hold the movement temporarily by pressing
-the left mouse button with mouse over the
-scrollbar of the canvas.
+You can hold the movement temporarily by
+pressing the left mouse button with the
+mouse over the scrollbar of the canvas.
 
 """
 from turtle import Shape, Turtle, mainloop, Vec2D as Vec
@@ -108,6 +108,5 @@ def main():
     return "Done!"
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    msg = main()
-    print msg
+    main()
     mainloop()
diff --git a/Demo/turtle/tdemo_tree.py b/Demo/turtle/tdemo_tree.py
index 6fc87359af..6c6121ad95 100755
--- a/Demo/turtle/tdemo_tree.py
+++ b/Demo/turtle/tdemo_tree.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Uses:
 (1) a tree-generator, where the drawing is
 quasi the side-effect, whereas the generator
 always yields None.
-(2) Turtle-cloning: At each branching point the
-current pen is cloned. So in the end there
-are 1024 turtles.
+(2) Turtle-cloning: At each branching point
+the current pen is cloned. So in the end
+there are 1024 turtles.
 """
 from turtle import Turtle, mainloop
 from time import clock