add info to changes.txt and whatsnew about pshell changes; removed unused import and unwrap string

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ff4036036..ae8395234 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ Next release
 Features
 --------
 
+- It is now possible to invoke ``paster pshell`` even if the paste ini file
+  section name pointed to in its argument is not actually a Pyramid WSGI
+  application.  The shell will work in a degraded mode, and will warn the
+  user.  See "The Interactive Shell" in the "Creating a Pyramid Project"
+  narrative documentation section.
+
+- ``paster pshell`` now offers more built-in global variables by default
+  (including ``app`` and ``settings``).  See "The Interactive Shell" in the
+  "Creating a Pyramid Project" narrative documentation section.
+
+- It is now possible to add a ``[pshell]`` section to your application's .ini
+  configuration file, which influences the global names available to a pshell
+  session.  See "Extending the Shell" in the "Creating a Pyramid Project"
+  narrative documentation chapter.
+
 - The ``config.scan`` method has grown a ``**kw`` argument.  ``kw`` argument
   represents a set of keyword arguments to pass to the Venusian ``Scanner``
   object created by Pyramid.  (See the Venusian documentation for more
@@ -78,6 +93,15 @@ Documentation
 - Added a section in the "Webob" chapter named "Dealing With A JSON-Encoded
   Request Body" (usage of ``request.json_body``).
 
+Behavior Changes
+----------------
+
+- The ``paster pshell``, ``paster proutes``, and ``paster pviews`` commands
+  now take a single argument in the form ``/path/to/config.ini#sectionname``
+  rather than the previous 2-argument spelling ``/path/to/config.ini
+  sectionname``.  ``#sectionname`` may be omitted, in which case ``#main`` is
+  assumed.
+
 1.1a4 (2011-07-01)
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