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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Everything I've been seeing points to API being exposed to
change properties of the console window, not the ability to host an interactive
console. Google provides a bunch of links.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Did some more thought:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Streams -- StandardInput, StandardOutput, StandardError, ..
(Trace, Debug, ...)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Events -- StandardInputEvent, StandardOutputEvent,
StandardErrorEvent, .. (Trace, Debug, ...)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Methods -- GetNextEventId(), AsynchronousExecute(id,
script)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Properties -- InterpreterState</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regular input would go in via stdin. The interpreter
would then fire a StandardInputEvent with this information, including an
identifier that could be correllated to output and error
events.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=393454217-19082004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>><SPAN class=393454217-19082004>>> if
1=1: [stdout, stdin]</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>.<SPAN class=393454217-19082004>.. print
"foo" [stdout, stdin]
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>.<SPAN class=393454217-19082004>.. print
"bar" [stdout, stdin] .. maybe some events for continued
input</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>
[StandardInputEvent #1]</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=393454217-19082004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>f<SPAN
class=393454217-19082004>oo
[stdout, StandardOutputEvent #1]</SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004>bar</SPAN><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004>
[stdout, StandardOutputEvent #1]</SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=393454217-19082004>>>> [stdout]</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </DIV></FONT>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Thane [mailto:thane@magna-capital.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B>
19 Aug 2004 07:47<BR><SPAN class=393454217-19082004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2><FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Python
by allowing these to be redirected (sys.stdin = myfile), but it’s clearly not
enough. I’ve heard rumors of a new MS Console object in the Whidbey
release… I just hope they do it right.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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