Author: georg.brandl Date: Sat May 31 16:40:09 2008 New Revision: 63830 Log: #3010: clarification about stdin/use_rawinput. Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/cmd.rst Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/cmd.rst ============================================================================== --- python/trunk/Doc/library/cmd.rst (original) +++ python/trunk/Doc/library/cmd.rst Sat May 31 16:40:09 2008 @@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ The optional arguments *stdin* and *stdout* specify the input and output file objects that the Cmd instance or subclass instance will use for input and - output. If not specified, they will default to *sys.stdin* and *sys.stdout*. + output. If not specified, they will default to :data:`sys.stdin` and + :data:`sys.stdout`. + + If you want a given *stdin* to be used, make sure to set the instance's + :attr:`use_rawinput` attribute to ``False``, otherwise *stdin* will be + ignored. .. versionchanged:: 2.3 The *stdin* and *stdout* parameters were added.