[Idle-dev] IDLE interpreter window

[Fredrik Lundh]

Guido wrote:
> As long as there's a way to select a region in the shell output and
> copy it using normal copy+paste commands, I think the needs of most
> users are met -- I've often confused myself by editing a previously
> executed command in place rather than copying it to the command line
> or using the history commands.
>=20
> Maybe a fully editable PyShell window should be an option for advanced
> users.

hey, now you're *thinking* outside the box ;-)

(fwiw, pythonworks won't have an 'interactive shell', at
least not in 1.0.  instead, we're going for an improved 'run
untitled script' function.  also see David Scherer's post).

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