> I took a look at the source code; the PyShell.py file that defines how the > interpreter works in IDLE doesn't appear use sys.ps2. Um, why would you *want* IDLE to show the secondary prompt? IMO sys.ps2 is a crutch that you don't need if you have multi-line command editing as IDLE has. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)