[Idle-dev] The '>>> ' prompt is bad

[Alan Gauld]

On 22/06/12 00:22, Roger Serwy wrote:

> I'm not suggesting an implementation of Window's CP behavior, as I find
> it too limited as well. On Linux, up/down arrows at the command prompt
> cycle through the command history.

FWIW the windows prompt does the same thing once you switch off
the "DOS compatibility" mode. There's not that much difference between a 
bash prompt and a Windows prompt in functionality, just bash has more 
commands available... But that's completely beside the point of how 
IDLE's prompt should behave. :-)

My personal preference is the way PyShell works in the wxPython bundle.
If it weren't such a CPU hog I'd probably use PyShell as my standard 
Python shell window. But I'd like to see IDLE work that way because 
unlike wxPython its part of the standard download.


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Alan G
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