[Tutor] Command Line Editting: How to improve options?

[Rajbir Singh]

pycharm is IDE for python, ive been using it for a while now, compiles
python script, works as a text editor, allows downloading third party libs,
so far i havnt found anything that i need as python coder and it doesnt
have!! give it a try -- "PyCharm"

On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 4:32 AM, J L <jnl_public at yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid>
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> Thank you Steve.
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>      On Thursday, April 2, 2015 5:09 AM, Steven D'Aprano <
> steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
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>  On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 06:36:03AM +0000, J L wrote:
> >  Win 7Python v 3.4.3
> > I'm new to Python and only have coursework under my belt in another
> > object oriented programming language as well as limited systems
> > skills. After launching Python from the command line with py.exe, it
> > appears that the interrupter starts up fine. I've read on Python.Org's
> > site in a tutorial section that some interrupters offer command line
> > editing beyond simple use of the arrow keys and backspace. It does not
> > appear that my environment is allowing these greater abilities. How
> > does one afford increased abilities to edit commands within Python's
> > interrupter? Thank you.
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> Sadly, Windows does not offer much in the way of powerful interactive
> commands like most Linux shells do. You can try these options:
>
> - try using Python's IDLE:
>
> http://www.google.com.au/search?q=how+to+run+IDLE+python
>
> - Use a commercial third-party IDE ("Integrated Development
> Environment") such as PyCharm, Anaconda or Komodo. Some of them may cost
> money, but they may have free or trial versions.
>
> - Or a third-party editor such as Spyder, if it comes with its own
> interactive shell.
>
> - I can strongly recomment iPython, which is very powerful and includes
> a lot of command-line features that even Linux shells don't:
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> http://ipython.org/
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> If you've used Mathematica, you may love iPython's "notepad" feature.
>
> Now we start getting to slightly more complex options, which may not
> work, but it would be interesting to try:
>
> - Try installing pyreadline, and see it is will work with Python 3.4. If
> it does, you might be able to convince Python 3.4's rlcompleter module
> to work with it.
>
> - Still if pyreadline works with Python 3.4, you might like my command
> line tab completer and history module rather than the built-in one:
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> http://code.google.com/p/tabhistory/source/browse/tabhistory.py
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> I've never tested it on Windows, so I don't know if it will actually
> work or not.
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> Good luck!
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>
> --
> Steve
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