Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.010 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'win32': 0.03; 'interpreter': 0.05; 'subject:Error': 0.07; 'filenames': 0.09; 'typed': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'windows': 0.15; '"insert': 0.16; '-tkc': 0.16; 'from:name:tim chase': 0.16; 'here"': 0.16; '(you': 0.16; 'followed': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'command': 0.22; 'machine': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'least': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; '(like': 0.30; 'matching': 0.30; '(my': 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'mac': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'basic': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'idle': 0.36; 'charset :us-ascii': 0.36; 'experience,': 0.37; 'previous': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'explain': 0.39; 'stock': 0.39; 'even': 0.60; 'easy': 0.60; 'commands': 0.60; 'such': 0.63; 'provide': 0.64; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'default': 0.69; 'received:50.22': 0.84; 'subject:Testing': 0.84; 'that),': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:31:19 -0500 From: Tim Chase To: David Robinow Subject: Re: Error Testing In-Reply-To: References: <33549834-2f27-47f3-abea-eb3486909dec@googlegroups.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - boston.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - thechases.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: boston.accountservergroup.com: none Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382209366 news.xs4all.nl 15874 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:43315 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57113 On 2013-10-19 14:08, David Robinow wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> You can try all these out in the interactive interpreter (you >> probably have IDLE installed, which on Windows is rather nicer to >> work with than the default interactive mode). > > IDLE is cross-platform. Could you explain why you say "on > Windows"? In my experience, the Win32 Python console lacks readline support (like my stock Python on the Mac OS X machine I have here), and as such lacks a lot of the niceties. At least on Win32, there is recall of previous commands (my Mac lacks even that), but there's no easy "search for the previous command I typed that contains the following keyword" (control-R followed by search term), no easy "insert all matching filenames here" (alt+asterisk), etc. Idle may not provide all that, but it hopefully provides at least *some* basic features that the console python.exe lacks. -tkc