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Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:30:57 +1100
Subject: Re: python shell that saves history of typed in commands that will persist between reboots
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On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:37:56 +0000, Tim Golden wrote:
>
>> The interpreter inherits the command shell's history function: Open a
>> cmd window and then a Python session. Do some stuff.
>>
>> Ctrl-Z to exit to the surrounding cmd window. Do some random cmd stuff:
>> dir, cd, etc.
>>>>
> [1]+ =A0Stopped =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 python

Ctrl-Z is the Windows equivalent (well, mostly) of Linux's Ctrl-D. You
want to cleanly exit the interpreter, not SIGSTOP it.

ChrisA