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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:10:01 +1100
Subject: Re: Classes and the command line
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wr=
ote:
> Right. There is line-by-line history, and editing enabled with the
> =E2=80=9Creadline=E2=80=9D plug-in. (This is an advantage of using a prog=
rammer-friendly
> operating system, which MS Windows sadly is not.)

You can get block-by-block history by using Idle. I find that fairly
convenient for manipulating class/function definitions.

ChrisA