On 3 September 2010 15:25, Russ Cox <r...@swtch.com> wrote: > [...] but you can't use the mouse to edit in an > interactive python session. win some, lose some.
to get around this, i start up python with a script, py: #!/bin/rc PYTHONSTARTUP=$HOME/lib/pythonstartup cat | python -i $* where $HOME/lib/pythonstartup holds this, to stop the secondary prompt getting in the way after leaving hold mode: import sys sys.ps1 = '> ' sys.ps2 = ''
