Nick Coghlan wrote:
Roel Schroeven wrote:
Stefan Behnel wrote:
This is the first time I see that and I totally like the idea of writing ".>>>" instead of ">>>" at the beginning of a line. Thank you Dr. Dobb! It's unfortunate for c.l.py that Python uses ">>>" as the default prompt as it messes up the display on mail/news readers that provide "syntax highlighting" for quotes.
I use Thunderbird, and started doing it so I could read my own posts. I did copy it from someone, though (but I can't recall who).
The trick can also be useful for web tools that strip leading whitespace.
Prepending every line with . is not an ideal solution though... I think it gets tiresome very quickly.
Aye, can't argue with that. It does have the virtues of reliability and portability, though :)
Cheers, Nick.
$ python Python 2.4 (#1, Dec 4 2004, 20:10:33) [GCC 3.3.3 (cygwin special)] on cygwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sys >>> sys.ps1 = ".>>> "; sys.ps2 = ".... " .>>> print """\ .... It isn't that hard""" It isn't that hard .>>>
Would it work, I wonder, with a leading space on the prompt? That might be a valid change to the standard prompt. Let's see
>>> This line isn't really quoted three times.
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