* Paul Boddie (3 May 2007 07:27:11 -0700) > On 3 Mai, 15:49, Ben Collver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I installed Cygwin on a Windows machine. I try to quit from an > > interactive Python session. It tells me that on my platform, I must > > press Control-Z to exit. I press Control-Z and it makes Python a > > background process. > > Yes, Ctrl-Z exits Python in the standard Windows edition. Since Cygwin > provides a POSIX-like environment, Ctrl-D should be used instead. If > the documentation is wrong, a bug report or patch should be filed > against the software.
He was using /Windows/ Python in Cygwin *chuckle*... Windows Python says Ctrl-Z because it doesn't know that it's been run from bash where Ctrl-Z is for job control. And the lesson we learn from that: if you're using Windows Python use a Windows shell. If you're using a Cygwin shell use Cygwin Python - unless you know what you're doing (which he wasn't). Thorsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
