On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 3:27 AM, Simon Evans <musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > I input 'pip install html5lib' to the Python 2.7 console and got : > >>>> pip install html5lib > File "<stdin>", line 1 > pip install html5lib > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>>>
This should be run from your command interpreter - cmd.exe, bash, or whatever you normally run programs from. > I am not sure what you mean about 'single line paragraphs'. I put my text > > into double line spacing in my last missive, I left the code input/ output > > in single line spacing as that is how it reads from the console, after all > > who am I to alter it? Regarding 'context' if you are referring to the text > > I am using, it is from 'Getting Started in Beautiful Soup' by Vineeth G. > > Nair. Why the double line spacing? I don't get that... and I think that's what was meant. "Context" in this context means quoted text from previous posts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style The parts with the angle brackets at the beginning are quoted text, providing context for what you're saying. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list