On 31/08/2021 18.02, Barry wrote:
The big problem with >>> is that it means a third level quote in email clients. So when people cut-n-paste REPL output it’s formatted badly by email clients. A prompt that avoided that issue would be nice.
A little bit of piping fixes that: username@hostname$ cat text username@hostname$ python3 Python 3.5.2 (default, Jan 26 2021, 13:30:48) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sys # in the original, this line will be messed up >>> sys.exit(0) # this one, too username@hostname$ sed 's/^>>> /REPL> /' < text username@hostname$ python3 Python 3.5.2 (default, Jan 26 2021, 13:30:48) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. REPL> import sys # in the original, this line will be messed up REPL> sys.exit(0) # this one, too username@hostname$ -- Michael F. Stemper What happens if you play John Cage's "4'33" at a slower tempo? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
