Standard readline keys mostly.. this should be all you need: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/readline/rluserman.html http://docs.python.org/dev/tut/node15.html
-bob On Feb 13, 2006, at 6:10 AM, Ken Brooks wrote: > Finally choosing to find the time, I installed MacPython 2.4.1. > But now I need documentation, and Google was not helpful. What > keystrokes have new meanings in the MacPython interactive window as > a result of having readline? > > Ken > > At 9:55 AM -0800 1/17/06, Christopher Barker wrote: >> Ken Brooks wrote: >>> Still nothing changes! So how does the debug loop work? How can I >>> reload a module short of relaunching the environment?? >> ^^^^^^ >> >> You've just inadvertently answered your own question. That's what >> we mean when we say "Python fits your brain": >> >>>>> reload(foo) >> >> Python caches modules so that if one module is imported in ten >> different places, it doesn't reload them each time. To force a >> reload you use, appropriately enough, the reload function. >> >>> 2. I really wish for the "doskey" feature that lets you easily >>> retrieve and edit a line previously typed to the interactive >>> interpreter. Does it exist here? >> >> Yup. It's called readline. Apple doesn't ship it with OS-X, >> because it's licensed under the GPL, but you can install in >> separately, or you can install a new version of python that has it. >> >> See: >> http://undefined.org/python/ >> >> for a newer Python, and: >> >> http://www.pythonmac.org/packages/ >> >> For an assortment of add-on packages >> >> There is a readline for th python 2.3 that came with OS-X 10.4 >> there. It may work with 10.4 also, if you install >> "TigerPython23Compat" from that page also. >> >> All that being said, you might want to try one of the fancier >> python shells for interactive use, like ipython. Or, just write >> your entire script in a file (or multiple files) and restart >> python each time. It's rare that something take that long to run >> that re-starting is a problem. You can start it with: >> >> $ python -i MyScript.py >> >> and you'll get the interpreter prompt when it's done running. >> >> -Chris >> >> >> - >> >> Christopher Barker, Ph.D. >> Oceanographer >> >> NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice >> 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax >> Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
