Default/editable string to raw_input

2006-03-22 Thread Paraic Gallagher
Hi, This is my first post to the list, I hope somebody can help me with this problem. Apologies if it has been posted before but I have been internet searching to no avail. What I am trying to do is provide a simple method for a user to change a config file, for a test suite. The config file

Re: Default/editable string to raw_input

2006-03-22 Thread Paraic Gallagher
Sybren Stuvel wrote: My opinion: let the user edit the configuration file using his/her favourite text editor. Someone configuring a test suite should certainly be able to edit a text file. Sybren While I agree in principal to your opinion, the idea is that an absolute moron would be able

Re: Default/editable string to raw_input

2006-03-22 Thread Paraic Gallagher
David Wahler wrote: With the disclaimer that, as others have said, this may not be the best user-interface choice: import readline readline.set_startup_hook(lambda: readline.insert_text(old_value)) try: new_value = raw_input() finally: readline.set_startup_hook(None) Note that,