Re: What's wrong with Windows Command Prompt (was Re: Error Testing)

2013-10-21 Thread Tim Chase
On 2013-10-21 15:55, David Robinow wrote: > I wasn't aware that the interactive interpreter on Linux had > features that the Windows version didn't. I'm curious what those > features might be. It's mostly the benefits that come from being built with the readline library, meaning you get - command

Re: What's wrong with Windows Command Prompt (was Re: Error Testing)

2013-10-21 Thread David Robinow
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/19/2013 2:31 PM, Tim Chase wrote: >> >> On 2013-10-19 14:08, David Robinow wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: You can try all these out in the interactive interpreter (you probably have ID

Re: What's wrong with Windows Command Prompt (was Re: Error Testing)

2013-10-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: > Idle can recall previous input two different ways, by cursor or key. One can > use the mouse to select where to edit. CP requires use of arrow keys to move > the cursor around. Idle recall input *statements*. CP recalls input *lines*. > Previou

What's wrong with Windows Command Prompt (was Re: Error Testing)

2013-10-19 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/19/2013 2:31 PM, Tim Chase wrote: On 2013-10-19 14:08, David Robinow wrote: On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: You can try all these out in the interactive interpreter (you probably have IDLE installed, which on Windows is rather nicer to work with than the default int