> On Mar 11, 2016, at 10:31 PM, boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I must be bored tonight. I have to confess that when copying and > pasting from the interpreter into a plain text email, I often find it > cluttered to confusing by all the ">>>..." that can result from nested > quoting. So I poked around on the Internet and found that I can > temporarily change the prompt symbol using sys.ps1. My initial trials > are: > > Python 3.5.1 (v3.5.1:37a07cee5969, Dec 6 2015, 01:54:25) [MSC v.1900 > 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> import sys >>>> sys.ps1 = '=>' > =>sys.ps1 = chr(26) > →sys.ps1 = chr(16) > ► > > I personally like the last of these. My question is, will this show > up as a black, filled-in arrowhead pointing to the right on everyone's > email?
Can't answer for "everyone" but it certainly shows up that way in Apple Mail. And I agree, I rather like it too, and for the same reason: false interpretation of the standard prompt as nested quotes. -Bill > I have yet to delve into Unicode display issues, but I have > vague recollections that the old ASCII table values might not always > display the same thing from one person's display to another one's. Is > this correct? > > And a related question: I often have the IDLE version of the Python > shell open. How can I make this sort of change for IDLE? I have done > some Googling on this as well, but haven't found the right search > query yet. I also poked into some of the idlelib files, but so far > the only ">>>" I've found have been in specialized displays like IDLE > debug. > > TIA! > > -- > boB > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
