One gripe that i hear a lot is that it's really difficult
to cut and paste chunks of Python code when you're working
with the interpreter because the ">>> " and "... " prompts
keep getting in the way. Does anyone else often have or
hear of this problem?
Here is a suggested solution: for interactive mode only,
the console maintains a flag "dropdots", initially false.
After line = raw_input(">>> "):
if line[:4] in [">>> ", "... "]:
dropdots = 1
line = line[4:]
else:
dropdots = 0
interpret(line)
After line = raw_input("... "):
if dropdots and line[:4] == "... ":
line = line[4:]
interpret(line)
The above solution depends on the fact that ">>> " and
"... " are always invalid at the beginning of a bit of
Python. So, if sys.ps1 is not ">>> " or sys.ps2 is not
"... ", all dropdots behaviour is disabled.
I realize it's not going to handle all cases (in particular
mixing pasted text with typed-in text), but at least it
makes it *possible* to paste code, and it's quite a simple
rule. I suppose it all depends on whether or not you guys
often experience this particular little irritation.
Any thoughts on this?
-- ?!ng
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