[issue45296] IDLE: Change Ctrl-Z note in exit/quit repr on Windows

E. Paine report at bugs.python.org
Mon Sep 27 05:00:30 EDT 2021


E. Paine <xepaine13 at gmail.com> added the comment:

> How about "Control-D (end-of-file, a.k.a. EOF)"

I doubt beginners care that it's EOF.

> or even just "Control-D"

I'd be a lot more inclined towards this.

> IDLE uses the latter [Ctrl-D] even on Windows, and Ctrl-Z does not work.

Is it worth considering changing this behaviour? IMO Ctrl-D is better for consistency between platforms, but wanted to throw the idea out there for discussion.

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