console show in Python?

[Scott Shillcock]

Hello,

I am moving to Python from Tcl/Tk.
Is there something similar to the Tcl/Tk 'console show' command in
Python.

I am using Tkinter for my gui and once I call mainloop() I no longer
have access to the Python command line. I want to be able to interact
with my gui from the command line to test new code.

>From Tcl/Tk I could turn on and off the interactive command line with
'console show' and 'console hide'. That is all I want to do with Python.
Can anyone help me with this or point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Scott Shillcock