Documentation bug: Python console behaviour changed

Kay Schluehr kay.schluehr at gmx.net
Tue Jul 19 06:00:58 EDT 2005


The documentation of the Python console behaviour is not correct
anymore for Python 2.4.1. At least for the Win2K system I'm working on
'Ctrl-Z' does not shut down the console but 'Ctrl-D' etc.

The Python interpreter tells me instead:

>>> quit
'Use Ctrl-Z plus Return to exit.'

Nah, 'Ctrl-Z' is now undo :-)

Side remark: IDLE closes the console either with Ctrl-D or Ctrl-Q. But
IDLEs configure dialog window showing the key combinations is so tight
and nothing is recognizable without scrolling back and forth that it is
discouring to use it at all ;)

IPython closes with 'Ctrl-D'. Thanks to IPython I also determined this
as the correct shutdown keys for Python too.

Kay




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