Better console for Windows?

[Philippe C. Martin]

Hi,

You might want to check out ipyhton.

http://ipython.scipy.org

Regards,

Philippe


Brett Hoerner wrote:

> This is a pretty basic, mostly un-python-related question, although I'm
> asking because of Python.
> 
> Is there a different shell I can use (other than cmd.com) to run Python
> in, where I can full-screen the window (if I pleased), etc?  As it is,
> things that would run far off the right have to be word wrapped after
> very few characters.
> 
> Another problem with cmd.com is when I run IPython, if I have an error,
> or tab or anything, I get the speaker beep (ala linux) but I can't find
> a way to turn it off.  This is a huge problem because I cannot disable
> my system speaker on my laptop (not even in BIOS like my old one, and
> it's an "error", it bypasses the fact that all my sound is muted in
> Windows) and I get incredibly loud beeps all the time (because I suck)
> which would not be acceptable while I'm coding on the sly in boring
> class.
> 
> Ideas?  The only thing I can think of now is using Putty to SSH into a
> machine, no beeps there, and I can resize... but I don't have a machine
> to SSH into, much less one with all the stuff I want on it.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Brett