Interactive shell for demonstration purposes

[Steve Holden]

Tim Golden wrote:
> [Brian Quinlan]
> | 
> | Can anyone recommend a Python interactive shell for use in 
> | presentations?
> | 
> | Ideal characteristics (priority order):
> | o configurable font size
> | o full screen mode
> | o readline support
> | o syntax coloring
> | 
> | I've tried ipython but, since it runs inside a console 
> | window, and the 
> | console window has a limited number of selectable fonts, it doesn't 
> | work terribly well.
> | 
> | I've seen presentations using some sort of PyGame implemented shell. 
> | Does anyone have an information on that?
> 
> Warning: untested response.
> 
> Since I remembered that Michael Hudson had done such
> a thing once, I Googled and came across this:
> 
> http://codespeak.net/py/current/doc/execnet.html
> 
> which might get you started.
> 
Wing IDE allows you to create any number of interactive shells and 
either dock them in the IDE framework GUI or move them to separate windows.

On Windows XP I appear, much to my delight, to be able to use 
CTRL-scroll to resize the screen font used in the window, but that may 
just be my video driver. It will (I hope) allow me to demonstrate Wing 
to groups of up to six at a time on my 17" 1820*1200 laptop display.

regards
  Steve
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