Keyboard interrupts, Idle vs. SciTE

[robert]

John Ladasky wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> The following minimal code in Python 2.3.4 works under Idle v. 1.0.3,
> but not under SciTE v. 1.66:
> 
> from time import sleep
> try:
>     while True:
>         sleep(0.25)
>         print ".",
> except KeyboardInterrupt:
>     print "\nKeyboard interrupt received.  Exiting program.\n\n"
> 
> 
> Under SciTE, I do not get my "exiting program" message.  Instead, I get
> the standard SciTE abort message:
> 
> 
>> Process failed to respond; forcing abrupt termination...
>> Exit code: 1
> 
> 
> I much prefer the SciTE environment to Idle.  Is there any way that I
> can rewrite my program to restore the keyboard interrupt function under
> SciTE?  Alternately, is there some setting that I can change in SciTE
> to accomplish the same effect?

Use PythonWin on Windows. It is based on the same Scintilla editor, but provides real interaction and inline script execution capabs, debugging ...
SciTE catches only stdout ( sometimes :-) ) etc. 

robert