[Idle-dev] IDLE interpreter window

[Albert Brandl]

>otoh, every editor-based shell window I know (emacs,
>epsilon, etc) work exactly like the one in IDLE.

I didn't ever use those shells. Could well be that the "editor"
metaphor is more common for shells than I thought. It's also
quite possible that people get used to it; but I think the
learning curve is quite a bit steeper.

>> Frankly, I don't think that "Editor window" is a good metaphor for the
>> *Python Shell*. The main purpose is to execute commands issued by the
>> user - something usually accomplished with a _shell_, not an editor
>
>maybe you should look outside the box?

I've tried to explain why the "Shell" metaphor seems superior to the "Editor"
metaphor. Maybe I've forgot some important aspect in favor of the "Editor"
metaphor - could you be more specific? Or do you mean that I should look for
different metaphors altogether?

     Have fun!

          Albert