[Python-ideas] external editor commands in python REPL

[Guido van Rossum]

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On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Yury Selivanov <yselivanov.ml at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> While working on a repl-like shell for one of our applications,
> I implemented a buffer-editing mechanism similar to PostgreSQL
> shell.  The idea is that you have special shell commands, starting
> with '\':
>
> - '\e' opens an external editor
> - '\r' clears the buffer
> - etc
>
> Playing with it for couple of days proved that it makes working with
> the REPL much more convenient.  Here's a quick screencast:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21052/repl.mov
>
> And if anyone wants to try it, here is the hack:
> https://gist.github.com/1st1/5569467
> Run it under python 3: '$ python3 shell.py'
>
> I think it would be nice if we can include similar feature to the
> standard python REPL, as it makes it more convenient and OTOH
> starting python line with '\' is almost always illegal.
>
> -
> Yury
>
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