Right-click does nothing on the IPython window.

The Windows command console is, I think, a lost cause all together. I've 
tried a right-click on it with the same result as in IPython.
I'm using Win XP, and I hope they improve on Win 7, which I plan to 
install on all my machines this month.

Gary Pajer wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Wayne Watson 
> <sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net <mailto:sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Good. Thanks. Interesting that ls and pwd are used for Win, but that's
>     fine. How do I copy parts of the window?  All I can do at the
>     moment is
>     sweep out a rectangular area with the mouse. It looks like I
>     underestimated the need for  automagic.
>
>
>
> Copy and paste from a Windows command shell is different that copy and 
> paste from *nix command shell.
>
> Right-click in the command window
> Choose Mark from the drop-down menu
> Select the (rectangular) region of text you want to copy.
> Hit Return.
>
> That does a copy operation.  Then go to your other application, and 
> paste however you like.
>
>
>  
>
>
>     David Arnold wrote:
>     > Depends on whether "automagic" is enabled or not. If automagic
>     is OFF,
>     > you  need to enter the %, as in %cd. If automagic is ON (the
>     default),
>     > then you don't need to enter the %, as in cd.
>     >
>     > automagic can be toggled on and off as follows:
>     >
>     > In [8]: automagic
>     >
>     > Automagic is OFF, % prefix IS needed for magic functions.
>     >
>     > In [9]: %automagic
>     >
>     > Automagic is ON, % prefix NOT needed for magic functions.
>     >
>     > On my mac, I can change to my "home" directory as follows:
>     >
>     > In [10]: cd
>     > /Users/darnold
>     >
>     > I can list the files in this directory with:
>     >
>     > In [11]: ls
>     > Desktop/        Movies/            context/
>     > Documents/        Music/            java.log.344
>     > Downloads/        NetBeansProjects/    java.log.415
>     > Dropbox/        Pictures/        luatex-cache/
>     > Library/        Public/            matlab_crash_dump.344
>     > LizThesis/        Sites/            matlab_crash_dump.415
>     >
>     > I can cd into my Sites folder with:
>     >
>     > In [12]: cd Sites
>     > /Users/darnold/Sites
>     >
>     > I can get the current directory with:
>     >
>     > In [13]: pwd
>     > Out[13]: '/Users/darnold/Sites'
>     >
>     > I can move up a directory level with:
>     >
>     > In [14]: cd ..
>     > /Users/darnold
>     >
>     >
>     > Hope this helps.
>     >
>     > D.
>     >
>     >
>     > On Dec 6, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Wayne Watson wrote:
>     >
>     >> I've seen the tutorial, but need something more. How do I know what
>     >> folder I'm in? How do I move from where I am to, for example,
>     >> C:\abc\def? So far I've tried various combinations like this:
>     >>
>     >> cd ..
>     >> cd C:\
>     >> pwd (yes, I know it's not windows)
>     >>
>     >> I tried %cd .., and that may have moved me but I seem to get
>     back to the
>     >> same place.
>     >>
>     >> I seem to be in  C:\Documents and Settings\administrator. If I
>     doa %cp
>     >> ..\\ it looks like I get to C:\, but follwing that with pwd
>     gets me back
>     >> to where I started--C:\Documents and Settings\administrator.
>     >>
>     >> If I want to execute a program with %run, I need to be where
>     abc.py is
>     >> or, perhaps say something like %run C:\myPyPrograms\abc.py.
>     >> Dir doesn't work and I haven't been able to even see what's in the
>     >> folder.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> --
>     >>           Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
>     >>
>     >>             (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
>     >>              Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
>     >>
>     >>             "... humans'innate skills with numbers isn't much
>     >>              better than that of rats and dolphins."
>     >>                       -- Stanislas Dehaene, neurosurgeon
>     >>
>     >>                    Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/
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>     >>
>     >>
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-- 
           Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)

             (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
              Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet  
                
             "... humans'innate skills with numbers isn't much
              better than that of rats and dolphins." 
                       -- Stanislas Dehaene, neurosurgeon 
 
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