Roger Serwy <[email protected]> added the comment:
Ctrl+Z followed by Return still exits the Python shell on the command prompt
under Vista.
The simplest way to get this behavior working in IDLE would be modifying the
end-of-file definition in config-keys.def, but only for the Windows keymap:
[IDLE Classic Windows]
# truncated
end-of-file=<Control-Key-d> <Control-Key-D> <Control-Key-z><Return>
# truncated
I left the Ctrl+D bindings in place, as these are IDLE's "norm". In a strict
sense they should be removed for a Windows key map. (I am basing my
cross-platform understanding of Ctrl+Z from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control-Z )
The undo functionality already binds to Ctrl+Z. By using the Ctrl+Z and Return
sequence to signal IDLE's shell to exit, I can foresee users accidentally
closing their shells. Consider this scenario: a user types a long command and
the prompt and then presses Ctrl+Z to undo the last few key strokes. The user
then presses enter to run the command but the shell closes instead. The regular
python shell from a command prompt displays a "^Z" as a visual indicator. If
IDLE's shell did the same then I would not have hesitations about changing the
key bindings.
For now, I'm in favor of changing the documentation in help.txt to omit "(this
is Control-z on Windows)."
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