On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 2:49 AM, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > And sure, some of those are completly clueless about what a command line is > and how to use it, but others DO have an idea about the command line, but > dont know that: > >>>> pip install something > File "<stdin>", line 1 > pip install something > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > means: "this was supposed to be run at the command prompt" > > So I think defining a "pip" builtin that simply gave a helpful message would > be a good start. > > (hmm, it's a syntax error, so not as simple as a builtin -- but it could be > caught somehow to give a better message)
This sounds like the job for an enhanced REPL like Jupyter/ipython. In fact, it might already exist - I haven't looked. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
