On Apr 17, 1:11 pm, Andrea Crotti <andrea.crott...@gmail.com> wrote: > Phil Winder <philipwin...@gmail.com> writes: > > Yes, that does not produce an error, but it does not "work". Please > > refer to my first post. Try the first code, you will get a syntax > > error. Placing things on one line makes for easy history scrollback. > > In your version you will have 2 lines of history for the x = 0 term > > and the while ... term. I don't want to have to press up twice, > > especially when the code was in the distant past! Also cpaste might be > > ok for scripting, but it looks too clumsy to use at the command line. > > > Cheers, > > Phil > > Well I guess that's the way it is with the interpreter.. > But I don't see the sense in doing everything from there, just write the > code to a file and use %edit from ipython to change and run it, it's > quite nice and easy too.
Ok, thanks all. It's a little disappointing, but I guess that you always have to work in a different way when you move to a new language. Andrea's %edit method is probably the best compromise, but this now means that I will have to learn all the (obscure) shortcuts for vi! Cheers, Phil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list