Louis Pecora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michael Hudson wrote: > >>Well, I think this is a subjective judgement -- a matter of >>familiarity. I "play" with Python all the time. A good start is to >>enhance your interactive experience somewhat. Three options spring to >>mind: >> >> 1) Get readline support working. If you're still using Apple's
[...] >> 2) Install IPython (http://ipython.scipy.org/). This is a massive [...] >> 3) Install (my) PyRepl package (http://codespeak.net/pyrpl/), which >> is a different implementation of the same kind of thing. >> >>There are less terminal oriented interactive environments too -- I >>think wxPython includes one and PyObjC has a 'PyInterpreter' example. >>But to me they don't hold much advantage over the in-Terminal.app >>solutions. >> > > Well, I can just see Troy sitting at his computer reading the above > and saying, "I rest my case." :-) It's all a bit unixy, yes. OTOH, it's not exactly hard and you only have to do it once... > You did somewhat admit that in (1) above and in the remainder of your > message so you are honest about the state of affairs. And I thank you > for all the information. Now, where to start? Where to start? I don't know. If I did know, I'd probably have done it. It would help if Apple shipped Python with readline support enabled, for starters. Cheers, mwh -- I think my standards have lowered enough that now I think ``good design'' is when the page doesn't irritate the living fuck out of me. -- http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/design.html _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
