Re: [Tutor] Interpreter pasting Question

2018-12-28 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 28/12/2018 17:13, Avi Gross wrote: > It sounds like the problem is that IDLE is (invisibly) intercepting what I > type or paste and then passing it on to a slaved interpreter. There likely > are other side effects and another editor/environment may not have this > issue. I will try some. Do

Re: [Tutor] Interpreter pasting Question

2018-12-28 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 12/28/18 10:13 AM, Avi Gross wrote: > As one of my programming styles includes lots of hands-on incremental > analysis of bits and pieces to get them working before combining them, I > have no time for an idyllic experience. don't presume to know what environment will actually work for you,

Re: [Tutor] Interpreter pasting Question

2018-12-28 Thread Avi Gross
line by itself: """ Now type exec(Cmd) May not work all the time, but perhaps a reasonable work around. -Original Message- From: Tutor On Behalf Of Steven D'Aprano Sent: Friday, December 28, 2018 1:58 AM To: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] Interpreter pasting Questi

Re: [Tutor] Interpreter pasting Question

2018-12-28 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 28/12/2018 05:58, Avi Gross wrote: > This is a serious question. I have tried things and searched and remain > stumped. It is about python and perhaps just the interpreter. > > Copying and pasting multiple lines into the interpreter fails in mysterious > ways, unless they are a logical single

Re: [Tutor] Interpreter pasting Question

2018-12-27 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 12:58:00AM -0500, Avi Gross wrote: [...] > Copying and pasting multiple lines into the interpreter fails in mysterious > ways, unless they are a logical single entity. > > Is there a way to change this behavior, or perhaps an editor/environment > that feeds multiple lines

[Tutor] Interpreter pasting Question

2018-12-27 Thread Avi Gross
This is a serious question. I have tried things and searched and remain stumped. It is about python and perhaps just the interpreter. Copying and pasting multiple lines into the interpreter fails in mysterious ways, unless they are a logical single entity. Is there a way to change this