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 no

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, b

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 Q

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 e

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