Re: Questions on the Python Shell

> Paulo Teotonio Sobrinho wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm playing with the new python shell dialog and I must say, it is really
>> useful! To give one example, one can interactively learn the python
>> interface much faster than any other way, specially people like me that
>> are not experienced programmers.
>
> Glad to hear it!
>
>> I have some questions regarding the python shell
>>
>> 1) K3d 0.7.11.0 does not have really usable shell. On the other hand
>> 0.7.12.0 has a nice python shell but the mesh module will be off for some
>> time. I would like to have both. How can I build 0.7.11.0 but with the
>> newest python shell? I tried to copy ngui_python_shell/dialog.cpp over the
>> old one, but it did not work.
>
> Hopefully the mesh module won't be off for long :)  In the meantime,
> multiple files changed to implement the Python shell.  If you want to
> backport it, you'll have to use svn to look at the history and see
> everything that changed.  This is technically feasible, but you'll have
> to do the homework.
>
>> 2) It seems that line editing in 0.7.12.0 python shell is not working. For
>> example, I am able to move the cursor to any point on a line of text, but
>> I can not erase or insert any character.
>
> This is by-design - the Python shell works like any other - once you
> enter a command with the "return" key, it becomes part of the shell
> history.  Editing it after the fact wouldn't make any sense, since the
> command has already been executed by the Python interpreter.  You seem
> to want some kind of hybrid between a text editor and an interactive
> interpreter.  I'm open to the idea, but I've never seen such a thing.
> Got an example?