Currently, typing 'exit' in the interactive shell produces the message, "Use File/Exit or your end-of-file key to quit IDLE". It would be nice if it actually quit instead of telling you another way to do it.
Logged In: YES user_id=149084 Currently, typing 'exit' in the Python interactive shell produces Python 2.4a0 (#64, Jan 22 2004, 00:54:11) [GCC 2.95.3 20010125 (prerelease, propolice)] on openbsd3 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> exit 'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.' >>> It would be nice...etc. I don't know why Guido chose to do this. IDLE's shell tries to mimic the Python shell.
Logged In: YES user_id=80475 In those days, we didn't have color monitors, mouse pads, or expect that our code would still be running when our hair turned gray. I'm bumping this one back up to five because improving the user experience ought to be a priority for us.
Logged In: YES user_id=149084 We have three ways to leave IDLE: File/Exit, the accelerator key associated with that, and ctrl-D/-Z. Typing "quit" or "exit" at the shell prompt gives the user a hint on how to leave the shell the Pythonic way, and that's different on various platforms. I'm -1 on this since IMO the IDLE shell should educate users on how to use command line Python. GvR has the decision.
Logged In: YES user_id=6380 You have two choices. (1) typing exit or quit raises a NameError exception. (2) typing exit ot quit prints the error message that it currently prints. Pick the one that is least confusing. Having exit or quit actually cause IDLE to exit is not an option.
