[Python-Dev] IDLE in the stdlib (original) (raw)

Glenn Linderman v+python at g.nevcal.com
Thu Mar 21 05:36:05 CET 2013

On 3/20/2013 5:15 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:

Broken (and quirky): it has an absurdly limited output buffer (under a thousand lines)

People keep claiming that Windows CMD has a limited output buffer. It is configurable, at least to 9999 lines, which is where I have mine set. That is far too much to actually scroll back through for most practical purposes, although sometimes I do :)

I'm not trying to claim that Windows CMD is wonderful, perfect, or has large numbers of redeeming values, but let's keep to the facts. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20130320/902aca85/attachment.html>

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