<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Chris,<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I don't know if it works the same on all platforms, but on my mac if I copy text from somewhere I can paste it into IDLE with IDLE's Edit->Paste menu item.</div><div><br></div><div>--Eric</div><div><br><div><div><div>On Apr 20, 2009, at 7:25 PM, christopher lau wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Thanks Eric,<br><br>Is there any way to paste commands copied from another application or script into the IDLE shell? <br><br>-Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Eric Pettersen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pett@cgl.ucsf.edu">pett@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style=""><div class="im"><div><div>On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:57 PM, <a href="mailto:cdlau@ucsd.edu" target="_blank">cdlau@ucsd.edu</a> wrote:</div> <br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Dear Sir/Miss,<br><br>I am using the IDLE extensively and I have noticed I cannot paste text or<br><arrow up> to run previous commands. I was wondering if anyone knew how<br>to change these features or if it is possible. I explored the<br> options>configure IDLE, but haven't found any preference changes that<br>change these problems I am having. Thanks for your help in advance.</div></blockquote><br></div></div><div>Hi Christopher,</div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To reuse/edit a command, either up-arrow to or mouse-click into the command you want and hit return. A copy of the command will appear at the current Python prompt. You can then edit it with the arrow keys or the mouse and then hit Return to execute the modified command.<br> </div><div><br></div><div>--Eric</div><div><div style=""><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="5"><br> Eric Pettersen</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="5"> UCSF Computer Graphics Lab</font></div> <div class="im"><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="5"> <a href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu" target="_blank">http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div><br><div></div> <br></div></blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>