<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:57 PM, <a href="mailto:cdlau@ucsd.edu">cdlau@ucsd.edu</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><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>Hi Christopher,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-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="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> Eric Pettersen</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; "> UCSF Computer Graphics Lab</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; "> <a href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu">http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu</a></font></div></div></div><br><div></div><br></body></html>