Stefan Behnel wrote:This is the first time I see that and I totally like the idea of writing ".>>>" instead of ">>>" at the beginning of a line. Thank you Dr. Dobb! It's unfortunate for c.l.py that Python uses ">>>" as the default prompt as it messes up the display on mail/news readers that provide "syntax highlighting" for quotes.
I use Thunderbird, and started doing it so I could read my own posts. I did copy it from someone, though (but I can't recall who).
The trick can also be useful for web tools that strip leading whitespace.
Prepending every line with . is not an ideal solution though... I think it gets tiresome very quickly.
Aye, can't argue with that. It does have the virtues of reliability and portability, though :)
Cheers, Nick.
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