On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 23:35:05 +0000, eryk sun <eryk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 6:49 PM, <no@none.invalid> wrote: >> On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:35:24 +0100, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> >> wrote: >> >>>I'm assuming you're using Windows. >>> >>>It might be that the console window's properties need changing: >>> >>>1. Right-click on the title bar. >>> >>>2. Click on Properties. >>> >>>3. In the Options tab, turn on QuickEdit Mode. >>> >>>4. Click OK. >> >> I am using Windows7. When I run the command line thingy > >It's called a console, which is a special window for command-line and >text-interface applications. The Windows API includes functions that >allow a process to attach to or allocate a console, read from and >write to it for standard input & output (i.e. stdin, stdout, stderr), >and low-level functions that allow creating complex text interfaces >such as text editors (e.g. nano) and file managers (e.g. Far Manager). >In Windows 7+, each console is hosted by an instance of conhost.exe. >The console host process runs in the same security context (i.e. user, >groups, integrity level, and privileges) as the process that allocates >the console. > >python.exe is a console application, which means that it automatically >attaches to the console of the parent process or allocates a new >console if the parent doesn't have one. > >> When I try to turn on QuickEdit I get this error message. > >The console host failed to modify the shortcut. This is probably >because the .LNK file was installed for all users, and the current >user only has read & execute access. Administrators should have full >access to this file. To run with administrator access, right-click the >shortcut and choose "Run as administrator". > >FYI, the console's default settings for the current user are in the >registry key "HKCU\Console". On the control menu, this is what the >"Defaults" dialog modifies. The "Properties" dialog modifies the >settings for the current window, which override the default settings. >The current-window settings are stored based on the initial window >title. If an application is run from a .LNK shortcut, the Windows >shell sets the initial title in the process startup info as the >fully-qualified path to the .LNK file and sets a flag that indicates >this. In this case, the console knows that the current properties >should be read from and written to the .LNK file. If the application >is run directly instead of using a shortcut, then the console stores >the properties in the registry key "HKCU\Console\[window title]". A >custom window title can be set using CMD's `start` command. If no >custom title is set, the default title is the fully-qualified path of >the executable, which the console normalizes to make it suitable for >use as a registry key (e.g. replace backslash with underscore). I was able to run the program as administrator I changed the setting so I can now copy and paste. Thanks -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
