Re: Default/editable string to raw_input

2006-03-22 Thread Paraic Gallagher
David Wahler wrote: >With the disclaimer that, as others have said, this may not be the best >user-interface choice: > > import readline > readline.set_startup_hook(lambda: readline.insert_text(old_value)) > try: >new_value = raw_input() > finally: >readline.set_startup_hook(None) > >N

Re: Default/editable string to raw_input

2006-03-22 Thread Paraic Gallagher
Sybren Stuvel wrote: >My opinion: let the user edit the configuration file using his/her >favourite text editor. Someone configuring a test suite should >certainly be able to edit a text file. > >Sybren > > While I agree in principal to your opinion, the idea is that an absolute moron would be

Default/editable string to raw_input

2006-03-22 Thread Paraic Gallagher
Hi, This is my first post to the list, I hope somebody can help me with this problem. Apologies if it has been posted before but I have been internet searching to no avail. What I am trying to do is provide a simple method for a user to change a config file, for a test suite. The config file c