Problem with Python shell through Cygwin Screen (Python/Vim/Screencombo)

[Ant]

Hi all,

There's a sweet combination of tools that you can assemble using Vim,
a Python shell (or any shell for that matter) and GNU screen, where
you essentially send selected text from Vim to the Python shell. (See
http://technotales.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/like-slime-for-vim/ for
more details - though I had to tweak the script a bit to get it to
work on Windows - line ending interpretation problem)

This works great in Linux, and also in Windows using the Cygwin build
of Python, but when you call:

screen -S py -s python

using the Windows build of Python, the shell just hangs. Does anyone
know if this is a known issue with screen/Python, or if there is a
workaround, as I'd prefer to have just a single Python instance
installed rather than having Cygwin python and windows Python both
installed.

Cheers,

Ant.

 

[Jason Tishler]

Ant,

[snip]
This works great in Linux, and also in Windows using the Cygwin build
of Python, but when you call:

screen -S py -s python

using the Windows build of Python, the shell just hangs. Does anyone
know if this is a known issue with screen/Python, or if there is a
workaround, as I'd prefer to have just a single Python instance
installed rather than having Cygwin python and windows Python both
installed.

There are known issues when trying to run a Windows program that
directly accesses the console under Cygwin. For example:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-June/266661.html

AFAICT, you will have to use Cygwin Python with screen.

Jason

 

[Ant]

There are known issues when trying to run a Windows program that
directly accesses the console under Cygwin.  For example:

   http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-June/266661.html

AFAICT, you will have to use Cygwin Python with screen.

Thanks for the info. Shame but - cygwin python for this setup it is
(Though I may hunt for a native windows port of screen rather than the
cygwin one.)

Cheers,

Ant.