A problem from a Vim user

[manuhack]

When I use raw_input('Please type something.\n') in the python 2.4
command line windows, it doesn't have any problem. However, when I run
the same command in vim 7 as :py raw_input('Please type something.\n'),
there is an EOFError: EOF when reading a line. Is there a way to use
that command within vim without raising errors?

Thanks a lot.

[Luis Armendariz]

manuhack wrote:

When I use raw_input('Please type something.\n') in the python 2.4
command line windows, it doesn't have any problem. However, when I run
the same command in vim 7 as :py raw_input('Please type something.\n'),
there is an EOFError: EOF when reading a line. Is there a way to use
that command within vim without raising errors?

Thanks a lot.

You should read :help python-input

On my version (Vim 7.0.17), it says that input() and raw_input() are
not yet supported.

So, submit a patch to the vim folks!

-Luis

[BartlebyScrivener]

manuhack wrote:

However, when I run
the same command in vim 7 as :py raw_input('Please type something.\n'),
there is an EOFError: EOF when reading a line. Is there a way to use
that command within vim without raising errors?

I thought you might get more help here than in comp.editors ;)

Same thing happens if you put it in rawinput.py file and use :pyfile.

rd

[Dasn]

On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 10:59:01AM -0700, manuhack wrote:

When I use raw_input('Please type something.\n') in the python 2.4
command line windows, it doesn't have any problem. However, when I run
the same command in vim 7 as :py raw_input('Please type something.\n'),
there is an EOFError: EOF when reading a line. Is there a way to use
that command within vim without raising errors?

You could call vim functions indirectly:
:py << EOF
import vim
vim.command('let vim_str=input("Please type something.\n")')
py_str = vim.eval('vim_str')
# now you can do something with your 'py_str'
....
EOF

HTH

[Dasn]

On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 07:10:06AM -0500, Dasn wrote:

vim.command('let vim_str=input("Please type something.\n")')
py_str = vim.eval('vim_str')

py_str = vim.eval('input("Please type something.\n")')

may be better.