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diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index 7cac8a9..6db6637 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ by entering a few expressions of your choice and seeing the results:: 'HelloHelloHello' Many people use the interactive mode as a convenient yet highly programmable -calculator. When you want to end your interactive Python session, hold the Ctrl -key down while you enter a Z, then hit the "Enter" key to get back to your +calculator. When you want to end your interactive Python session, hold the :kbd:`Ctrl` +key down while you enter a :kbd:`Z`, then hit the ":kbd:`Enter`" key to get back to your Windows command prompt. You may also find that you have a Start-menu entry such as :menuselection:`Start --> Programs --> Python 3.3 --> Python (command line)` that results in you seeing the ``>>>`` prompt in a new window. If so, the window will disappear -after you enter the Ctrl-Z character; Windows is running a single "python" +after you enter the :kbd:`Ctrl-Z` character; Windows is running a single "python" command in the window, and closes it when you terminate the interpreter. If the ``python`` command, instead of displaying the interpreter prompt ``>>>``, @@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ you should make sure that entering the command :: c:\Python33\python -starts up the interpreter as above (and don't forget you'll need a "CTRL-Z" and -an "Enter" to get out of it). Once you have verified the directory, you can +starts up the interpreter as above (and don't forget you'll need a ":kbd:`Ctrl-Z`" and +an ":kbd:`Enter`" to get out of it). Once you have verified the directory, you can add it to the system path to make it easier to start Python by just running the ``python`` command. This is currently an option in the installer as of CPython 3.3. @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ Prior to Python 2.7 and 3.2, to terminate a process, you can use :mod:`ctypes`:: return (0 != kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, 0)) In 2.7 and 3.2, :func:`os.kill` is implemented similar to the above function, -with the additional feature of being able to send CTRL+C and CTRL+BREAK +with the additional feature of being able to send :kbd:`Ctrl+C` and :kbd:`Ctrl+Break` to console subprocesses which are designed to handle those signals. See :func:`os.kill` for further details. |