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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst index 8799cf2..d09d7ce 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst @@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ New Features A Better Interactive Interpreter -------------------------------- -On Unix-like systems like Linux or macOS, Python now uses a new -:term:`interactive` shell. When the user starts the :term:`REPL` from an -interactive terminal, and both :mod:`curses` and :mod:`readline` are -available, the interactive shell now supports the following new features: +On Unix-like systems like Linux or macOS as well as Windows, Python now +uses a new :term:`interactive` shell. When the user starts the +:term:`REPL` from an interactive terminal the interactive shell now +supports the following new features: * Colorized prompts. * Multiline editing with history preservation. @@ -174,10 +174,13 @@ available, the interactive shell now supports the following new features: If the new interactive shell is not desired, it can be disabled via the :envvar:`PYTHON_BASIC_REPL` environment variable. +The new shell requires :mod:`curses` on Unix-like systems. + For more on interactive mode, see :ref:`tut-interac`. (Contributed by Pablo Galindo Salgado, Łukasz Langa, and -Lysandros Nikolaou in :gh:`111201` based on code from the PyPy project.) +Lysandros Nikolaou in :gh:`111201` based on code from the PyPy project. +Windows support contributed by Dino Viehland and Anthony Shaw.) .. _whatsnew313-improved-error-messages: |