Index: pydoc.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/pydoc.py,v
retrieving revision 1.81
diff -u -r1.81 pydoc.py
--- pydoc.py	30 Mar 2003 20:31:34 -0000	1.81
+++ pydoc.py	23 Apr 2003 11:45:31 -0000
@@ -1550,16 +1550,22 @@
     def interact(self):
         self.output.write('\n')
         while True:
-            self.output.write('help> ')
-            self.output.flush()
             try:
-                request = self.input.readline()
-                if not request: break
-            except KeyboardInterrupt: break
+                request = self.getline('help> ')
+            except EOFError: break
             request = strip(replace(request, '"', '', "'", ''))
             if lower(request) in ['q', 'quit']: break
             self.help(request)
 
+    def getline(self, prompt):
+        self.output.write('help> ')
+        self.output.flush()
+        try:
+            request = self.input.readline()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt: request = ""
+        if not request: raise EOFError
+        return request
+
     def help(self, request):
         if type(request) is type(''):
             if request == 'help': self.intro()
@@ -1690,7 +1696,17 @@
 for modules whose descriptions contain the word "spam".
 ''')
 
-help = Helper(sys.stdin, sys.stdout)
+class ConsoleHelper(Helper):
+    def __init__(self):
+        Helper.__init__(self, sys.stdin, sys.stdout)
+
+    def getline(self, prompt):
+        try:
+            request = raw_input(prompt)
+        except KeyboardInterrupt: raise EOFError
+        return request
+
+help = ConsoleHelper()
 
 class Scanner:
     """A generic tree iterator."""