Python console is not handling raw_input correctly on Windows

[Travis42]

Command Window causes raw_input() to malfunction

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. program contains x = raw_input('> ')
   print 'You typed ', x
2. execution from command window produces nothing, user presses enter
3. output is >You typed
   (exits)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
In Powershell, the program works as it should, but in Command Window within Spyder, it gets the order backward, expecting input before any prompt is displayed on the screen.

Please provide any additional information below

Version and main components

• Spyder Version: 2.3.5.2
• Python Version: 2.7.6
• Qt Versions: 4.8.6, PyQt4 (API v2) 4.10.4 on Windows

Optional dependencies

pyflakes >=0.5.0:  0.9.2 (OK)
pep8 >=0.6      :  1.6.2 (OK)
IPython >=1.0   :  3.2.0 (OK)
zmq >=2.1.11    :  14.7.0 (OK)
pygments >=1.6  :  2.0.2 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1 :  0.16.2 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6  :  1.3.1 (OK)
rope >=0.9.2    :  0.9.4 (OK)
jedi >=0.8.1    :  0.8.1 (OK)
matplotlib >=1.0:  1.4.3 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3   :  0.7.6 (OK)
pylint >=0.25   :  1.4.2 (OK)

[ccordoba12]

Thanks for reporting. Please try to use an IPython console to see if things work as expected there.

[Travis42]

I will...right after I figure out how to import data/commands from the
command line (argv). I've looked for how to do this for hours. I realize
that Spyder is designed for best use with ipython, but I'm just a beginner
user at the moment, doing pre-defined lessons.

Travis

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Carlos Cordoba [email protected]
wrote:

Thanks for reporting. Please try to use an IPython console to see if
things work as expected there.

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[ccordoba12]

Closing because the Python console is going to be removed in Spyder 3.2.

Please see issue #4524 for our reasons to do this.