Re: Character mode for comint?

[Antoine Levitt]

29/10/11 17:15, Andreas Schwab
> Antoine Levitt <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> In term-mode, I can switch between line-mode and character-mode via C-c
>> C-j, C-c C-k. In comint buffers (for instance: emacs -Q, M-x
>> run-python), there is only the default line-based input mode. I'd like
>> to be able to input characters directly. Is there a simple way that
>> could be done?
>
> What's wrong with using term-mode in the first place?
>
> Andreas.

Because then you don't benefit from the emacs interaction features of
the various python modes, like sending the current
buffer/region/defun. If your question is "why are these features
implemented with comint rather than term-mode", I have no clue.