KeyboardInterrupt in Windows?

Question

How to generate a KeyboardInterrupt in Windows?

while True:
    try:
        print 'running'
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        break

I expected CTRL+C to stop this program but it doesn't work.

Please, specify WHERE it doesn't work and how do you use it - otherwise we are unable to help you, we aren't clairvoyants... :) — Mikhail Churbanov
– Mikhail Churbanov, Commented Sep 1, 2009 at 8:27

luc · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-01 09:39:59Z

2

Your code is working ok when ran into a windows console.

Ctrl+C generating a KeyboardInterrupt is a console feature. If you run it from a text editor like SciTE, it will not work.

answered Sep 1, 2009 at 9:39

luc

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That's right, it works fine when run from Vim (who starts a console) both on Linux and Windows. Thanks for the tip.