diff --git a/docs/source/interactive/qtconsole.txt b/docs/source/interactive/qtconsole.txt index 49f8de6..9a04a96 100644 --- a/docs/source/interactive/qtconsole.txt +++ b/docs/source/interactive/qtconsole.txt @@ -322,10 +322,20 @@ Regressions =========== There are some features, where the qt console lags behind the Terminal -frontend. We hope to have these fixed by 0.11 release. +frontend: * !cmd input: Due to our use of pexpect, we cannot pass input to subprocesses - launched using the '!' escape. (this will not be fixed). + launched using the '!' escape, so you should never call a command that + requires interactive input. For such cases, use the terminal IPython. This + will not be fixed, as abandoning pexpect would significantly degrade the + console experience. + +* Use of ``\b`` and ``\r`` characters in the console: these are control + characters that allow the cursor to move backwards on a line, and are used to + display things like in-place progress bars in a terminal. We currently do + not support this, but it is being tracked as issue 629_. + +.. _629: https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/629 .. [PyQt] PyQt4 http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download .. [pygments] Pygments http://pygments.org/