Pasting multiple lines into IDLE

Question

Is there a way to paste a block of code into IDLE? Pasting line by line works, but sometimes I\'d like to paste many lines at once. When I try, IDLE reads the first line and

Answer 1

Probably not the most beautiful procedure, but this works:

cmds = '''

paste your commands, followed by ''':

a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
'''

Then exec(cmds) will execute them.

Or more directly,

exec('''

then paste your commands, followed by '''):

a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
''')

It's just a trick, maybe there's a more official, elegant way.