Clarified what Python versions the interactivity chapter applies to,

and what it doesn't apply to.
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@ -3603,7 +3603,15 @@ input line and history substitution, similar to facilities found in
the Korn shell and the GNU Bash shell. This is implemented using the
\emph{GNU Readline} library, which supports Emacs-style and vi-style
editing. This library has its own documentation which I won't
duplicate here; however, the basics are easily explained.
duplicate here; however, the basics are easily explained. The
interactive editing and history described here are optionally
available in the \UNIX{} and CygWin versions of the interpreter.
This chapter does \emph{not} document the editing facilities of Mark
Hammond's PythonWin package or the Tk-based environment, IDLE,
distributed with Python. The command line history recall which
operates within DOS boxes on NT and some other DOS and Windows flavors
is yet another beast.
\section{Line Editing \label{lineEditing}}