Python console printing issue

[jaxankey]

Description of your problem

The python console is printing some things incorrectly:

What steps will reproduce the problem?

In the python console (not ipython), type
>>> print("a\nb")

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

One should see this

>>> print("a\nb")
a
b
>>>

but I see this:

>>> print('a\nb')
a
b>> >


>>> 

Please provide any additional information below

This issue also leads to strange behavior whenever an exception is raised (sometimes it is only partially printed and I must hit enter a few times to see the rest). This behavior is reproducible across several Windows computers, but behaves correctly on my Linux Mint box (though on linux, the little >>>'s aren't red).

Versions and main components

• Spyder Version: 3.0.2
• Python Version: Python 3.5 (Anaconda3-4.2.0, 64-bit)
• Operating system: Windows 10

[ccordoba12]

This is sort of a duplicate of issue #1831.

Please use the IPython Console instead because we're planning to remove the Python console in a future release.