python doesn't make input/output to emacs shell buffer

[leo]

hi there

i'm running python 2.3.3 on cygwin-windows and mac osx.

on both systems, i can create a shell buffer and it works as expected: it
accepts input processes it on RET shows the output in the buffer, etc...

however when i call python interactivly in this shell buffer python doesn't
accept any input and therefore doesn't do any output at all -- until i kill
the shell with C-c C-d: then python processes all the input characters i hav
typed, writes its output to the buffer and quits. after that the shell quits
obviously as well.

so, python works kind of correct, buffer the input output transfer to the
buffer is not done interactivly.

any clue?

thanks, leo