command history broken in Python2.3 ?

[Nicola Mingotti]

Hello ,

I'm tring Python 2.3 ( on source and binary distribution ,
on Linux and Windows ) and i think
the command history doesn't work .

When i use the Up-Arrow in Python2.3
started in an xterm i get '^[[A' .
In IDLE under Windows using Alt-p produce nothig .
In IDLE under Linux Alt-p works !! .

Do you have the same behavior in you
interpreter ?

Bye .

(p.s. please forgive english mistakes )

[vincent wehren]

Nicola Mingotti wrote:

Hello ,

I'm tring Python 2.3 ( on source and binary distribution ,
on Linux and Windows ) and i think
the command history doesn't work .

When i use the Up-Arrow in Python2.3
started in an xterm i get '^[[A' .
In IDLE under Windows using Alt-p produce nothig .
In IDLE under Linux Alt-p works !! .

Do you have the same behavior in you
interpreter ?

Bye .

(p.s. please forgive english mistakes )

Just installed 2.3 final release on Linux
Same problem here...

Vincent Wehren

[Martin v. Löwis]

Nicola Mingotti <ni********************@libero.it> writes:

When i use the Up-Arrow in Python2.3
started in an xterm i get '^[[A' .
In IDLE under Windows using Alt-p produce nothig .
In IDLE under Linux Alt-p works !! .

Do you have the same behavior in you
interpreter ?

Can you determine whether the readline module was built (import
readline)?

Regards,
Martin

[John J. Lee]

- readline module (or maybe incorrectly picked termlib instead of
+ readline library (or maybe incorrectly picked termlib instead of
John

[Nicola Mingotti]

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 17:35:31 +0200, Nicola Mingotti wrote:

Hello ,

... John and Martin spoke of termcap and readline ... there it was :)

.... I hadn't installed two C libraries that were needed :
'readline' and 'termcap' . After installing them i re-configured/compiled
python and now commands history works fine .
But under windows , where i have only the binary version
at hands , the problem remains ...

bye .

Nico

[Alex Martelli]

Nicola Mingotti wrote:

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 17:35:31 +0200, Nicola Mingotti wrote:

Hello ,

... John and Martin spoke of termcap and readline ... there it was :)

... I hadn't installed two C libraries that were needed :
'readline' and 'termcap' . After installing them i re-configured/compiled
python and now commands history works fine .
But under windows , where i have only the binary version
at hands , the problem remains ...

Have you tried installing Gonnerman's "Alternative Readline",
http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/readline.html ? I have
found it extremely useful to gain the gist of readline's
functionality on Windows installatons of Python.
Alex

[sean]

Readline for Python on Windows, get it here....

http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/PyRead...-4.0p22.tar.gz

You will need the mingw compiler to build it I seem to remember. It
works like a charm.

Sean
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[Nicola Mingotti]

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 09:54:28 +0200, Alex Martelli wrote:

Have you tried installing Gonnerman's "Alternative Readline",
http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/readline.html ? I have found it
extremely useful to gain the gist of readline's functionality on Windows
installatons of Python.
-- Alex

yes , only now , and it works .

thank you .
bye.

[Syver Enstad]

Alex Martelli <al***@aleax.it> writes:

Have you tried installing Gonnerman's "Alternative Readline",
http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/readline.html ? I have
found it extremely useful to gain the gist of readline's
functionality on Windows installatons of Python.

Ehemm... How do you use readline? What should it do?

Does it work on 2.3? I tried installing but the readline function had
a different function prototype so I guess it doesn't work.
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Vennlig hilsen

Syver Enstad

[Chris Gonnerman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Syver Enstad" <sy*************@online.no>

Alex Martelli <al***@aleax.it> writes:

Have you tried installing Gonnerman's "Alternative Readline",
http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/readline.html ? I have
found it extremely useful to gain the gist of readline's
functionality on Windows installatons of Python.

Ehemm... How do you use readline? What should it do?

Does it work on 2.3? I tried installing but the readline function had
a different function prototype so I guess it doesn't work.

I don't have a version for 2.3 yet. Give me time, and
I'll get it built (after I download the 2.3 installer and
build a MinGW32 import library for it).

Chris Gonnerman -- ch*************@newcenturycomputers.net
http://newcenturycomputers.net