Paul Moore schrieb: > I run Python on Windows. I have the (pure Python) pyreadline package > installed for (occasional) use by IPython. However, when I use the > normal Python interactive prompt, the mere fact that the readline > module exists means that it gets used. > > Is there a way of disabling this? (Preferably by default, rather than > on a per-session basis). > > I don't want to get into usability arguments, but the standard Windows > command line history and editing is fine for me, and consistency with > other apps is more important in this case than configurability (or any > other benefits of readline). And yes, the default behaviour of > readline *is* different, in small but irritating ways.
This has also disturbed me. However, tab-completion is really nice sometimes. I wonder if there is a way to to configure readline to that it behaves on 'up' or 'down' keypresses in the same way as the windows console. Does someone have such a configuration? Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list