On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Aahz <a...@pythoncraft.com> wrote: > In article <mailman.1787.1265117353.28905.python-l...@python.org>, > Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: >>On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:24 AM, mk <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Is there an easy way to get an editing (readline) in Python that would >>> contain string for editing and would not just be empty? >>> >>> I googled but found nothing. >> >>Er...: http://docs.python.org/library/readline.html >>It's the third hit for "python readline". >> >>Actually reading the page, sounds like you want readline.insert_text() >>specifically. > > That seems a tad harsh, especially after reading the docs and following > Peter Otten's link. It's not at all obvious how to actually use > insert_text(), and although I probably could have figured it out on my > own, I might well have posted here myself. Did you try using > insert_text() before posting?
No; I've never used the readline module for that matter. I was just giving a (hopefully helpful) suggestion based on a quick scan of the docs (hence the tentative "sounds like"). The OP's comment about finding /nothing/ on Google made it sound as though they hadn't located/checked the readline module docs. In retrospect, I might have misinterpreted in that regard; but in my defense, if they did check the docs, it might have been good to say so, and if they had found insert_text(), they ought to have made their question more specific. Cheers, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list