Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I'm reading the part of the tutorial that talks about tab-completion, and > I think the docs are wrong. > > http://docs.python.org/tutorial/interactive.html#key-bindings > > The "more capable startup file" example given claims: > > # Add auto-completion and a stored history file of commands to your Python > # interactive interpreter. Requires Python 2.0+, readline. Autocomplete is > # bound to the Esc key by default (you can change it - see readline docs). > > but I have tried it, and it doesn't seem to actually bind autocomplete to > anything. > > Is this a documentation bug, or am I doing something wrong?
I've just tried it on Kubuntu's konsole. I see strange reactions: After typing "imp" I have to hit ESC three times before "ort" is added, and afterwards a character is swallowed. However, I can get the expected behaviour after binding the key explicitly with >>> import readline >>> readline.parse_and_bind("esc: complete") I'm not sure whether Python is to blame or Ubuntu; it may be an interference with konsole's key bindings. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list