I'm having an issue using IPython that may be related to readline, which I am pursuing on the IPython mailing list.
I had my self-built version of readline 5.1 installed in /usr/local/ include, and I patched and reinstalled it, which was one theory for fixing the problem, but no go. I'm just curious about the readline component of the Universal MacPython 2.4.3 release. http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/category/python/ says: "Includes a working bsddb, readline, and curses." Where is that readline installed? Who trumps who, a readline I have installed in /usr/local/include, or MacPython's readline? Does the installer check for the presence of readline, and make decisions accordingly? Just trying to get the lay of the land in order to isolate the problem. Here is my post to IPython, for context. Cheers, Mike --- If I partially (or completely) enter a command onto a line, then hit the up arrow, I cannot scroll back through history, and worse, if I hit up twice, or hit up then down, I get a bus error and am ejected from ipython. In the following, I type in "print range" then hit the up arrow twice: ~ $ ipython Python 2.4.3 (#1, Apr 7 2006, 10:54:33) Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. IPython 0.7.1.fix1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. ? -> Introduction to IPython's features. %magic -> Information about IPython's 'magic' % functions. help -> Python's own help system. object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more. In [1]: print rangeBus error ~ $ ipython That "ipython" after the last prompt is not typed in by me, it is accessed in the bash history by the second "up" I send. If I do "up" then "down", I'm dumped out to a bare prompt ~ $. --- _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
