On 8/17/06, Simon Willison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've just got my hands on a MacBook Pro, but the old trick for getting > readline running for Python no longer works: > > $ python `python -c "import pimp; print pimp.__file__"` -i readline > Traceback (most recent call last): > ... <snip> ... > urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found > > Further investigation shows that the URL in question is: > > http://www.python.org/packman/version-0.5/prod-2.3-darwin_apple-8.7.1-i386.plist > > The files in http://www.python.org/packman/version-0.5/ haven't been > touched since April of last year. > > What's the current recommended way of getting readline running with > the python 2.3.5 that comes with Intel macs?
Install universal Python 2.4, it comes with readline. Otherwise, you have to build it yourself. -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
