I was just going to say the same thing. Getting this to work and then GVim, and I will be quite happy.
On 10/26/07, Boyd Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oops, I spoke too soon when I said that readline support with > Leopard's Python works for me with IPython. > > Many things DO work, but tab-completion does NOT. > > I am trying to get tab completion working. > > Forget IPython, just try this "unit test" of rlcompleter with the > Python that ships with Leopard: > > See http://docs.python.org/lib/module-rlcompleter.html > > Launch python from a Terminal shell prompt. > at the prompt, type the following commands: > import rlcompleter > import readline > readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete") > > Now, try it out: start some input, then hit the Tab key to get some > possible completions: > > readline. <TAB PRESSED> > > The tab is passed as raw input, and the completer does not give any > completions. > > Tried with both Terminal and xterm. > > > Reported as Apple Bug # 5563035 > > I've also asked the IPython devs for help - and volunteered to get > this resolved somehow for them -- but I don't think it's an IPython > problem (since you can do this from "raw" interactive python). > > Here's hoping... > > > - boyd > > > Boyd Waters > Mac Programmer > National Radio Astronomy Observatory > http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~bwaters > > > On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Noah Gift wrote: > > > Edward, > > > > Thanks for the information. Do you know of a way to get IPython to > > use edline instead? IPython is growing in popularity for Python > > programmers, and it seems like getting a way forward that works with > > edline makes sense, or maybe I am wrong and people will need to just > > manually install readline themselves. > > > > Noah > > > > On 10/22/07, Edward Moy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 21, 2007, at 10:51 PM, Noah Gift wrote: > > > >> I have been getting ready for the official leopard release in a few > >> days, and have been a bit worried about readline support. I forgot > >> what I did to get it to work for IPython, which I absolutely cannot > >> live without anymore. Is there a plan for a Leopard binary that > >> fixes readline, or can I help someone prepare some documentation on > >> getting readline working properly. I don't have a lot of time > >> during the next couple of weeks to get into compile hell, but if > >> someone has any easy fix to get readline to work, I would greatly > >> appreciate it. > > > > > > The installed version of python on Leopard will actually have > > readline support turned on by default, but it uses the EditLine > > (libedit) library, not the GNU Readline (due to licensing reasons). > > While functionally equivalent, the command syntax is different. > > From the python(1) man page: > > > > > > INTERACTIVE INPUT EDITING AND HISTORY SUBSTITUTION > > The Python inteterpreter supports editing of the current > > input line and > > history substitution, similar to facilities found in the Korn > > shell and > > the GNU Bash shell. However, rather than being implemented > > using the > > GNU Readline library, this Python interpreter uses the > > BSD EditLine > > library editline(3) with a GNU Readline emulation layer. > > > > > > The readline module provides the access to the EditLine > > library, but > > there are a few major differences compared to a traditional > > implementa- > > tion using the Readline library. The command language > > used in the > > preference files is that of EditLine, as described in > > editrc(5) and not > > that used by the Readline library. This also means > > that the > > parse_and_bind() routines uses EditLine commands. And the > > preference > > file itself is ~/.editrc instead of ~/.inputrc. > > > > > > For example, the rlcompleter module, which defines a > > completion func- > > tion for the readline modules, works correctly with > > the EditLine > > libraries, but needs to be initialized somewhat differently: > > > > > > import rlcompleter > > import readline > > readline.parse_and_bind ("bind ^I rl_complete") > > > > > > For vi mode, one needs: > > > > > > readline.parse_and_bind("bind -v") > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Edward Moy > > Apple Computer, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > >
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