On Nov 18, 7:31 pm, Minh Nguyen <nguyenmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alasdair, > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Alasdair <amc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm using, as far as I know, the newest sage on the newest Ubuntu. > > However, tab completion of a command moves the cursor back towards the > > beginning of the line (in fact,over the "a" of the "Sage: " prompt). > > I can keep typing, and the command will be recognized, even though it > > appears to be overwriting itself. > > > How can I fix this little problem? > > I'm also on an Ubuntu 9.10 machine. Prior to compiling Sage, I > installed readline, its development headers, and other necessary > software as detailed on the source download page [1]. I then proceed > to compile Sage 4.2. After Sage finished compiling, I load Sage, type > in Matrix and hit tab. I didn't experience the problem you described. > I have a feeling it's to do with the readline library, but I may be > wrong. I have experienced a similar problem on a SPARC machine running > Solaris. Another thing to try is delete your ~/.sage directory and > then load Sage again. > > [1]http://www.sagemath.org/download-source.html > > -- > Regards > Minh Van Nguyen
I had what sounds like a similar problem, and it was discussed in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support/browse_frm/thread/dda4b0dc74dc946f/5cd5c47d2f24b766?lnk=gst&q=readline#5cd5c47d2f24b766 In particular, Minh's suggestion of installing libreadline5-dev fixed it for me. John -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
