Python + libedit woes

[Joshua Root]

On 2015-9-16 15:00 , Eric A. Borisch wrote:
>> On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2015-9-16 11:42 , Eric A. Borisch wrote:
>>>> Any thoughts on this? Are most users not impacted, or have most not
>>>> tried?
>>>>
>>>> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48807
>>>> <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48807#comment:15>
>>>>
>>>> I'm clearly not the only one. :)
>>>>
>>>>   - Eric
>>> [...]
>>> I don't see the other more serious problems though. It may have
>>> something to do with the declared terminal type?
>>>
>>> - Josh
>>
>>
>> I also have one system where it is working, and another where it is not. If
>> there was ever a need for an interrobang, this is it.
> 
> Eureka.
> 
> It appears the problem exists (on my two systems) whenever
> py27-readline is not installed. Can others confirm this? Still not
> quite sure what to think of that, but it's progress...

I was just about to suggest installing py-readline as an alternative
workaround. Its readline module overrides the built-in one.

I don't have it installed though...

- Josh