Python + libedit woes

[Eric A. Borisch]

On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:

> On 2015-9-16 15:00 , Eric A. Borisch wrote:
> >> On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org
> <javascript:;>> 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
>

This successfully treats the symptom, but not the cause, then.

I'm up for further testing, but I'm running out of ideas... I was hoping
you had it installed -- its presence or absence makes my two machines at
least at the same.

  - Eric
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