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Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:08:54 -0500
From:	Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To:	Gary Bishop <gb AT cs DOT unc DOT edu>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Readline not working in python?
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Gary,

On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 10:10:42AM -0500, Gary Bishop wrote:
> Any hints on how to get it to work?

Do you have a .pythonrc.py like the attached?

> In Python 2.1.1 (#12 Oct 5 2001, 08:16:52) ...

BTW, is this a Python 2.1.1 that you built yourself?

Jason

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try:
	import readline
except ImportError:
	print "Module readline not available."
else:
	import rlcompleter
	readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")

	import os
	histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".python_history")
	try:
		readline.read_history_file(histfile)
	except IOError:
		pass
	import atexit
	atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
	del os, histfile


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