On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote: > Hello, > > I'm puzzled as to why python2 doesn't use readline. I'm learning Python > and really liked command line capabilities that 1.5.2 + readline > provided. However, python2 doesn't seem to utilize readline leading to > some horrible experience for someone like me who makes a lot of > mistypings. > Does anybody know how to wrestle python2 into using readline?
I think it is a bug; python2 is Python-2.0.1, so readline should be uncommented in Setup because 2.0.1 is supposed to be GPL compatible. <shrug> The Python-2.1.1 packages in http://people.debian.org/~flight/ have been working ok for me, or you can build 2.0 yourself under /usr/local. - Bruce
