Readline module

[Michael Hudson]

Jonathan Daugherty <cygnus at cprogrammer.org> writes:

> Hello all,
> 
> I've read some posts here talking about the fact that the 'readline'
> module packaged with python is only good for augmenting the behavior
> of the interactive interpreter.

Um, this seems a stretch.

> Can anyone recommend a readline-style alternative for building an
> app with an interactive prompt (on Linux, python 2.3)?

My pyrepl library is designed for exactly that:

    http://codespeak.net/pyrepl

Cheers,
mwh

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