Using gnu readline in my own python program?

[Thomas Lotze]

sboyle55 wrote:

> Hi...I'm a newbie to python, and very confused.  I'm writing a simple
> program and want the user to be able to edit a line that I display using
> the full gnu readline capabilitites.  (For example, control+a to go to the
> beginning of the line.)
> 
> Then I want to be able to read the line after it's been edited...

Probably the built-in function raw_input already does what you want. It
uses readline if available.

-- 
Thomas