InteractiveConsole History on Linux

[Robert Kern]

Chris Spencer wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
>> Chris Spencer wrote:
>>> Why does code.InteractiveConsole support command history on Windows, 
>>> but not in a Gnome terminal (all I get is ^[[A^[[B)? Or does it not 
>>> support history at all, and the Windows console is implementing it's 
>>> own? Is there any way to get command history working with 
>>> InteractiveConsole on Linux?
>> Be sure that the readline module is installed.
> 
> Yeah, "import readline" works just fine. My problem isn't hard to 
> replicate. Can anyone else on Linux get command history to work with the 
> following code? Note, it should be saved and run from a file.
> 
> from code import InteractiveConsole
> i = InteractiveConsole(globals())
> i.interact()

You will also have to make sure that you import readline, too. This works for me:

import readline
from code import InteractiveConsole
i = InteractiveConsole(globals())
i.interact()

-- 
Robert Kern

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  an underlying truth."
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