Python shell on mac os x

[Bert Heymans]

On Mar 16, 4:08 am, a... at mac.com (Alex Martelli) wrote:
> Bert Heymans <bert.heym... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
>
> > I'm using iTerm on the mac the keymapping isn't right. On Linux and
> > Windows it's really nice to be able to hit up to get the previous
> > command. Does anyone know a way to get the Pyhton shell to work like
> > on other systems, I always get this when I hit the direction keys:
>
> > >>> ^[OA^[OC^[OD
>
> > I've been looking for the correct mappings but can't find a proper
> > reference online nor what the Python shell expects. Any help would be
> > greatly appreciated! Hints/suggestions on keywords to use in a search
> > on Google are always welcome :) I don't know where to begin looking
> > for this kind of information.
>
> The Python 2.3.5 bundled with MacOSX doesn't come with readline.
> Download 2.5 (or if you must 2.4) for the Mac fromwww.python.organd
> live happily ever after.
>
> E.g. (I'm hitting an up-arrow the 2nd time, then control-D next time):
>
> brain:~ alex$ python2.3
> Python 2.3.5 (#1, Jan 13 2006, 20:13:11)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> 2+2
> 4
> >>> ^[[A
>
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>     ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax>>> ^D
>
> brain:~ alex$ python2.4
> Python 2.4.3 (#1, Apr  7 2006, 10:54:33)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> 2+2
> 4
> >>> 2+2
> 4
>
> brain:~ alex$
>
> Alex

Wow, thanks for pointing that out Alex! I wasn't even hoping a
solution could be that simple :s