Win32 python: odd behavior when run via ssh

Thorsten Kampe thorsten at thorstenkampe.de
Sat Feb 2 10:37:32 EST 2008


* Gabriel Genellina (Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:13:27 -0200)
> En Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:31:06 -0200, Ross Ridge  
> <rridge at caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> escribió:
> > If you're using the offficial Win32 port of Python than you
> > probably want to use the Cygwin version because Win32 version
> > doesn't support readline anyways.
> 
> I don't understand the comment. Most of the readline functionality
> is already present on Windows XP (command history, up/down arrows,
> edit entry with left/right arrows, choose entry from list,
> autocompletion, separate buffers for each program...).

Not at all readline compares to Cmd editing like Python to BASIC. If 
in doubt, read the readline manpage.

Thorsten



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