command history broken in Python2.3 ?

[John J. Lee]

vincent wehren <vincent at visualtrans.de> writes:

> Nicola Mingotti wrote:
[...]
> > the command history doesn't work .
> > 
> > When i use the Up-Arrow in Python2.3
> > started in an xterm i get '^[[A' .
> > In IDLE under Windows using Alt-p produce nothig .

Don't know about that.


> > In IDLE under Linux Alt-p works !! .
> > 
> > Do you have the same behavior in you
> > interpreter ?
[...]
> Just installed 2.3 final release on Linux
> Same problem here...

But this probably just means the setup scripts didn't find your
readline module (or maybe incorrectly picked termlib instead of
termcap, or vice-versa).  IIRC you can just edit Modules/Config and
re-make -- search for 'readline' in that file and see the comment
there.


John