InteractiveConsole History on Linux

[Chris Spencer]

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()