Thank you! I should have thought to google "readline".
-- Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: macports-users <macports-users-boun...@lists.macports.org> on behalf of
Joshua Root <j...@macports.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 6:17 PM
To: "macports-users@lists.macports.org" <macports-users@lists.macports.org>
Subject: Re: python3, tabs, and Terminal
On 2022-10-13 08:05 , Joshua Root wrote:
> Langer, Stephen A. (Fed) wrote:
>
>> I don’t know if I have something wrong in my settings or expectations,
>> or if this is a bug. Typing a tab in an Apple Terminal window while
>> using any version of Python3 from MacPorts makes the terminal enter
>> some kind of editing mode, instead of just indenting the line.
>> Python2 from MacPorts doesn't do this, and neither does Python3 from
>> Apple, which makes me think that it's some kind of Python
>> configuration issue in MacPorts. The same thing happens when using
>> iTerm2.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> % python3
>> Python 3.8.15 (default, Oct 12 2022, 03:09:36)
>> [Clang 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)] on darwin
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> >>>/def f(): /<tab><tab> <--- anything typed here brings up old lines
>> from other sessions, when I just want to indent
> Do you see this with newer python versions? I don't see it in 3.10,
> FWIW. I remember there were some bugs with libedit support in older
> versions.
>
> You can try installing py38-gnureadline, which will override the
> built-in readline module.
>
> - Josh
>
Turns out this is a feature:
<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.python.org%2F3%2Flibrary%2Fsite.html%23rlcompleter-config&data=05%7C01%7Cstephen.langer%40nist.gov%7C1a0e3453f45e4f8aef1c08daac9f84b3%7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C1%7C0%7C638012098373708017%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sZEqXdM2EUdaJAXyY%2FrOSWPHS61IbV1Eu%2Frk7JMiUbg%3D&reserved=0>
- Josh
