On 8 14 , 2 44 , Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i have a question. > > when i run Interactive Interpreter in linux command promt,how can i > > move the cursor. > > for example,when i enter a string,i often enter the quotation mark "" > > first,and the move the cursor inside the mark to enter the string,in > > windows,it is ok.but when i do that in linux,pressing the "left" key > > will just print "^[[D" in the screen ,but not what i want. > > so , how can i move the cursor Interactive Interpreter in linux? > > i've googled and find nothing useful.who i tell me what to do? > > Python uses GNU readline for cursor movements. The Python version that ships > with your distribution should work out of the box. If you compile Python > yourself make sure that the development package (not just the binary) is > installed. For Suse this is readline-devel. > > Peter
thanks for your reply I thought maybe i just didn't install readline correctly,so i deleted python and tried to re-compile the source code(I downloaded the .bz2 version).This time ,I found in the "./Modules/Setup" the description for "readline": # GNU readline. Unlike previous Python incarnations, GNU readline is # now incorporated in an optional module, configured in the Setup file # instead of by a configure script switch. You may have to insert a # -L option pointing to the directory where libreadline.* lives, # and you may have to change -ltermcap to -ltermlib or perhaps remove # it, depending on your system -- see the GNU readline instructions. # It's okay for this to be a shared library, too. #readline readline.c -lreadline -ltermcap dont know exactly what to do,I just delete the "#" mark in the line "#readline readline.c -lreadline -ltermcap " , then tried to "configure","make",but errors of readline occor here. what am i supposed to do to install the module GNU readline correctly then? thanks by the way,my linux is Mandriva 10 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
