I'm getting input for a program while it's running by using raw_input in a loop in separate thread. This works except for the inconvenience of not having a command history or the use of backspace etc.
That can be solved by loading the readline module; however, it results in a loss of visible access to the terminal when the program ends: nothing is echoed to the screen and the history is invisible (although it is there - hitting return executes whatever should be there normally). The only way to get it back is to close the terminal and open a new one. Here is minimal code that reproduces the problem (python 2.5 on Linux): from threading import Thread import readline get_input = Thread(target=raw_input) get_input.setDaemon(True) get_input.start() If the thread is not set to daemon mode, there is no such problem (don't know why this makes a difference), but in the real program, it needs to be a daemon or it hangs the exit waiting for more input. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
