Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:52 -0500, Roy Smith wrote: > > > Another possibility is setting your TERM environment variable to > > something that readline can't support: > > > > ~$ TERM=asr33 > > ~$ python > > Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:49) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. > > build 5646)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" > > for more information. Cannot read termcap database; > > using dumb terminal settings. > > Cannot read termcap database; > > using dumb terminal settings. > > Cannot read termcap database; > > using dumb terminal settings. > > > Damn, my python is smarter than your python. > > steve@runes:~$ TERM=asr33 > steve@runes:~$ python > Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Dec 27 2010, 00:02:40) > [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> > > And readline continues to work :/ >
Two things: o Is TERM exported? Maybe Roy's is and yours isn't. o Is asr33 in your termcap database? Try export TERM=dumb perhaps? Nick > > I think I'll install from source a build with readline disabled. > > > > BTW, readline is the coolest, awesomist, most frabjulously gnarly thing > > to be invented since the pointed stick. The idea that somebody would > > want to turn it off (even for testing) disturbs me deeply. > > I know! I don't use more than about 1% of what readline offers, but I > can't imagine not using it. > > > > -- > Steven > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
