On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 at 08:10, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > What's really weird about the docs is that when it is described it > doesn't even _mention_ that it provides command-line recall and > editing: > > It just talks about manipulating history files and about > tab-completion of Python identfiers. The last sentence mentions that > settings affect both the REPL prompt and the prompts offered by the > built-in input() function. >
Ah. Yes, that's because the **module** doesn't provide command-line recall and editing. It does affect the input() builtin, as is mentioned, but mainly, the module is to configure readline, not to ask for a line of text. It's a bit confusing, but very useful. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
