Problems with interpreter

[Boris Breidenbach]

Hello!

I recently switched from Python2.1, which was installed on my system, to
Pyhton2.3, which I compiled on my own and installed it in my $HOME. For some
reason the interpreter of Python2.3 does no longer recognize the arrow keys.
Instead of showing the last command on [ARROW UP], I get a strange escape
sequence ^[OA. Why does it behave like that? Did I miss a configure option?
I would be grateful for any suggestion.

Cheers, Boris

[vincent wehren]

Re: Problems with interpreter

"Boris Breidenbach" <boris@rhodos.i tap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:slrnbteh8f .807.boris@rhod os.itap.physik. uni-stuttgart.de...
| Hello!
|
| I recently switched from Python2.1, which was installed on my system, to
| Pyhton2.3, which I compiled on my own and installed it in my $HOME. For
some
| reason the interpreter of Python2.3 does no longer recognize the arrow
keys.
| Instead of showing the last command on [ARROW UP], I get a strange escape
| sequence ^[OA. Why does it behave like that? Did I miss a configure
option?

Your Python23 was probably compiled without readline...

See

http://groups.google.nl/groups?hl=nl&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=87lluaeiy9.fsf%40pobox.com

HTH

Vincent Wehren



| I would be grateful for any suggestion.
|
| Cheers, Boris
|