diff --git a/IPython/frontend/linefrontendbase.py b/IPython/frontend/linefrontendbase.py
index 959554c..d0e82ba 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/linefrontendbase.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/linefrontendbase.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class LineFrontEndBase(FrontEndBase):
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def prefilter_input(self, string):
-        """ Priflter the input to turn it in valid python.
+        """ Prefilter the input to turn it in valid python.
         """
         string = string.replace('\r\n', '\n')
         string = string.replace('\t', 4*' ')
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
index 743ce2c..631f6b9 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class ConsoleWidget(editwindow.EditWindow):
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def __init__(self, parent, id=wx.ID_ANY, pos=wx.DefaultPosition, 
-                        size=wx.DefaultSize, style=0, ):
+                        size=wx.DefaultSize, style=wx.WANTS_CHARS, ):
         editwindow.EditWindow.__init__(self, parent, id, pos, size, style)
         self._configure_scintilla()
 
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/wx/wx_frontend.py b/IPython/frontend/wx/wx_frontend.py
index d88fba8..a6cbe4d 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/wx/wx_frontend.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/wx/wx_frontend.py
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ class WxController(ConsoleWidget, PrefilterFrontEnd):
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
     def __init__(self, parent, id=wx.ID_ANY, pos=wx.DefaultPosition,
-                 size=wx.DefaultSize, style=wx.CLIP_CHILDREN,
+                 size=wx.DefaultSize,
+                 style=wx.CLIP_CHILDREN|wx.WANTS_CHARS,
                  *args, **kwds):
         """ Create Shell instance.
         """