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@@ -161,19 +161,26 b" common situations where you won't have a working :mod:`readline` module:" | |||
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161 | 161 | On OS X, the built-in Python doesn't not have :mod:`readline` because of |
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162 | 162 | license issues. Starting with OS X 10.5 (Leopard), Apple's built-in Python has |
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163 | 163 | a BSD-licensed not-quite-compatible readline replacement. As of IPython 0.9, |
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many of the issues related to the differences between readline and libedit |
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been resolved. |
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164 | many of the issues related to the differences between readline and libedit seem | |
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165 | to have been resolved. While you may find libedit sufficient, we have | |
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166 | occasional reports of bugs with it and several developers who use OS X as their | |
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167 | main environment consider libedit unacceptable for productive, regular use with | |
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168 | IPython. | |
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167 | Most users on OS X will want to get the full :mod:`readline` module. To get a | |
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168 | working :mod:`readline` module, just do (with :mod:`setuptools` installed):: | |
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170 | Therefore, we *strongly* recommend that on OS X you get the full | |
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171 | :mod:`readline` module. We will *not* consider completion/history problems to | |
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172 | be bugs for IPython if you are using libedit. | |
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174 | To get a working :mod:`readline` module, just do (with :mod:`setuptools` | |
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175 | installed):: | |
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170 | 177 | $ easy_install readline |
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172 | .. note: | |
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179 | .. note:: | |
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174 | Other Python distributions on OS X (such as fink, MacPorts and the | |
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181 | Other Python distributions on OS X (such as fink, MacPorts and the official | |
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182 | python.org binaries) already have readline installed so you likely don't | |
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183 | have to do this step. | |
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178 | 185 | If needed, the readline egg can be build and installed from source (see the |
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179 | 186 | wiki page at http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/InstallationOSXLeopard). |
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