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rlineimpl.py
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
""" Imports and provides the 'correct' version of readline for the platform.
Readline is used throughout IPython as::
import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
In addition to normal readline stuff, this module provides have_readline
boolean and _outputfile variable used in IPython.utils.
"""
import sys
try:
from readline import *
import readline as _rl
have_readline = True
except ImportError:
try:
from pyreadline import *
import pyreadline as _rl
have_readline = True
except ImportError:
have_readline = False
if sys.platform == 'win32' and have_readline:
try:
_outputfile=_rl.GetOutputFile()
except AttributeError:
print "Failed GetOutputFile"
have_readline = False
# Test to see if libedit is being used instead of GNU readline.
# Thanks to Boyd Waters for this patch.
uses_libedit = False
if sys.platform == 'darwin' and have_readline:
import commands
# Boyd's patch had a 'while True' here, I'm always a little worried about
# infinite loops with such code, so for now I'm taking a more conservative
# approach. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipython/+bug/411599.
for i in range(10):
try:
(status, result) = commands.getstatusoutput( "otool -L %s | grep libedit" % _rl.__file__ )
break
except IOError, (errno, strerror):
if errno == 4:
continue
else:
break
if status == 0 and len(result) > 0:
# we are bound to libedit - new in Leopard
_rl.parse_and_bind("bind ^I rl_complete")
print "Leopard libedit detected."
uses_libedit = True
# the clear_history() function was only introduced in Python 2.4 and is
# actually optional in the readline API, so we must explicitly check for its
# existence. Some known platforms actually don't have it. This thread:
# http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-August/037845.html
# has the original discussion.
if have_readline:
try:
_rl.clear_history
except AttributeError:
def clear_history(): pass
_rl.clear_history = clear_history