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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
import warnings
_rlmod_names = ['gnureadline', 'readline']
have_readline = False
for _rlmod_name in _rlmod_names:
try:
# import readline as _rl
_rl = __import__(_rlmod_name)
# from readline import *
globals().update({k:v for k,v in _rl.__dict__.items() if not k.startswith('_')})
except ImportError:
pass
else:
have_readline = True
break
if have_readline and (sys.platform == 'win32' or sys.platform == 'cli'):
try:
_outputfile=_rl.GetOutputFile()
except AttributeError:
warnings.warn("Failed GetOutputFile")
have_readline = False
# Test to see if libedit is being used instead of GNU readline.
# Thanks to Boyd Waters for the original patch.
uses_libedit = False
if have_readline:
# Official Python docs state that 'libedit' is in the docstring for libedit readline:
uses_libedit = _rl.__doc__ and 'libedit' in _rl.__doc__
# Note that many non-System Pythons also do not use proper readline,
# but do not report libedit at all, nor are they linked dynamically against libedit.
# known culprits of this include: EPD, Fink
# There is not much we can do to detect this, until we find a specific failure
# case, rather than relying on the readline module to self-identify as broken.
if uses_libedit and sys.platform == 'darwin':
_rl.parse_and_bind("bind ^I rl_complete")
warnings.warn('\n'.join(['', "*"*78,
"libedit detected - readline will not be well behaved, including but not limited to:",
" * crashes on tab completion",
" * incorrect history navigation",
" * corrupting long-lines",
" * failure to wrap or indent lines properly",
"It is highly recommended that you install gnureadline, which is installable with:",
" pip install gnureadline",
"*"*78]),
RuntimeWarning)
# 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