# -*- 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
    (status, result) = commands.getstatusoutput( "otool -L %s | grep libedit" % _rl.__file__ )
    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