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Subject: Re: ipython and gnureadline
From: <mf2k () macports ! org>
Date: 2018-08-08 19:03:52
Message-ID: 125888E2-C218-4148-B4DA-6980B39FFB7E () macports ! org
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On Aug 5, 2018, at 8:59 AM, Joshua Root <jmr@macports.org> wrote:
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> Does ipython still need a gnureadline dependency now that it's using
> prompt_toolkit? All mention of readline seems to have been removed from
> the setup.py at least.
I'm no expert, but it certainly appears to no longer be needed.
From the documentation [1], the description of prompt_toolkit reads "It can be a very \
advanced pure Python replacement for GNU readline …".
[1] https://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/master/ \
<https://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/master/>
Cheers!
Frank
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<<a href="mailto:jmr@macports.org" class="">jmr@macports.org</a>> wrote:<br \
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class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Does ipython still need \
a gnureadline dependency now that it's using<br class="">prompt_toolkit? All mention \
of readline seems to have been removed from<br class="">the setup.py at least.<br \
class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">I'm no expert, but \
it certainly appears to no longer be needed. </div><div class=""><br \
class=""></div><div class="">From the documentation [1], the description \
of prompt_toolkit reads "It can be a very advanced pure Python replacement \
for GNU readline …". </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div \
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href="https://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/master/" \
class="">https://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/master/</a></div></div><div \
class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers!</div><div class="">Frank</div><div \
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