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From: Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: python repl vi mode line editing not working.
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 06:15:14 -0700
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Kubuntu 24.04.


sinewave:toby ~(1)> cat .inputrc
set editing-mode vi
set keymap vi
sinewave:toby ~(1)> cat .editrc
bind -v
bind \\t rl_complete
sinewave:toby ~(1)> python
Python 2.7.18 (default, Jul  8 2024, 12:49:12)
[GCC 13.2.0] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 1  
1
>>> 2
2
>>> ^[k


I see the literal 'escape' character + 'k', when it should
let me edit previous commands.

I did have to compile my own python because I'm using 2.7 on
this machine.

Thanks for any help.


Toby