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From: Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org>
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Subject: Re: python repl vi mode line editing not working.
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 06:35:16 -0700
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>    For this to work, the Python implementation should use the same
>    readline library as your shell, I guess.

It works in python3, so I guess my problem is that I'm
compiling python (I think kubuntu dropped python2), but
I don't see any relevant options  in the configure help.