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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 06:44:50 -0700
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> 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.


I figured it out.  I needed to apt install libreadline-dev.