[IPython-user] Readline for Windows

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Fernando Perez wrote:

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>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'get_completer_delims'
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> Well, I'm sorry to say this, but I think their readline is just 
> broken: if they want to implement a readline-like module for windows, 
> it should hopefully conform to the API of the standard python readline 
> one.  Otherwise, it becomes a pain to maintain cross-platform code.
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> I _could_ put in a hackish try/except around various things which can 
> make this pseudo-readline crash, but I won't.  I would rather argue 
> that this module should be called readline_win or somesuch until it is 
> API-compatible with the true python readline one.  Making a module 
> with the same name as one in the standard library, but which 
> implements only part of the API is just nasty, IMHO.  Note that I'm 
> not implying any malice on the author's part, just a poor 
> coding/design choice; no offense intended.


OK - it looks like the Gary Bishop one you point to is probably much 
better anyway.

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>>> I've googled - but can't find any reference to 'Gary Bishop's python 
>>> tools'... are they for cygwin python or 'real python' ? :-)
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> http://sourceforge.net/projects/uncpythontools/
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> Sorry for not posting a link before, since it's not that obvious 
> unless you knew what to google for in the first place ('uncpythontools').

Thanks for the link - looks cool.........
I'll give it a try - hopefully it will make Ipython a really useful tool 
for me.

Thanks

Fuzzy

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> Regards,
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> f
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