[IPython-user] tab-completion just stopped working. now tabs print.

[Fernando Perez]

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You need to build python with readline support.  Try

import readline

at a plain (non ipython) python prompt and see what you get.  Most likely your 
python does not have readline support, since ipython would otherwise use it 
transparently.

Cheers,

f

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> tab-completion just stopped working. now tabs print.
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> Matthew Wilson <matt at tplus1.com>
> Date:
> Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:01:21 +0000 (UTC)
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> I upgraded to ipython .72 and also upgraded a bunch of other possibly
> unrelated debian packages, and now in ipython, my tab key just prints a
> tab, rather than doing the whole tab-completion mojo that I'm so hooked
> on.
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> I'm running python 2.4, and not in emacs, just in a regular terminal.
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> All advice is welcome.
> 
> Matt
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