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iosonofabio

Member

From: Australia

Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 105

ipython and readline

Hi,

Today I used ipython2 after quite a while and noticed that TAB completion is broken. As an example, if I write:

run Desk<TAB>

I should get completion to Desktop, a folder in home. I get a flicker in the terminal (xterm) instead.

I know it's somewhere between ipython and readline, so here the versions:
- ipython2 2.0.0-1
- readline 6.3.005-1
(- I also have ipython 2.0.0-1 and lib32-readline 6.3.000-1). I have an old version on another computer and that one works:
- ipython 1.1.0
- readline 6.2

Any of you has any clue about how to solve this?

Thanks!

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,727

Re: ipython and readline

It used to crash, so just tab completion not working is progress.
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39144

iosonofabio

Member

From: Australia

Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 105

Re: ipython and readline

Thanks, so it's a known malfunctioning. Well, that's a start...

anatolik

Developer

Registered: 2012-09-27

Posts: 458

Re: ipython and readline

The bug above is ipython crash and it is marked as "Fixed in readlines 6.3-3".

Last edited by anatolik (2014-05-02 03:12:12)

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iosonofabio

Member

From: Australia

Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 105

Re: ipython and readline

That is my question: readline is "fixed" in the sense that it stopped crashing, but ipython and readline do not talk now, so it's another bug.

Unless you folks tell me it's not