On Aug 5, 2018, at 8:59 AM, Joshua Root <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does ipython still need a gnureadline dependency now that it's using > prompt_toolkit? All mention of readline seems to have been removed from > the setup.py at least.
I’m no expert, but it certainly appears to no longer be needed. From the documentation [1], the description of prompt_toolkit reads “It can be a very advanced pure Python replacement for GNU readline …”. [1] https://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/master/ <https://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/master/> Cheers! Frank
