On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: > Does anyone use the tab-completion recipe in the docs? > > http://docs.python.org/library/rlcompleter.html#module-rlcompleter > > suggests using this to enable tab-completion: > > try: > import readline > except ImportError: > print "Module readline not available." > else: > import rlcompleter > readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete") > > which is all very nice, but it makes it rather difficult to indent code > blocks: > >>>> def func(x): > ... > Display all 174 possibilities? (y or n) > > > I like tab-completion, but I'd rather not be reduced to typing spaces for > indents in the interpreter. What do other people do? > > Can I bind Ctrl-tab to the completion instead of regular tab? I tried > readline.parse_and_bind("C-tab: complete") but it still completes on > regular tab. > > The GNU readline library claims that M-tab (which I guess is Alt-tab) > will enter a tab character. Problem is that Alt-tab is intercepted by my > window manager for something else. > > Any other suggestions or hints?
You could write a ~/.inputrc to change the bindings. Cheers, Chris -- I have a blog: http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
