Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Feb 15, 2005, at 5:48, Michael Hudson wrote: > >> I don't know. If I did know, I'd probably have done it. It would >> help if Apple shipped Python with readline support enabled, for >> starters. > > I think it's a licensing issue, Apple is probably trying to save > people (themselves?) from linking against GPL stuff without realizing > the implications.
Probably yes. But they ship bash with readline enabled... oh well, I'm not masochistic enough to flog that particular horse. > If Python could use BSD libedit instead of GNU readline, I *think* there was a patch to do this, back in the mists of time. > of if it just included PyRepl, it would not be a problem. If PyRepl was fit for inclusion (sigh) that would indeed be nice :) Cheers, mwh -- Just point your web browser at http://www.python.org/search/ and look for "program", "doesn't", "work", or "my". Whenever you find someone else whose program didn't work, don't do what they did. Repeat as needed. -- Tim Peters, on python-help, 16 Jun 1998 _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
