Hi Alasdair, On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Alasdair <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm using, as far as I know, the newest sage on the newest Ubuntu. > However, tab completion of a command moves the cursor back towards the > beginning of the line (in fact,over the "a" of the "Sage: " prompt). > I can keep typing, and the command will be recognized, even though it > appears to be overwriting itself. > > How can I fix this little problem?
I'm also on an Ubuntu 9.10 machine. Prior to compiling Sage, I installed readline, its development headers, and other necessary software as detailed on the source download page [1]. I then proceed to compile Sage 4.2. After Sage finished compiling, I load Sage, type in Matrix and hit tab. I didn't experience the problem you described. I have a feeling it's to do with the readline library, but I may be wrong. I have experienced a similar problem on a SPARC machine running Solaris. Another thing to try is delete your ~/.sage directory and then load Sage again. [1] http://www.sagemath.org/download-source.html -- Regards Minh Van Nguyen -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
