[issue3869] Arrow keys not working with Python 2.6rc1

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[issue3869] Arrow keys not working with Python 2.6rc1

Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: That was it. Needed to install libreadline5-dev. Then the default settings for readline in Modules/setup needs uncommented (line 165 in the current version) and it works. Thank you kindly. ___ Python tracker <[E

[issue3869] Arrow keys not working with Python 2.6rc1

Gregory P. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: ubuntu? make sure you have the libreadline5-dev package installed. then make distclean && ./configure && make -- nosy: +gregory.p.smith priority: -> normal ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED

[issue3869] Arrow keys not working with Python 2.6rc1

Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Yes I did the configure / compile myself. After reading about readline in setup I am still unable to enable it but I guess it is not a bug in Python but more a user problem. I am quite puzzled as to why something like this would stop being enabled b

[issue3869] Arrow keys not working with Python 2.6rc1

Benjamin Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: This probably has something to do with your readline build? Did you compile Python yourself? -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue3869] Arrow keys not working with Python 2.6rc1

New submission from Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Xubuntu 8.04. In Python2.5 arrow keys allowed you to scroll through previous lines typed but with 2.6rc1 this stopped working and it's now just typing the ^[[A^[[B^[[D^[[C characters. -- messages: 73229 nosy: Chewie severity: normal stat