How to enable "vi mode" for the python 3.13 interactive interpreter?

Question

One of the new features in python 3.13 is a more sophisticated interactive interpreter. However, it seems that this interpreter is no longer based on readline, and therefore no longer respects ~/.inputrc. I particularly miss the set editing-mode vi behavior. Is there a way to get this same "vi mode" behavior with the python 3.13 interpreter (other than just disabling the new interpreter completely with PYTHON_BASIC_REPL=1)?

Caveat: The specific version of python I'm using is 3.13.0b3. This is a beta release, so I'd be satisfied if the answer is "just wait for the actual release of python 3.13; this feature is planned but hasn't been implemented yet".

Answer 1

According to this CPython issue and this comment on another issue, vi editing mode is not coming any time soon to the new REPL. It is still possible to use the old REPL by setting the PYTHON_BASIC_REPL=1 environmental variable.