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Python interactive mode history and arrow keys

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I was wondering if anyone can explain why all of a sudden in Python interactive mode all arrow keys are failing?

When I press up button for example to go through command history I get "^[[A". Same with any other arrow keys.

I have no idea why this happened and it was working before (on OS X Snow Leopard). Does anyone know a way to fix this?

Many thanks,

G

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givp Avatar asked Aug 14 '10 14:08

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1 Answers

If you are using homebrew, this is an easy fix:

 brew uninstall python brew uninstall readline brew install readline  --universal brew install python

That fixed it for me (running OS X Mavericks 10.9.5)

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Hexatonic Avatar answered Oct 01 '22 14:10

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