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author | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2017-03-01 17:53:12 -0500 |
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committer | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2017-03-01 17:56:20 -0500 |
commit | 6e788ef0e262fafc014c21f4ad52cc5dc9f1715b (patch) | |
tree | 8d8bada143ee8a6dc32a53178e175bd14e4ab9f8 | |
parent | 640661838dbba8185990e839712c91a14641ddf3 (diff) | |
download | emacs-6e788ef0e262fafc014c21f4ad52cc5dc9f1715b.tar.gz |
; etc/PROBLEMS: Explain about the python+libedit problem (Bug#25753).
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diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index bb7e1b6f9c3..cd25cc8e8fa 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -464,6 +464,23 @@ problem by adding this to your .cshrc file: stty -icrnl -onlcr -echo susp ^Z endif +*** In Inferior Python mode, input is echoed and native completion doesn't work. +<https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=25753> + +This happens when python uses a libedit based readline module, which +is the default on macOS. This can be worked around by installing a +GNU readline based module instead, for example, using setuptools + + sudo easy_install gnureadline + +And then rename the system's readline so that it won't be loaded: + + cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload + mv readline.so readline.so.bak + +See <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gnureadline> for more details on +installation. + *** Emacs startup on GNU/Linux systems (and possibly other systems) is slow. This can happen if the system is misconfigured and Emacs can't get the |