Buggy linewrap in Mac OSX Terminal

[mhubig]

If I use ipython inside the Mac OSX Terminal the line wrapping is buggy. It's best seen with some screenshots, so here we go:

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/2721576/1/ipython?h=c746e9

Picture 1: Typing a long line into ipython.
Picture 2: Press enter.
Picture 3: Press arrow-up (The Prompt disappears!).
Picture 4: Press arrow-down (Prompt still gone, cursor on a strage position).
Picture 5: After doing the same with a short line (All OK).
Picture 6: bash does it right!

I use pyreadline-1.6.1.zip, readline-6.1.0.tar.gz, ipython-0.10.1.tar.gz
Please look into this I dont have any clue where to look for a solution!

[minrk]

IPython did not find the readline module, which is not on OSX by default, as indicated by 'Leopard libedit detected'.

easy_install readline

should solve it.

I suppose this is as good a place as any to say this:

readline should be a hard dependency on PyPI for IPython on OSX, because the libedit errors are weird and confusing for many people, and interactive terminal IPython is basically unusable without readline.

At the very least, the 'libedit detected' message should have more information and suggest easy_install readline.

[mhubig]

Ok I had readline installed befor with pip but now I removed it and reainstalled it with easy_install -> Tada! Works. Thank you!

[mhubig]

Closed

[yuchant]

Thanks for this : ) So that's what the Leopard libedit detected meant!