X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Olivier Lefevre Subject: Readline not working anymore in interactive interpreters Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:12:03 +0200 Lines: 14 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Since the last Cygwin update (I am now at 3.2.49(22)-release) readline is no longer working in some interpreters started from the bash shell, i.e., the languages offer an interactive prompt and I used to be able to recall earlier commands with the arrow keys but no more. This still works from the shell prompt and from from some interactive interpreters (e.g., python) but not from all. The interpreter executables in question have no changed in a long time; they are not the cause. What could it be? This is hugely inconvenient for the kind of work I do, crippling in fact. Thanks a lot for any hints, -- O.L. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple