Where to insert Python readline?

[Gary Bishop]

On Sun, 18 May 2003 17:44:21 -0500 "Chris Gonnerman" 
<chris.gonnerman at newcenturycomputers.net> wrote:
> I hate to say this, but I've been there and done that
> (well, mostly anyway).  Check out:

Thanks Chris,

I had already seen your Python code (and learned quite a bit) but the 
link to the source appears to not be working at your web page so I 
can't see the source of the dll (which I realize is really simple).

I *really* want completion and I want it all in Python using ctypes (a 
really great package). I was thinking of using Fredrik's cursor control 
functions (translated to Python) but your approach of relying on the 
console windows native interpretation of output characters is an easier 
to understand approach.

I hallucinate that with a basic system (including completion) all in 
Python, we can get more people interested in expanding it to full 
functionality. The main things I want are completion and history so 
that IPython will work properly on Windows. Color could be cool..

I plan to use as little of Console as possible so that will be easy to 
port. I got the PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer stuff going after my 
posting. I think I'm going that way.

It would be nice if there was an easier way to takeover input editing 
in Python.

gb