Raw_input with readline in a daemon thread makes terminal text disappear

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1448.1255618675.2807.python-list at python.org>,
John O'Hagan <research at johnohagan.com> wrote:
>
>I'm getting input for a program while it's running by using raw_input in a 
>loop in separate thread. This works except for the inconvenience of not having 
>a command history or the use of backspace etc. 
>
>That can be solved by loading the readline module; however, it results in a 
>loss of visible access to the terminal when the program ends: nothing is 
>echoed to the screen and the history is invisible (although it is there - 
>hitting return executes whatever should be there normally). The only way to 
>get it back is to close the terminal and open a new one.

Can you restructure your program so that input gets handled in the main
thread?
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