[Pythonmac-SIG] readline: where and how installed?

[Bill Janssen]

> > I never
> > need Python to have readline capability.
> 
> Yeah you do, you probably just don't realize that you're using it.

No, I really don't.  The only time I ever interact with the Python
REPL is in a GNU Emacs shell buffer (or, rarely, an Emacs pdb buffer),
which does the dance for me.  In the past I've had to go to some extra
trouble to disable the readline support in Python, but that problem
seems to have disappeared.

> You need it to get readline capability.  History, line editing, etc.

Sure, I know.  But as I pointed out, the environments in which I need
that stuff all provide it already.  I can see that if you are using
some mathlib-style app written in Python, and for some reason aren't
running it in an Emacs shell buffer, you might want it.  I was
wondering what those applications are?  I suppose IDLE would be one of
them.

Bill