Comment 8 for bug 334744

ipython -p sh works (with `[~]` replacing the `In`).

user@home-desktop:~$ apt-cache show readline-common
> Package: readline-common
> Priority: important
> Section: base
> Installed-Size: 136
> Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
> Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose <email address hidden>
> Architecture: all
> Source: readline5
> Version: 5.2-3build1
> Replaces: libreadline4 (<< 4.3-16), libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11),
> libreadline-common
> Conflicts: libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11), libreadline-common
> Filename: pool/main/r/readline5/readline-common_5.2-3build1_all.deb
> Size: 50926
> MD5sum: 8a16daa5bc8c3f7cba4c4470bbba0494
> ...

Aviad

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Fernando Perez <email address hidden>wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Ville M. Vainio <email address hidden>
> wrote:
> > If nocolor works, You migth also want to try "ipython -p sh". Just to
> > test whether it's the particular escape sequence in default prompt that
> > is screwing your terminal.
> >
> > I'd be quick to point at a buggy readline.
>
> Very possible. The odd thing though is that I'm running the same OS.
> Aviad, do you have any non-standard repo enabled?
>
> Please show us the output of:
>
> apt-cache show readline-common
>
> This is what my box shows:
>
> Package: readline-common
> Priority: important
> Section: base
> Installed-Size: 136
> Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
> Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose <email address hidden>
> Architecture: all
> Source: readline5
> Version: 5.2-3build1
> Replaces: libreadline4 (<< 4.3-16), libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11),
> libreadline-common
> Conflicts: libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11), libreadline-common
> Filename: pool/main/r/readline5/readline-common_5.2-3build1_all.deb
> Size: 50926
>
> Cheers,
>
> f
>
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> when looping, cursor appears at leftmost point in newline
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334744
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