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sedavidw
sedavidw

Reputation: 11741

iPython won't autoindent

I've never had this problem before and I don't understand why it's happening now so I'm hoping someone has encountered this. If I'm using iPython in interactive mode and try to do a loop I don't get an auto indent (and can't add one in on my own). So if I do

for i in range(5):

The next line is not indented, and if I try to indent it won't move the cursor over. I'm using iPython 0.13.2 on Mac OS X Mountain Lion

EDIT I can space over to add indentation but I can't use tab and it's never added automatically. I have also ensured that %autoindent has auto indent on

Upvotes: 1

Views: 605

Answers (1)

Thomas K
Thomas K

Reputation: 40390

This is another symptom of the problems with libedit, the Mac equivalent of readline.

IPython will show a warning about libedit, which will instruct you to easy_install readline. Be sure to use easy_install, not pip - the latter won't install it correctly in this case.

Upvotes: 2

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