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From: Craig Maloney (cmaloney_at_kitp.ucsb.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 28 2005 - 00:05:47 CDT

The TkConsole window doesn't seem to give me access to the python
interpreter. If I type "gopython", VMD hangs. Is the python interp.
not supposed to be invoked via the TkConsole window??? (Although,
command history *does* work). Colors are cute, but I prefer my iTerm.

--Craig

On Oct 27, 2005, at 9:09 AM, Robert Brunner wrote:

> Command history seems to work on 10.4 if you use the TkConsole
> extension from the Extensions menu.
>
> Robert
>
>
> On Oct 26, 2005, at 5:48 PM, Craig Maloney wrote:
>
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> The readline feature (up arrow to go back in command history) in
>> the tcl/python interpreter seems to be broken on MacOS 10.4.
>>
>> This is also true of the Apple-shipped python on OS 10.4, so I
>> always use the one in fink and never figured out how to fix this
>> problem. Since the interpreter is embedded in VMD, I don't
>> understand how (or if even possible) to use the python interpreter
>> from fink. I remember hearing something about a licensing issue.
>> Has anyone solved this problem?
>>
>> There was a previous post with no response:
>>
>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/1230.html
>>
>>
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