Fixing the Python REPL in Emacs

2024-10-10

The default uv python install uses libedit readline which doesn't work well with emacs.

Fix

• pip install gnureadline
• python3 -m override_readline
• might have to remove __file__ from override_readline.py, this has been solved already here but not merged yet.
• this should make the repl use gnureadline.
• final check

import readline
print(readline.__doc__)

should print 'Importing this module enables command line editing using GNU readline.'.