> Readline is really essential to using Python interactively
Now, now, it depends on your installation. All the typescript tools I
use (GNU Emacs shell, Andrew typescript and tm) have line recall and
editing built-in already, so building readline into every executable is
a real waste, and can become a positive distraction, if the two
different (or *three* different, for those who use tcsh) readline
systems interact badly. I invite you to junk xterm and move up in the
world.
Bill