bug#68559: [PATCH] Improve Python shell completion

[Liu Hui]

On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 11:03 PM Liu Hui <liuhui1610@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Thank you for the detailed explanation and the workaround.  I
> > confirmed that the problem is solved by the above workaround.  Just to
> > confirm, are you of the opinion that this workaround should not be the
> > default?
>
> I'm not sure if we should add more Python code in the form of strings
> to python.el, which increases maintenance burden IMO. Maybe they could
> be distributed separately at ELPA/Git forges.
>
> Actually, I'm considering simplifying this patch to mainly fix the bug
> that python shell completion doesn't respect the delimiter of readline
> completer. The new patch has been attached. It should support
> the completer defined in the PYTHONSTARTUP file, e.g., jedi or a
> custom completer like the above one. WDYT?

I have updated documentation about readline completer and fixed an
error in commit log in the attach patch.

0001-Respect-the-delimiter-of-completer-in-Python-shell-c.patch
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