(Merge 3.4) Issue #19884, readline: calling rl_variable_bind
("enable-meta-key", "off") does crash on Mac OS X which uses libedit instead of
readline.
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index d72e515..ae83807 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -1020,15 +1020,19 @@
mod_state->begidx = PyLong_FromLong(0L);
mod_state->endidx = PyLong_FromLong(0L);
+#ifndef __APPLE__
if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) {
/* Issue #19884: stdout is no a terminal. Disable meta modifier
keys to not write the ANSI sequence "\033[1034h" into stdout. On
terminals supporting 8 bit characters like TERM=xterm-256color
(which is now the default Fedora since Fedora 18), the meta key is
used to enable support of 8 bit characters (ANSI sequence
- "\033[1034h"). */
+ "\033[1034h").
+
+ With libedit, this call makes readline() crash. */
rl_variable_bind ("enable-meta-key", "off");
}
+#endif
/* Initialize (allows .inputrc to override)
*