bits-829 released with these changes:
The "lines and pages" release.
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Fix readline for the case of multiple terminals with different sizes
In particular, this fixes readline when simultaneously outputting to an 80x24 serial terminal and an 80x25 VGA terminal.
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readline: Add Ctrl-Z as an alternative EOF
Useful both for users of Python on Windows and as a workaround for some systems which had trouble recognizing the Ctrl-D key combination.
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Sort and deduplicate readline completions
Python's rlcompleter generates duplicate completions in arbitrary order, counting on readline to sort and deduplicate them. Do so in rlcompleter instead.
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Support tab completion of expressions using subscripting with []
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When completing, sort completions starting with '_' last.
The current completion display goes through completions sequentially, so sort
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Rewrite pydoc's pager to work on a BITS terminal
pydoc went through various contortions to detect a proper pager, including using the tempfile module (which BITS doesn't have) to create a temporary file that it didn't actually need. Pull out its ttypager (which almost works as-is) and rework it to run on BITS terminals (plural), with a few enhancements for usability.
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Use the new ttypager to view logs, allowing page-up and quitting
This one goes out to anyone who has ever viewed a huge logfile and ended up rebooting rather than paging through it all; we felt your pain.
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README.txt: Rewrap to 77 character columns to avoid triggering GRUB word wrap
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Use the new pager to show README.txt