[27760] in Athena Bugs
Re: Debathena: rlwrap
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Mon Sep 16 16:09:28 2019
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:08:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@mit.edu>
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Had a conversation with the user, and they were able to find rlwrap on cluster machines which is where they actually wanted it. -- Jonathon
On Thu, 12 Sep 2019, gowda@mit.edu wrote:
> System name: home-on-the-dome
> Type: x86_64
> Display type: VMware SVGA II Adapter
>
> Shell: /bin/athena/bash
> Window manager: unknown
> Desktop session: unknown
>
> 1) What were you trying to do?
>
> use rlwrap with scheme in the 12.168j module (I think).
>
> 2) What happened?
>
> rlwrap is not installed
>
> 3) What should have happened?
>
> rlwrap is extremely useful to work with basic repls (I can press up to go to previous command, or use arrow keys to move around).
>
> 4) Does this problem happen only on this workstation, or other workstations?
>
>
> 5) If you were following instructions, please include the URL or a
> description of the documentation:
> (e.g. a "problem set for 18.03" or http://ist.mit.edu)
