Does rshell run under Windows?

[RWLTOK]

I am running Windows 10 and Python 3.6.4. When I try to run rshell I get the following error:

C:\Users\Richard\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\rshell>rshell
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Richard\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Scripts\rshell-script.py", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('rshell==0.0.11', 'console_scripts', 'rshell')()
File "c:\users\richard\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 565, in load_entry_point
return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
File "c:\users\richard\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2631, in load_entry_point
return ep.load()
File "c:\users\richard\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2291, in load
return self.resolve()
File "c:\users\richard\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2297, in resolve
module = __import__(self.module_name, fromlist=['__name__'], level=0)
File "c:\users\richard\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\rshell\command_line.py", line 1, in <module>
import rshell.main
File "c:\users\richard\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\site-packages\rshell\main.py", line 68, in <module>
if 'libedit' in readline.__doc__:
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

I did a pip install of pyreadline since I was getting blocked with not having the readline module first.

Thoughts anyone?

Rich

[dhylands]

I've tested rshell under Windows from time to time. The usual problems are not having the correct dependencies installed (which probably means that the setup script isn't specifying the right thing).

I think I have access to a Windows 10 machine, so I'll see if I can figure out what's wrong.

[mattyt]

OK, I'll admit it's been a while but I ran into this bug today and have documented a work-around in rshell's issue #60.

[dhylands]

I just posted an update to rshell that should make it run better under windows (version 0.0.16)

You still need to manually install pyreadline. Under Windows 10 cmd shell, the colored output works.

[mattyt]

Thanks Dave!