ipython complaining about readline

Question

When I install ipython on my osx and run it, I get the following warning:

 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/
 site-packages/I         


        

Answer 1

If you don't mind mucking around with your PYTHONPATH, here's how you can get rid of that pesky warning:

# move site-packages to the front of your sys.path
import sys
for i in range(len(sys.path)):
    if sys.path[i].endswith('site-packages'):
        path = sys.path.pop(i)
        sys.path.insert(0, path)
        break

If you're using Django, you can put this in the ipython method of your site-packages/django/core/management/commands/shell.py so that it runs when you run ./manage.py shell.