Ctrl-E doesn't work for me

[vmedea]

I really like the idea of this!

However I'm having trouble getting nbterm to execute the contents of cells. I can press enter, enter something in the cell, like print(100) then press ESC to go back to command mode.

But when I then push Ctrl-E or Ctrl-R, nothing happens. No error message, nothing. Other key bindings (such as Ctrl-Q to quit) do work. Am I overlooking something?

• Debian testing
• Tilix terminal (based on vte like gnome-terminal). I've checked and Ctrl-E does send '\x05' correctly.
• Python 3.9.2
• nbterm 0.0.7 installed in a venv, using pip3 install nbterm

[davidbrochart]

Do you have a (Python) kernel installed?

$ pip install ipykernel

[vmedea]

That solved it, thank you!

[nicoguaro]

Do you have a (Python) kernel installed?

$ pip install ipykernel

Wouldn't this be a requirement then?

It also solved the problem for me , BTW.

[davidbrochart]

But ipykernel is one kernel implementation for Python, why require this one more than another?

[nicoguaro]

But ipykernel is one kernel implementation for Python, why require this one more than another?

You're right. Maybe a mention of nbterm not coming with any kernel is better.

[davidbrochart]

Will do, thanks!

[vmedea]

Yes, I think adding a message when trying to execute that there is no kernel available would be helpful.

[JulesGM]

Definitely, trying to run without a kernel should raise an error

[davidbrochart]

I think we should have a status bar for that, see #5.