IPython tab completion not working

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Published on 2010-04-08T22:10:14Z Indexed on 2010/04/08 22:13 UTC
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Tab completion on IPython seems not to be working. For example,

import numpy
numpy.<tab>

simply adds a tab.

import numpy
num<tab>

just adds a tab, too. Could you please suggest some possible causes for this problem? I am running Windows 7 and Python 2.6.5.

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