Iex issues with tab and cursor keys

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Hi there,

I run my elixir app in a docker container. For debugging maintenance I connect with docker, start a bash and start iex there. But it happens that the helpers like completing a command with tab or using the history does not work. I don’t have this issue with my rails project and and the rails console.
Would be cool if that could be solved, maybe just a setting.

Cheers
Marcus

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FOUND IT: https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu/issues/183

just do make sure you:

export TERM=vt100

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Hi

I have tried to set the TERM variable but without any success. Any Idea?

Note: I am using the official Last Elixir Image.

Thanks

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What is it doing wrong for you precisely? What happens when you hit <tab>?

Do remember that if you are on Windows then you need to use iex backed by werl, not erl (it will pop up a new white window in other words).