#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Python interpreter auto-completion and history.
Installation:
$ wget http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578098/download/2/ -O ~/.pythonstart
$ echo "export PYTHONSTARTUP=~/.pythonstart" >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc
"""
# Author: Giampaolo Rodola' <g.rodola [AT] gmail [DOT] com>
# License: MIT
if not hasattr(__name__, "__file__"): # interpreter mode
def autocomplete():
import atexit
import os
import readline
import rlcompleter
history_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.pyhistory")
def save_history():
readline.set_history_length(10000)
readline.write_history_file(history_path)
if os.path.exists(history_path):
readline.read_history_file(history_path)
atexit.register(save_history)
readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
autocomplete()
del autocomplete
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--- revision 1 2012-04-07 13:09:16
+++ revision 2 2012-04-07 13:28:19
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
-Python interpreter autocompletion and history.
-Add this script in your home and add this line to ~/.bashrc
-export PYTHONSTARTUP=~/.pythonstart
+Python interpreter auto-completion and history.
+Installation:
+
+ $ wget http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578098/download/2/ -O ~/.pythonstart
+ $ echo "export PYTHONSTARTUP=~/.pythonstart" >> ~/.bashrc
+ $ source ~/.bashrc
"""
# Author: Giampaolo Rodola' <g.rodola [AT] gmail [DOT] com>
