Attempting to carve out a sensible chunk of stuff for a dotfiles repo.

Sure hope I didn't miss any super secret crap :-P

python3_startup.py

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+# Add auto-completion and a stored history file of commands to your Python
+# interactive interpreter. Requires Python 2.0+, readline. Autocomplete is
+# bound to the Esc key by default (you can change it - see readline docs).
+#
+# Store the file in ~/.pystartup, and set an environment variable to point
+# to it, e.g. "export PYTHONSTARTUP=/max/home/itamar/.pystartup" in bash.
+#
+# Note that PYTHONSTARTUP does *not* expand "~", so you have to put in the
+# full path to your home directory.
+
+import atexit
+import os
+import readline
+import rlcompleter
+
+history_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.pyhistory")
+history_tmp = os.path.expanduser("~/.pyhisttmp.py")
+
+end_marker= "# # # histDUMP # # #"
+
+save_macro = """\
+import readline
+
+readline.write_history_file('""" + history_tmp + """')
+
+print '####>>>>>>>>>>'
+print ''.join(list(filter(
+    lambda line_part: not line_part.strip().endswith('""" + end_marker +"""'),  \
+    open('""" + history_tmp + """').readlines())[:])) + '####<<<<<<<<<<'""" + end_marker
+
+readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
+readline.parse_and_bind('\C-w: "' + save_macro + '"')
+
+
+def save_history(history_path=history_path, end_marker=end_marker):
+    import readline
+    readline.write_history_file(history_path)
+    lines = list(filter(lambda line_part, end_marker=end_marker:
+                not line_part.strip().endswith(end_marker), open(history_path).readlines()))
+    open(history_path, 'w+').write(''.join(lines))
+
+
+if os.path.exists(history_path):
+    readline.read_history_file(history_path)
+
+
+atexit.register(save_history)
+
+
+del os, atexit, readline, rlcompleter, save_history, history_path
+del history_tmp, end_marker, save_macro