# 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