pystartup.py

# 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

historyPath = os.path.expanduser("~/.pyhistory")
historyTmp = os.path.expanduser("~/.pyhisttmp.py")

endMarkerStr = "# # # histDUMP # # #"

saveMacro = (
    "import readline; readline.write_history_file('"
    + historyTmp
    + "'); \
    print '####>>>>>>>>>>'; print ''.join(filter(lambda lineP: \
    not lineP.strip().endswith('"
    + endMarkerStr
    + "'),  \
    open('"
    + historyTmp
    + "').readlines())[:])+'####<<<<<<<<<<'"
    + endMarkerStr
)

readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
readline.parse_and_bind('\C-w: "' + saveMacro + '"')


def save_history(historyPath=historyPath, endMarkerStr=endMarkerStr):
    import readline

    readline.write_history_file(historyPath)
    # Now filter out those line containing the saveMacro
    lines = filter(
        lambda lineP, endMarkerStr=endMarkerStr: not lineP.strip().endswith(endMarkerStr),
        open(historyPath).readlines(),
    )
    open(historyPath, "w+").write("".join(lines))


if os.path.exists(historyPath):
    readline.read_history_file(historyPath)

atexit.register(save_history)

del os, atexit, readline, rlcompleter, save_history, historyPath
del historyTmp, endMarkerStr, saveMacro