Hello. Python doc says that the PYTHONSTARTUP file is not read when a script is run with the -i option. Is there a reason for this? Is there a way to get the functionality i.e. to be able to run specified Python file just before the first prompt of interactive interpreter? Use case: I want to run my own repl on Windows, because there's a problem with unicode IO in the console. See http://bugs.python.org/issue1602 . Regards, Drekin