Dump interpreter history?

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.222.1302543313.9059.python-list at python.org>,
Terry Reedy  <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>On 4/11/2011 11:54 AM, Aahz wrote:
>> In article<mailman.1266.1301087057.1189.python-list at python.org>,
>> Ken D'Ambrosio<ken at jots.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey, all.  A co-worker asked me a question, and I've got no idea how (or
>>> if) it can be done.  Bottom line: he'd like to save off the text from an
>>> interpreter session, his thinking being that you've already tried to get
>>> what you want, and now you just need to gussy it up in an editor.
>>
>> I've never used it myself, but IIRC ipython does what you want very
>> nicely.
>
>Idle will save the contents of the shell window, including opening slash 
>line and prompts.

The problem is that normally you *don't* want the prompts.  I believe
IPython handles that.
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