python shell that saves history of typed in commands that will persist between reboots

[Ben Finney]

goldtech <goldtech at worldpost.com> writes:

> Using Windows. Is there a python shell that has a history of typed in
> commands?

I don't know about MS Windows, but the Python interactive shell can be
linked with the GNU Readline library for managing its command line
<URL:http://docs.python.org/library/readline.html> including editing
features, tab completion, history management, and a persistent history
file.

You can then use that functionality in your Python interactive startup
file. Here's mine:

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# $HOME/.pythonrc
# User configuration for interactive Python shell.

import sys
import os
import os.path
import atexit

# Tab completion with readline.
# Cribbed from <URL:http://docs.python.org/lib/module-rlcompleter.html>.
try:
    import readline
except ImportError:
    sys.stderr.write("Module readline not available.\n")
else:
    import rlcompleter

    # Enable tab completion.
    readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")

    # Persistent command history.
    histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".python_history") 
    try:
        readline.read_history_file(histfile)
    except IOError:
        # Existing history file can't be read.
        pass 
    atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)

    del histfile

del sys, os, atexit

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Reading the documentation, I see that the ‘readline’ library is only
linked with Python on Unix-alike operating systems. Yet another reason
why MS Windows is not a good choice for developing software I guess.

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