PYTHONSTARTUP

pythonstartup.py

# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
try:
    import pyreadline.rlmain
    #pyreadline.rlmain.config_path=r"c:\xxx\pyreadlineconfig.ini"
    import readline,atexit
    import pyreadline.unicode_helper
    #
    #
    #Normally the codepage for pyreadline is set to be sys.stdout.encoding
    #if you need to change this uncomment the following line
    #pyreadline.unicode_helper.pyreadline_codepage="utf8"
except ImportError:
    print("Module readline not available.")
else:
    #import tab completion functionality
    import rlcompleter
    import os

    #Override completer from rlcompleter to disable automatic ( on callable
    completer_obj = rlcompleter.Completer()
    def nop(val, word):
        return word
    completer_obj._callable_postfix = nop
    readline.set_completer(completer_obj.complete)

    #activate tab completion
    readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
    #read history
    histfile = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.pythonhistory')
    try:
        readline.read_history_file(histfile)
    except IOError:
        pass
    atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
    del readline,rlcompleter,atexit,os,nop,histfile,completer_obj,pyreadline