gistfile1.py

# This is startup file for interactive python.
# Text version here
#
# Generated by GVIM :so $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/2html.vim
#

# It is not automatically loaded by python interpreter.
# To instruct the interpreter to load it insert the following commands
# into your .profile (or whatever file is appropriate for your shell):
#
# PYTHONSTARTUP=$HOME/.init.py
# export PYTHONSTARTUP


from __future__ import nested_scopes

def init():

   # From Guido van Rossum,
   # http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2001/06/14/pythonnews.html

   class _Helper:
      def __repr__(self):
         return "Please type help() for interactive help."

      def __call__(self, *args, **kwds):
         import pydoc
         return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds)

   import __builtin__
   __builtin__.help = _Helper()


   import sys, os


   # From Bruce Edge, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/python-list/message/128961

   try:
      import rlcompleter, readline
      readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
      readline.parse_and_bind("M-tab: menu-complete")

      initfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".inputrc")
      readline.read_init_file(initfile)

      histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".python-history")
      readline.read_history_file(histfile)

      def savehist():
         readline.set_history_length(50)
         readline.write_history_file(histfile)

      import atexit
      atexit.register(savehist)

   except (ImportError, AttributeError):
      pass # no readline or atexit, or readline doesn't have
           # {read,write}_history_file - ignore the error

init()
del init