bgneal@12: # python startup file 
bgneal@12: import readline 
bgneal@12: import rlcompleter 
bgneal@12: import atexit 
bgneal@12: import os 
bgneal@12: # tab completion 
bgneal@12: readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete') 
bgneal@12: # history file 
bgneal@12: histfile = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.pythonhistory') 
bgneal@12: try: 
bgneal@12:     readline.read_history_file(histfile) 
bgneal@12: except IOError: 
bgneal@12:     pass 
bgneal@12: atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile) 
bgneal@12: del os, histfile, readline, rlcompleter