# HG changeset patch
# User Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
# Date 1370480938 18000
# Node ID 357906c82c1ffc669a494a24508737ecad3cd46c
# Parent  0c225d280b0601659972fa4ec81d771ec3d57d00
Silently fail instead of traceback if executed on Windows.

diff -r 0c225d280b06 -r 357906c82c1f python/.pythonstartup
--- a/python/.pythonstartup	Tue Jun 04 19:25:17 2013 -0500
+++ b/python/.pythonstartup	Wed Jun 05 20:08:58 2013 -0500
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
-# python startup file 
-import readline 
-import rlcompleter 
-import atexit 
-import os 
-# tab completion 
-readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete') 
-# history file 
-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 os, histfile, readline, rlcompleter
+# python startup file
+try:
+   import readline
+except ImportError:
+   pass
+else:
+   import atexit
+   import os
+   import rlcompleter
+
+   # tab completion
+   readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
+
+   # history file
+   histfile = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.pythonhistory')
+   try:
+       readline.read_history_file(histfile)
+   except IOError:
+       pass
+   readline.set_history_length(1024)
+
+   atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
+   del os, histfile, readline, rlcompleter