goldtech said:
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.
