goldtech <goldt...@worldpost.com> writes: > 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: ===== # $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 ===== 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. -- \ “The difference between religions and cults is determined by | `\ how much real estate is owned.” —Frank Zappa | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
