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The following example demonstrates how to use the
<tt class=
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</tt> module's history reading and writing functions to
automatically load and save a history file named
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the user's home directory. The code below would normally be executed
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histfile = os.path.join(os.environ[
"HOME"],
".pyhist")
readline.read_history_file(histfile)
atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
The following example extends the
<tt class=
"class">code.InteractiveConsole
</tt> class to
support history save/restore.
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class HistoryConsole(code.InteractiveConsole):
def __init__(self, locals=None,
filename=
"<console>",
histfile=os.path.expanduser(
"~/.console-history")):
code.InteractiveConsole.__init__(self)
self.init_history(histfile)
def init_history(self, histfile):
readline.parse_and_bind(
"tab: complete")
if hasattr(readline,
"read_history_file"):
readline.read_history_file(histfile)
atexit.register(self.save_history, histfile)
def save_history(self, histfile):
readline.write_history_file(histfile)
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