Command history in python shell under linux

[Jochen Küpper]

On Wed, 01 May 2002 23:01:27 -0500 Stephen Boulet wrote:

Stephen> When I hit the up arrow in the python shell, I get:

Stephen> ^[[A

Stephen> How do I set up things so that I get the previous command? Thanks.

>From my
,----[~/.pythonrc.py]
| # readline
| try:
|     import readline
| except ImportError:
|     print "Module readline not available."
| else:
|     import rlcompleter
|     readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
|     
|     import os
|     histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".python_history")
|     try:
|         readline.read_history_file(histfile)
|     except IOError:
|         pass
|     import atexit
|     atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
|     del os, histfile
`----

Greetings,
Jochen
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