[pypy-svn] r13371 - pypy/branch/pycompiler/bin

[adim at codespeak.net]

Author: adim
Date: Tue Jun 14 11:12:14 2005
New Revision: 13371

Modified:
   pypy/branch/pycompiler/bin/translator.py
Log:
added readline / history / tab support for translator shell
(fed up with always retyping the same things ... )

this will probably reamain local to the pycompiler branch



Modified: pypy/branch/pycompiler/bin/translator.py
==============================================================================
--- pypy/branch/pycompiler/bin/translator.py	(original)
+++ pypy/branch/pycompiler/bin/translator.py	Tue Jun 14 11:12:14 2005
@@ -36,7 +36,25 @@
 from pypy.translator.translator import Translator
 
 
+def setup_readline():
+    import readline
+    import rlcompleter
+    readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
+    import os
+    histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".pypytrhist")
+    print "reading history file ..."
+    try:
+        readline.read_history_file(histfile)
+    except IOError:
+        pass
+    print "done"
+    import atexit
+    atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
+    del os, histfile
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    setup_readline()
     from pypy.translator.test import snippet as test
     if (os.getcwd() not in sys.path and
         os.path.curdir not in sys.path):