pythonstartup

import atexit
import os
import sys

# - command line VIM?
try:
    import readline
    readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
    readline.parse_and_bind('set editing-mode vi')

    print "-- readline available."
except ImportError:
    print "-- readline not available."
else:
    import rlcompleter
    if 'libedit' in readline.__doc__:
        readline.parse_and_bind("bind ^I rl_complete")
    else:
        readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
    print "-- rlcomplete available"


if sys.version[0] == 2:
  histfile = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.pythonhistory')
  try:
    readline.read_history_file(histfile)
  except IOError:
    pass
  atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
  del histfile
del os, sys, readline, rlcompleter