pythonrc

# Save as ~/.pythonrc and add 'export PYTHONSTARTUP=~/.pythonrc' to ~/.bashrc
# from http://www.digitalprognosis.com/opensource/scripts/pythonrc

try:
    import readline
except ImportError:
    pass
else:
    import os
    import atexit
    import rlcompleter

class irlcompleter(rlcompleter.Completer):
    def complete(self, text, state):
        if text == "":
            readline.insert_text('\t')
            return None
        else:
            return rlcompleter.Completer.complete(self,text,state)

# You could change this line to bind another key instead tab.
readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
readline.set_completer(irlcompleter().complete)

# Restore our command-line history, and save it when Python exits.
historyPath = os.path.expanduser("~/.python_history")

# Create a blank history file if it doesn't exist already
if not os.path.exists(historyPath) and not os.path.isdir(historyPath):
    try:
        open(historyPath, 'w').close()
    # Gracefully ignore things if historyPath is not writable
    except IOError:
        pass

# Read the history file in for autocompletion and save it on exit
if os.access(historyPath, os.W_OK):
    atexit.register(lambda x=historyPath: readline.write_history_file(x))

if os.access(historyPath, os.R_OK):
    try:
        readline.read_history_file(historyPath)
    except:
        pass

from pprint import pprint as pp
from pprint import pformat as pf

def t(*args):
    return timeit.Timer(*args).timeit()

# vim: ft=python