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diff --git a/Doc/library/readline.rst b/Doc/library/readline.rst index 1134619..692310b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/readline.rst +++ b/Doc/library/readline.rst @@ -190,28 +190,32 @@ Example The following example demonstrates how to use the :mod:`readline` module's history reading and writing functions to automatically load and save a history -file named :file:`.pyhist` from the user's home directory. The code below would -normally be executed automatically during interactive sessions from the user's -:envvar:`PYTHONSTARTUP` file. :: +file named :file:`.python_history` from the user's home directory. The code +below would normally be executed automatically during interactive sessions +from the user's :envvar:`PYTHONSTARTUP` file. :: + import atexit import os import readline - histfile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".pyhist") + + histfile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".python_history") try: readline.read_history_file(histfile) except FileNotFoundError: pass - import atexit + atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile) - del os, histfile + +This code is actually automatically run when Python is run in +:ref:`interactive mode <tut-interactive>` (see :ref:`rlcompleter-config`). The following example extends the :class:`code.InteractiveConsole` class to support history save/restore. :: - import code - import readline import atexit + import code import os + import readline class HistoryConsole(code.InteractiveConsole): def __init__(self, locals=None, filename="<console>", |