try: import rlcompleter except ImportError: pass else: try: import readline except ImportError: pass else: readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete") try: readline.read_history_file except AttributeError: pass else: import os histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".pyhist") try: readline.read_history_file(histfile) except IOError: pass import atexit atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile) del os, histfile