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+# $Id: interactive_tools.py,v 1.1 2010-01-22 18:46:27 wirawan Exp $
+#
+# wpylib.interactive_tools
+# Created: 20091204
+# Wirawan Purwanto
+#
+# Simple and dirty tools for interactive python mode
+#
+
+import sys
+
+def init_interactive():
+  # ERROR: this still does not work. we need to execute the statements
+  # in the global (base) namespace, not in this function's namespace.
+
+    # Assume interactive python, create a completer if it hasn't been
+    # loaded. This is needed for e.g. sciclone, jaguar with no ipython
+    # there.
+    if 'rlcompleter' not in sys.modules \
+       and 'IPython.ipy_completers' not in sys.modules:
+      try:
+        import readline
+      except ImportError:
+        print "Module readline not available."
+      else:
+        print "Loading classic readline/rlcompleter."
+        import rlcompleter
+        readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
+
+        _histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".pyhistory")
+        # read history, if it exists
+        if os.path.exists(_histfile):
+          readline.read_history_file(_histfile)
+        # register saving handler
+        atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, _histfile)
+        del _histfile