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Created May 4, 2011 13:31
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Python startup file with completion, history and colored source browsing.
import inspect
import sys
def src(obj):
"""Read the source of an object in the interpreter."""
def highlight(source):
try:
import pygments
import pygments.formatters
import pygments.lexers
except ImportError:
return source
lexer = pygments.lexers.get_lexer_by_name('python')
formatter = pygments.formatters.terminal.TerminalFormatter()
return pygments.highlight(source, lexer, formatter)
import subprocess
source = inspect.getsource(obj)
pager = subprocess.Popen(['less', '-R'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
pager.communicate(highlight(source))
pager.wait()
def _completion():
import atexit
import os
import readline
import rlcompleter
readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
history_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.py_history')
if not os.path.exists(history_dir):
os.makedirs(history_dir)
# Support multiple executables, including virtualenvs, by keying history
# files against the inode of the current Python executable.
executable_inode = str(os.stat(sys.executable).st_ino)
history_file = os.path.join(history_dir, executable_inode)
if os.path.exists(history_file):
readline.read_history_file(history_file)
atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, history_file)
try:
_completion()
del _completion
except Exception:
print >>sys.stderr, "Couldn't get completion and history working."
try:
from see import see
except ImportError:
print >>sys.stderr, "Please pip install see"
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