[IPython-user] history files for Python/IPython

[Thorsten Kampe]

What's the deal with the history files?

My Python shell uses ~/python/.python_history[1], IPython uses
~/.ipython/history and both seem to use a new file ~/.pythonhist that
comes without ever being defined by me.

Is it possible to use one and only one common history file with
IPython and vanilla Python shell?


Thorsten

[1] histfile = os.path.expandvars("$HOME/python/.python_history")