How to enable history in Django shell in python

Question

I am using Django shell_plus.

The readline and rlcompleter modules are installed in there.

But i find that when i close my shell_plus session then i can go back to history commands which i used in previous sessions.

In my office i can go back to previous commands as well.

what do i need to do for that

Answer 1

You could use bpython it has history enabled and many other fantastic features, if you are using virtualenv install it with pip.

pip install bpython

or globally

apt-get install bpython

For me this is the most amazing interactive shell for python.

Answer 2

Do you have IPython installed?

The docs mention that

The default resolution order is: bpython, ipython, python.

P.S. I haven't used bpython but there seems to be a history too.