Pretty-print all your outputs in Python REPL

7 July 2021

Edit your $HOME/.pythonstartup with the following lines:

try:
    from rich import pretty
    pretty.install()
except ImportError:
    pass

In my version of this files, I also added:

an history of commands together with completion:

import readline
import rlcompleter
import atexit
import os
import sys
readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
histfile = os.path.join(
    os.environ['HOME'],
    '.pythonhistory{}'.format(sys.version[0])
)
try:
    readline.read_history_file(histfile)
except IOError:
    pass
atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
del histfile
del atexit, readline, rlcompleter

a few common imports:

import re
__autoimported__ = ['sys', 'os', 're']
try:
    from pathlib import Path
    __autoimported__.append('Path')
    import numpy as np
    __autoimported__.append("numpy as np")
    import pandas as pd
    __autoimported__.append("pandas as pd")
except ImportError:
    pass
print('Auto-imported for your convenience:')
print(', '.join(__autoimported__))

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Pretty-print all your outputs in Python REPL

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