need to update interpreter, a lot seems to have changed since then <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=python+mac+osx&btnG=Google+Search" ADD_DATE="1194639595666"> python mac osx - Google Search</A> <A HREF="http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython" ADD_DATE="1194639595666"> MacPython - PythonInfo Wiki</A> <A HREF="http://www.python.org/download/mac/" ADD_DATE="1194639595666"> Python on the Macintosh</A> <A HREF="http://www.pythonmac.org/packages/py25-fat/index.html" ADD_DATE="1194639595666"> Mac OS X Python Packages for Universal Python 2.4 on Mac OS X 10.3.9 and later (Intel and PPC)</A>

installing iPython for better interactive shell.

python setup.py build sudo python setup.py install

found references to iPython and installed that

<A HREF="http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/03/06/python-mac-os-x-and-readline/" ADD_DATE="1194625594444"> bbum’s weblog-o-mat » Blog Archive » Python, Mac OS X, and Readline.</A> <A HREF="http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/Donload" ADD_DATE="1194625594444"> Download - IPython</A> <A HREF="http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/" ADD_DATE="1194625594445"> Index of /dist</A> <A HREF="http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython.el" ADD_DATE="1194625594445"> | http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython.el</A>

wanted interpreter history in python.

after looking, it didn't look like there was a simple way to get command history on the mac using built in interpreter.

<A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=NfB&q=python+interpreter+history+mac+osx&btnG=Search" ADD_DATE="1194625594442"> python interpreter history mac osx - Google Search</A> <A HREF="http://kdl.cs.umass.edu/proximity/" ADD_DATE="1194625594442"> Proximity Software</A> <A HREF="http://my.opera.com/alecmg/blog/2007/03/30/add-history-and-completion-to-python-in" ADD_DATE="1194625594442"> Add history and completion to python interpreter - Alec's page - by Alec</A> <A HREF="http://my.opera.com/alecmg/blog/2006/10/25/adjust-your-monitor-brightness" ADD_DATE="1194625594442"> Adjust your monitor brightness - Alec's page - by Alec</A> <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=python+readline&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" ADD_DATE="1194625594443"> python readline - Google Search</A> <A HREF="http://www.peterbe.com/To-readline-or-readlines" ADD_DATE="1194625594443"> To readline() or readlines() - Peterbe.com (Peter Bengtsson on Python, Zope, Kung Fu, London and photos)</A> <A HREF="http://docs.python.org/lib/module-rlcompleter.html" ADD_DATE="1194625594443"> 15.8 rlcompleter -- Completion function for GNU readline</A>