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+try:
+    import atexit
+    import os
+    import sys
+    from pathlib import Path
+    import readline
+except ImportError as e:
+    print(f"Couldn't load module. {e}")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+################
+# TAB COMPLETION #
+##################
+
+try:
+    readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+
+### XDG Compliant History File
+# See https://gist.github.com/viliampucik/8713b09ff7e4d984b29bfcd7804dc1f4?permalink_comment_id=4582040#gistcomment-4582040
+
+# Destroy default history file writing hook (and also tab completion, which is why we manually added it above)
+if hasattr(sys, '__interactivehook__'):
+    del sys.__interactivehook__
+
+
+histfile = Path(os.getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME", Path.home() / ".cache")) / "python_history"
+try:
+    histfile.touch(exist_ok=True)
+except FileNotFoundError: # Probably the parent directory doesn't exist
+    histfile.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+readline.read_history_file(histfile)
+# Don't store an obscene amount of history
+readline.set_history_length(5000)
+# Write to history file on exit
+atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)