On Unix, a file called $HOME/.tclshrc , and on Windows, a file called $HOME\tclshrc.tcl , will be read by [tclsh] when tclsh is started interactively. Note that it is NOT read if tclsh is started with a command file. Please feel free to add examples of useful things one can do with this facility. 1. perform a [package require] on one of the [pure-tcl readline2] type packages, providing a different command line history functionality. 1. Set [tcl_prompt1] or [tcl_prompt2] <>Desktop