--- Python-2.3.4/Modules/readline.c	2003-11-13 02:42:13.000000000 -0500
+++ Python-2.3.4-patched/Modules/readline.c	2007-03-28 07:45:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@
 static PyObject *startup_hook = NULL;
 static PyThreadState *startup_hook_tstate = NULL;
 
+static PyObject *custom_hook = NULL;
+static PyThreadState *custom_hook_tstate = NULL;
+
 #ifdef HAVE_RL_PRE_INPUT_HOOK
 static PyObject *pre_input_hook = NULL;
 static PyThreadState *pre_input_hook_tstate = NULL;
@@ -230,12 +233,27 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_set_pre_input_hook,
 "set_pre_input_hook([function]) -> None\n\
 Set or remove the pre_input_hook function.\n\
+This custom function can be bound to a key or keyseq using parse_and_bind().\n\
+");
+
+#endif
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_set_custom_hook,
+"set_custom_hook([function]) -> None\n\
+Set or remove the custom_hook function.\n\
 The function is called with no arguments after the first prompt\n\
 has been printed and just before readline starts reading input\n\
 characters.");
 
-#endif
 
+/* Set custom hook */
+
+static PyObject *
+set_custom_hook(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	return set_hook("custom_hook", &custom_hook,
+			&custom_hook_tstate, args);
+}
 
 /* Exported function to specify a word completer in Python */
 
@@ -484,6 +502,8 @@
 	{"set_pre_input_hook", set_pre_input_hook,
 	 METH_VARARGS, doc_set_pre_input_hook},
 #endif
+	{"set_custom_hook", set_custom_hook,
+	 METH_VARARGS, doc_set_custom_hook},
 	{0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -531,6 +551,11 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+static int
+on_custom_hook(int count, int key)
+{
+	return on_hook(custom_hook, &custom_hook_tstate);
+}
 
 /* C function to call the Python completer. */
 
@@ -620,6 +645,9 @@
 	rl_completion_append_character ='\0';
 #endif
 
+	/* register custom function */
+	rl_add_defun("custom", (rl_command_func_t *)on_custom_hook, -1);
+
 	begidx = PyInt_FromLong(0L);
 	endidx = PyInt_FromLong(0L);
 	/* Initialize (allows .inputrc to override)
@@ -717,7 +745,6 @@
 	return p;
 }
 
-
 /* Initialize the module */
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_module,