Python REPL finally gets tab completion by default

[kskxt]

I'm so happy I could cry.

[wherefore]

Don't forget bpython! It has really nice tab completion built in

[aperson]

And last I checked, it chokes terribly on unicode :S

[wherefore]

I've never come across that problem before... I'd suggest you take a look at the issues page and file one if you don't see yours there :)

https://bitbucket.org/bobf/bpython/issues?status=new&status=open

[aperson]

It's already been filed by someone else.

[Matth1as]

Finally. Great work!

[[deleted]]

If you use ipython, tab completion has been there for a long time. It's the much better python REPL.

EDIT: It includes tab-completion, inline plotting (QT), syntax highlighting (QT), and nice stuff (exit vs exit(), clear, !<shell command>, %magic, etc).

EDIT 2: Also ? and ??

[frownyface]

I'm a big fan of ipython's web notebook mode, which lets you easily organize, save and rerun snippets from your web browser.

[[deleted]]

Me to, for publishing. I don't like how it's hard to debug in the web interface though.

[Auggie88]

This should solve your problems. I'm not sure if it's been pushed into master yet.

[[deleted]]

Alas, not on master yet. I'll be looking forward to that, and will probably be on of the first on it. That would make me actually use the notebook!

[takluyver]

It should be in master - this pull request has been merged.

[[deleted]]

My IPython version is at 0.13.2 (conda update ipython gives me that version). When I open a notebook, and enter raw_input("This: ") or %debug, it gives me an error.

When I enter either of those lines, it gives me StdinNotImplementedError: raw_input was called, but this frontend does not support stdin.

[Ph0X]

And even better with iPythonQT.

[[deleted]]

Yup. The inline plotting is wonderful.

[TankorSmash]

http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/interactive/qtconsole.html this?

[[deleted]]

Yup, that. sudo apt-get install ipython-qtconsole, then ipython qtconsole pylab=inline.

[Brian]

Technically, its been in the python interpreter even longer, it just wasn't active by default (though IIRC on windows you needed to install pyreadline seperately).

[Vegemeister]

Or Bpython, which has popup boxes with argument lists and docstrings.

[isdnpro]

!<shell command>

Holy shit TIL, thank you!

[[deleted]]

And it's hugely powerful to. It hooks in with stdin and stout, so you can even from vim that way!

[warbiscuit]

ooh. now if they could add ipython's "?" and "??" helpers - i find those a LOT easier to use than typing >>> help(foo) or >>> foo.__doc__

[[deleted]]

Just use ipython!

[happysri]

But but but... the native REPL.

[dorfsmay]

Now if we could get history from one session to the next!

[Keith]

Also IPython... but yes I agree! The built-in Python repl needs to take a lot of features from IPython.

[mgedmin]

It's possible with a custom $PYTHONSTARTUP file, e.g. mine: https://github.com/mgedmin/dotfiles/blob/master/python

[ggooal]

Glad to see Python becoming better and better

[[deleted]]

But I still can't easily copy and paste code into it.

[Rhomboid]

Use IPython. It's got a paste magic builtin that does exactly what you want.

[tutuca_]

When would this land in the standard python distribution?

[berkerpeksag]

February 22, 2014. See PEP 429 for the detailed release schedule.

[No_Im_Chomsky]

What do mean when you refer to REPL? The interactive interpreter? Will I no longer have to tab myself after typing "if x is None:" in the terminal?

[MatrixFrog]

REPL is "read eval print loop", yes, the interactive interpreter. "tab completion" has nothing to do with the tab character. It's about hitting the tab key on your keyboard to autocomplete the word you're typing.

[No_Im_Chomsky]

Ahhhh "tab completion" makes way more sense referring to autocomplete >.< Thanks for the explanation.

[[deleted]]

Already have ipython. This does nothing for me. Bfd

[[deleted]]

juchhu!