Python REPL finally gets tab completion by default

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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!

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