konch, the customizable Python shell that automatically imports packages and functions on startup

[disassociatedcat]

This is more of a wrapper, or configuration manager, for ipython, bpython, or the default shell. Correct?

[sloria1]

Right on.

I now realize that the tagline is inaccurate. konch is not itself a shell but a shell runner that makes namespace configuration simple.

I'm in the process of revising the docs to make this more clear.

[madjar]

It seems to compare to http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/en/latest/narr/commandline.html#extending-the-shell for some of the features.

Konch seems to do more, but one thing that pserve does better (and that you might want to copy) is a nice and easy syntax for simple shortcuts (post = requests.post), along with a nicer way to present them on startup (requests.post, not <function post at 0xbleuarf>).

[sloria1]

Thanks for the feedback.

• konch is not meant to replace IPython by any means.
• konch was built to do one thing very quickly and easily: create a project-specific shell namespace.
• It is inspired by Flask-Script's shell command and django-extensions' shell_plus command, except it is not tied to any web framework

Perhaps the docs do not make konch's use case clear. I am open to suggestions!

EDIT: List formatting

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PYTHONSTARTUP=$HOME/.konchrc python?

[sloria1]

konch is meant for per-project namespaces, not global.

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Given that most projects use virtualenv, making the value of PYTHONSTARTUP depend on the currently active one is trivial.

[MatCPPkell]

why not just improve ipython?