[SciPy-user] IPython completion

[Jeffery D. Collins]

Fernando Perez wrote:

> Jeffery D. Collins wrote:
>
>> Filename completion for IPython does not work for me under 
>> Python-2.3, but does for Python-2.2.  That is, typing a <tab> does 
>> nothing.  It seems to work fine for everything else.
>> Startup dialog:
>>
>> Python 2.3 (#11, Sep  5 2003, 13:12:43)
>> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>
>> IPython 0.4.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
>> ?       -> Introduction to IPython's features.
>> @magic  -> Information about IPython's 'magic' @ functions.
>> help    -> Python's own help system.
>> object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.
>
>
> Mmh, I just tested 2.3 with ipython 0.5.0, and tab works fine for me.  
> I did fix a few 2.3-related warnings, but I can't see how this might 
> be related to readline.

I just installed 0.5.0 - same thing.

>
> Can you test 'import readline' in a normal (non-ipython) python 
> shell?  I want to know if your readline support is indeed correct.

It imports just fine.  Can you suggest any other tests I should try on 
the readline module?

>
> BTW, you might want to upgrade to 0.5.0, as a nasty generator 
> (potentially dangerous side-effects) bug was fixed recently.
>
> Cheers,
>
> f
>
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Jeffery Collins