[IPython-dev] New feature: Latex escapes tab complete to unicode

[Thomas Kluyver]

We've just merged a new feature in master, unashamedly copying something we
like from Julia. You can now type Python 3 unicode identifiers in the
notebook and the Qt console using Latex-style names. I.e. type \alpha,
press tab, and it's replaced by α. This should work for any character
that's valid in identifiers.

Thanks to Brian for implementing this in IPython:
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/6380

It should be possible to do this in at least the two-process terminal
frontend (ipython console) as well, though there's a small bug with it at
the moment. Doing it in the single process terminal might be a bit more
tricky.

Thanks,
Thomas
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