diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/version5.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/version5.rst index 035c3f1..a2ff1a0 100644 --- a/docs/source/whatsnew/version5.rst +++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/version5.rst @@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ IPython 5.4 =========== +IPython 5.4-LTS is the first release of IPython after the release of the 6.x +series which is Python 3 only. It backports most of the new exposed API +additions made in IPython 6.0 and 6.1 and avoid having to write conditional +logics depending of the version of IPython. + +Please upgrade to pip 9 or greater before upgrading IPython. +Failing to do so on Python 2 may lead to a broken IPython install. + Configurable TerminalInteractiveShell ------------------------------------- @@ -16,7 +24,40 @@ that allow to customize the class used to start the terminal frontend. This should allow user to use custom interfaces, like reviving the former readline interface which is now a separate package not maintained by the core team. +Define ``_repr_mimebundle_`` +---------------------------- + +Object can now define `_repr_mimebundle_` in place of multiple `_repr_*_` +methods and return a full mimebundle. This greatly simplify many implementation +and allow to publish custom mimetypes (like geojson, plotly, dataframes....). +See the ``Cutom Display Logic`` example notebook for more informations. + +Execution Heuristics +-------------------- + +The heuristic for execution in the command line interface is now more biased +toward executing for single statement. While in IPython 4.x and before a single +line would be executed when enter is pressed, IPython 5.x would insert a new +line. For single line statement this is not true anymore and if a single line is +valid Python, IPython will execute it regardless of the cursor position. Use +:kbd:`Ctrl-O` to insert a new line. :ghpull:`10489` + + +Implement Display IDs +--------------------- + +Implement display id and ability to update a given display. This should greatly +simplify a lot of code by removing the need for widgets and allow other frontend +to implement things like progress-bars. See :ghpull:`10048` + +Miscs +----- +* ``_mp_main_`` is not reloaded which fixes issues with multiprocessing. + :ghpull:`10523` +* Use user colorscheme in Pdb as well :ghpull:`10479` +* Faster shutdown. :ghpull:`10408` +* Fix a crash in reverse search. :ghpull:`10371` * added ``Completer.backslash_combining_completions`` boolean option to deactivate backslash-tab completion that may conflict with windows path.