From 0172a4ba7064a932fed773137eda7d63dd1942a4 2006-01-23 20:31:43
From: vivainio
Date: 2006-01-23 20:31:43
Subject: [PATCH] Added %paste magic
---

diff --git a/IPython/Magic.py b/IPython/Magic.py
index c34f1d1..4109e61 100644
--- a/IPython/Magic.py
+++ b/IPython/Magic.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
 
-$Id: Magic.py 1034 2006-01-20 12:59:31Z vivainio $"""
+$Id: Magic.py 1068 2006-01-23 20:31:43Z vivainio $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <jhauser@zscout.de> and
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ from IPython.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.macro import Macro
 from IPython.genutils import *
 from IPython import platutils
+
 #***************************************************************************
 # Utility functions
 def on_off(tag):
@@ -2759,4 +2760,45 @@ Defaulting color scheme to 'NoColor'"""
         page(self.shell.pycolorize(file_read(filename)),
              screen_lines=self.shell.rc.screen_length)
 
+    def magic_paste(self, parameter_s=''):
+        """Allows you to paste & execute a pre-formatted code block from 
+        clipboard.
+        
+        You must terminate the block with '--' (two minus-signs) alone on the
+        line.
+        
+        The block is dedented prior to execution to enable execution of 
+        method definitions. The executed block is also assigned to variable 
+        named 'pasted_block' for later editing with %edit.
+        
+        You can also pass a variable name as an argument, e.g. '%paste foo'.
+        This assigns the pasted block to variable 'foo' as string, without 
+        dedenting or executing it.
+        
+        Do not be alarmed by garbled output on Windows (it's a readline bug). 
+        Just press enter and type -- (and press enter again) and the block 
+        will be what was just pasted.
+        
+        IPython statements (magics, shell escapes) are not supported (yet).
+        """
+        par = parameter_s.strip()
+        from IPython import iplib
+        lines = []
+        while 1:
+            l = iplib.raw_input_original(':')
+            if l =='--':
+                break
+            lines.append(l)
+        block = "\n".join(lines)
+        #print "block:\n",block
+        if not par:
+            b = textwrap.dedent(block)
+            self.runsource(b)
+            self.user_ns['pasted_block'] = b
+        else:
+            self.user_ns[par] = block
+            print "Block assigned to '%s'" % par
+        
+
+
 # end Magic
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 0cb1e2c..e0d8b99 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-01-23  Ville Vainio  <vivainio@gmail.com>  
+
+	* Added %paste magic for pasting python code
+
 2006-01-22  Ville Vainio  <vivainio@gmail.com>  
 
 	* Merge from branches/0.7.1 into trunk, revs 1052-1057