From 4c74403697f863bcc2249e4c31cf1ef5a86a9e2e 2012-06-11 14:44:47 From: Matthias BUSSONNIER Date: 2012-06-11 14:44:47 Subject: [PATCH] some completer release note --- diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/development.txt b/docs/source/whatsnew/development.txt index 8192d25..b5b774e 100644 --- a/docs/source/whatsnew/development.txt +++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/development.txt @@ -36,6 +36,25 @@ Interactive tab completion for the Qt console (Add description & screenshots) (:ghpull:`1851`) + +Completer improvement +--------------------- + +One of the great feature of IPython is the ability to inspect live element and +provide useful completion to the user, this one base of interactive +exploration of data. To make this process even more user-friendly the completers +of both the QTconsole and the Notebook has been reworked. + +The Qtconsole --gui-completion flag came with a new `ncurses` flavor, activated +by default, which allows to cycle through the available completion by pressing +tab, and to navigate the with the arrow keys.(:ghpull:`1851`) + +As part of the great refactoring of the notebook's JavaScript, the completer +has been partially rewritten. Completions are now sourced both from object +introspection and analyse of surrounding code, allowing to get a even limited +completion on code not executed, or even while the kernel is busy. + + Other new features ------------------