From d4d47261c7184522978356a58e39493170972c9e 2013-09-30 00:30:31 From: Martín Gaitán Date: 2013-09-30 00:30:31 Subject: [PATCH] better docstring for the -r option --- diff --git a/IPython/core/magics/code.py b/IPython/core/magics/code.py index ec726c2..7f569a3 100644 --- a/IPython/core/magics/code.py +++ b/IPython/core/magics/code.py @@ -212,7 +212,11 @@ class CodeMagics(Magics): Options: -------- - -r : specify ranges of lines to load from the source + -r : Specify lines or ranges of lines to load from the source. + Ranges could be specified as x-y (x..y) or in python-style x:y + (x..(y-1)). Both limits x and y can be left blank (meaning the + beginning and end of the file, respectively). + -y : Don't ask confirmation for loading source above 200 000 characters. This magic command can either take a local filename, a URL, an history @@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ class CodeMagics(Magics): %load myMacro %load http://www.example.com/myscript.py %load -r 5-10 myscript.py - %load -r 10-20,30,40-50 foo.py + %load -r 10-20,30,40: foo.py """ opts,args = self.parse_options(arg_s,'yr:')