jobctrl: publish in _ip namespace after installation

IPython/Extensions/jobctrl.py

@@ -1,44 +1,53 b''
 """ Preliminary "job control" extensions for IPython 
 
 requires python 2.4 (or separate 'subprocess' module
 
 At the moment this is in a very "unhelpful" form, will be extended in the future.
 
 Usage:
 
 [ipython]|2> import jobctrl
 [ipython]|3> &ls
          <3> <jobctrl.IpyPopen object at 0x00D87FD0>
 [ipython]|4> _3.go
 -----------> _3.go()
 ChangeLog
 IPython
 MANIFEST.in
 README
 README_Windows.txt
 
 ...                     
 """                     
 
 from subprocess import Popen,PIPE
 
 from IPython import genutils
 
+import IPython.ipapi
+
 class IpyPopen(Popen):
     def go(self):
         print self.communicate()[0]
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<IPython job "%s">' % self.line
 
-def job(job):
-    #p = Popen(r"q:\opt\vlc\vlc.exe http://di.fm/mp3/djmixes.pls")
+def startjob(job):
     p = IpyPopen(job, stdout=PIPE)
     p.line = job
     return p
 
 def jobctrl_prefilter_f(self,line):    
     if line.startswith('&'):
-        return 'jobctrl.job(%s)' % genutils.make_quoted_expr(line[1:])
+        return '_ip.startjob(%s)' % genutils.make_quoted_expr(line[1:])
 
     raise IPython.ipapi.TryNext
 
-import IPython.ipapi
-IPython.ipapi.get().set_hook('input_prefilter', jobctrl_prefilter_f)     
+def install():
+    
+    ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
+    # needed to make startjob visible as _ip.startjob('blah')
+    ip.startjob = startjob
+    ip.set_hook('input_prefilter', jobctrl_prefilter_f)     
+    
+install()
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