disable some QAction by default, remove OSX only, wrap in try/except

IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py

@@ -279,6 +279,7 b' class ConsoleWidget(LoggingConfigurable, QtGui.QWidget):'
                 shortcut="Ctrl+Z",
                 statusTip="Undo last action if possible",
                 triggered=self._control.undo)
+        self.undo_action.setDisabled(True)
         self.addAction(self.undo_action)
 
         self.redo_action = QtGui.QAction("Redo",
@@ -286,36 +287,42 b' class ConsoleWidget(LoggingConfigurable, QtGui.QWidget):'
                 shortcut="Ctrl+Shift+Z",
                 statusTip="Redo last action if possible",
                 triggered=self._control.redo)
+        self.redo_action.setDisabled(True)
         self.addAction(self.redo_action)
 
         self.reset_action = QtGui.QAction("Reset",
                 self,
                 statusTip="Clear all varible from workspace",
                 triggered=self.reset_magic)
+        self.reset_action.setDisabled(True)
         self.addAction(self.reset_action)
 
         self.clear_action = QtGui.QAction("Clear",
                 self,
                 statusTip="Clear the console",
                 triggered=self.clear_magic)
+        self.clear_action.setDisabled(True)
         self.addAction(self.clear_action)
 
         self.who_action = QtGui.QAction("Who",
                 self,
                 statusTip="List interactive variable",
                 triggered=self.who_magic)
+        self.who_action.setDisabled(True)
         self.addAction(self.who_action)
 
         self.whos_action = QtGui.QAction("Whos",
                 self,
                 statusTip="List interactive variable with detail",
                 triggered=self.whos_magic)
+        self.whos_action.setDisabled(True)
         self.addAction(self.whos_action)
 
         self.who_ls_action = QtGui.QAction("Who ls",
                 self,
                 statusTip="Return a list of interactive variable",
                 triggered=self.who_ls_magic)
+        self.who_ls_action.setDisabled(True)
         self.addAction(self.who_ls_action)
 
 

IPython/frontend/qt/console/history_console_widget.py

@@ -35,12 +35,14 b' class HistoryConsoleWidget(ConsoleWidget):'
                 self,
                 statusTip="show command history",
                 triggered=self.history_magic)
+        self.history_action.setDisabled(True)
         self.addAction(self.history_action)
 
         self.save_action = QtGui.QAction("Export History ",
                 self,
                 statusTip="Export History as Python File",
                 triggered=self.save_magic)
+        self.save_action.setDisabled(True)
         self.addAction(self.save_action)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------

IPython/frontend/qt/console/qtconsoleapp.py

@@ -103,44 +103,110 b' class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):'
         # it with possible action, don't do it on other platform
         # as some user might not want the menu bar, or give them
         # an option to remove it
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            #create menu in the order they should appear in the menu bar
-            self.fileMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("File")
-            self.editMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Edit")
-            self.fontMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Font")
-            self.windowMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Window")
-            self.magicMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Magic")
-
-            # please keep the Help menu in Mac Os even if empty. It will
-            # automatically contain a search field to search inside menus and
-            # please keep it spelled in English, as long as Qt Doesn't support
-            # a QAction.MenuRole like HelpMenuRole otherwise it will loose
-            # this search field fonctionnality
-
-            self.helpMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Help")
-
-            # sould wrap every line of the following block into a try/except,
-            # as we are not sure of instanciating a _frontend which support all
-            # theses actions, but there might be a better way
 
+    def initMenuBar(self):
+        #create menu in the order they should appear in the menu bar
+        self.fileMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("File")
+        self.editMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Edit")
+        self.fontMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Font")
+        self.windowMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Window")
+        self.magicMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Magic")
+
+        # please keep the Help menu in Mac Os even if empty. It will
+        # automatically contain a search field to search inside menus and
+        # please keep it spelled in English, as long as Qt Doesn't support
+        # a QAction.MenuRole like HelpMenuRole otherwise it will loose
+        # this search field fonctionnality
+
+        self.helpMenu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Help")
+
+        # sould wrap every line of the following block into a try/except,
+        # as we are not sure of instanciating a _frontend which support all
+        # theses actions, but there might be a better way
+        try:
             self.fileMenu.addAction(self._frontend.print_action)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.fileMenu.addAction(self._frontend.export_action)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.fileMenu.addAction(self._frontend.select_all_action)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
 
+        try:
             self.editMenu.addAction(self._frontend.undo_action)
+            self._frontend.undo_action.setEnabled(True)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.editMenu.addAction(self._frontend.redo_action)
+            self._frontend.redo_action.setEnabled(True)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
 
+        try:
             self.fontMenu.addAction(self._frontend.increase_font_size)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.fontMenu.addAction(self._frontend.decrease_font_size)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.fontMenu.addAction(self._frontend.reset_font_size)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
 
+        try:
             self.magicMenu.addAction(self._frontend.reset_action)
+            self._frontend.reset_action.setEnabled(True)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.magicMenu.addAction(self._frontend.history_action)
+            self._frontend.history_action.setEnabled(True)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.magicMenu.addAction(self._frontend.save_action)
+            self._frontend.save_action.setEnabled(True)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.magicMenu.addAction(self._frontend.clear_action)
+            self._frontend.clear_action.setEnabled(True)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.magicMenu.addAction(self._frontend.who_action)
+            self._frontend.who_action.setEnabled(True)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.magicMenu.addAction(self._frontend.who_ls_action)
+            self._frontend.who_ls_action.setEnabled(True)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
+        try:
             self.magicMenu.addAction(self._frontend.whos_action)
+            self._frontend.whos_action.setEnabled(True)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print "trying to add unexisting action, skipping"
+
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # QWidget interface
@@ -537,6 +603,7 b' class IPythonQtConsoleApp(BaseIPythonApplication):'
         self.window = MainWindow(self.app, self.widget, self.existing,
                                 may_close=local_kernel,
                                 confirm_exit=self.confirm_exit)
+        self.window.initMenuBar()
         self.window.setWindowTitle('Python' if self.pure else 'IPython')
 
     def init_colors(self):