Don't assume history request succeeded

errors in startup can cause the history request to be aborted.  There could be any of
a number of reasons the history request should fail, and the frontend should *never*
assume that the status is 'ok'.

IPython/frontend/qt/console/ipython_widget.py

@@ -1,513 +1,517 b''
 """ A FrontendWidget that emulates the interface of the console IPython and
     supports the additional functionality provided by the IPython kernel.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Standard library imports
 from collections import namedtuple
 import os.path
 import re
 from subprocess import Popen
 import sys
 from textwrap import dedent
 
 # System library imports
 from IPython.external.qt import QtCore, QtGui
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.core.inputsplitter import IPythonInputSplitter, \
     transform_ipy_prompt
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Bool, Unicode
 from frontend_widget import FrontendWidget
 import styles
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Default strings to build and display input and output prompts (and separators
 # in between)
 default_in_prompt = 'In [<span class="in-prompt-number">%i</span>]: '
 default_out_prompt = 'Out[<span class="out-prompt-number">%i</span>]: '
 default_input_sep = '\n'
 default_output_sep = ''
 default_output_sep2 = ''
 
 # Base path for most payload sources.
 zmq_shell_source = 'IPython.zmq.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell'
 
 if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
     default_editor = 'notepad'
 else:
     default_editor = ''
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # IPythonWidget class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class IPythonWidget(FrontendWidget):
     """ A FrontendWidget for an IPython kernel.
     """
 
     # If set, the 'custom_edit_requested(str, int)' signal will be emitted when
     # an editor is needed for a file. This overrides 'editor' and 'editor_line'
     # settings.
     custom_edit = Bool(False)
     custom_edit_requested = QtCore.Signal(object, object)
 
     editor = Unicode(default_editor, config=True,
         help="""
         A command for invoking a system text editor. If the string contains a
         {filename} format specifier, it will be used. Otherwise, the filename
         will be appended to the end the command.
         """)
 
     editor_line = Unicode(config=True,
         help="""
         The editor command to use when a specific line number is requested. The
         string should contain two format specifiers: {line} and {filename}. If
         this parameter is not specified, the line number option to the %edit
         magic will be ignored.
         """)
 
     style_sheet = Unicode(config=True,
         help="""
         A CSS stylesheet. The stylesheet can contain classes for:
             1. Qt: QPlainTextEdit, QFrame, QWidget, etc
             2. Pygments: .c, .k, .o, etc. (see PygmentsHighlighter)
             3. IPython: .error, .in-prompt, .out-prompt, etc
         """)
     
     syntax_style = Unicode(config=True,
         help="""
         If not empty, use this Pygments style for syntax highlighting.
         Otherwise, the style sheet is queried for Pygments style
         information.
         """)
 
     # Prompts.
     in_prompt = Unicode(default_in_prompt, config=True)
     out_prompt = Unicode(default_out_prompt, config=True)
     input_sep = Unicode(default_input_sep, config=True)
     output_sep = Unicode(default_output_sep, config=True)
     output_sep2 = Unicode(default_output_sep2, config=True)
 
     # FrontendWidget protected class variables.
     _input_splitter_class = IPythonInputSplitter
 
     # IPythonWidget protected class variables.
     _PromptBlock = namedtuple('_PromptBlock', ['block', 'length', 'number'])
     _payload_source_edit = zmq_shell_source + '.edit_magic'
     _payload_source_exit = zmq_shell_source + '.ask_exit'
     _payload_source_next_input = zmq_shell_source + '.set_next_input'
     _payload_source_page = 'IPython.zmq.page.page'
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'object' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
         super(IPythonWidget, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
 
         # IPythonWidget protected variables.
         self._payload_handlers = { 
             self._payload_source_edit : self._handle_payload_edit,
             self._payload_source_exit : self._handle_payload_exit,
             self._payload_source_page : self._handle_payload_page,
             self._payload_source_next_input : self._handle_payload_next_input }
         self._previous_prompt_obj = None
         self._keep_kernel_on_exit = None
 
         # Initialize widget styling.
         if self.style_sheet:
             self._style_sheet_changed()
             self._syntax_style_changed()
         else:
             self.set_default_style()
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'BaseFrontendMixin' abstract interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _handle_complete_reply(self, rep):
         """ Reimplemented to support IPython's improved completion machinery.
         """
         cursor = self._get_cursor()
         info = self._request_info.get('complete')
         if info and info.id == rep['parent_header']['msg_id'] and \
                 info.pos == cursor.position():
             matches = rep['content']['matches']
             text = rep['content']['matched_text']
             offset = len(text)
 
             # Clean up matches with period and path separators if the matched
             # text has not been transformed. This is done by truncating all
             # but the last component and then suitably decreasing the offset
             # between the current cursor position and the start of completion.
             if len(matches) > 1 and matches[0][:offset] == text:
                 parts = re.split(r'[./\\]', text) 
                 sep_count = len(parts) - 1
                 if sep_count:
                     chop_length = sum(map(len, parts[:sep_count])) + sep_count
                     matches = [ match[chop_length:] for match in matches ]
                     offset -= chop_length
 
             # Move the cursor to the start of the match and complete.
             cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.Left, n=offset)
             self._complete_with_items(cursor, matches)
 
     def _handle_execute_reply(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented to support prompt requests.
         """
         info = self._request_info.get('execute')
         if info and info.id == msg['parent_header']['msg_id']:
             if info.kind == 'prompt':
                 number = msg['content']['execution_count'] + 1
                 self._show_interpreter_prompt(number)
             else:
                 super(IPythonWidget, self)._handle_execute_reply(msg)
 
     def _handle_history_reply(self, msg):
         """ Implemented to handle history tail replies, which are only supported
             by the IPython kernel.
         """
-        history_items = msg['content']['history']
+        content = msg['content']
+        if 'history' not in content:
+            self.log.error("History request failed: %r"%content)
+            return
+        history_items = content['history']
         items = [ line.rstrip() for _, _, line in history_items ]
         self._set_history(items)
 
     def _handle_pyout(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style "display hook".
         """
         if not self._hidden and self._is_from_this_session(msg):
             content = msg['content']
             prompt_number = content['execution_count']
             data = content['data']
             if data.has_key('text/html'):
                 self._append_plain_text(self.output_sep, True)
                 self._append_html(self._make_out_prompt(prompt_number), True)
                 html = data['text/html']
                 self._append_plain_text('\n', True)
                 self._append_html(html + self.output_sep2, True)
             elif data.has_key('text/plain'):
                 self._append_plain_text(self.output_sep, True)
                 self._append_html(self._make_out_prompt(prompt_number), True)
                 text = data['text/plain']
                 # If the repr is multiline, make sure we start on a new line,
                 # so that its lines are aligned.
                 if "\n" in text and not self.output_sep.endswith("\n"):
                     self._append_plain_text('\n', True)
                 self._append_plain_text(text + self.output_sep2, True)
 
     def _handle_display_data(self, msg):
         """ The base handler for the ``display_data`` message.
         """
         # For now, we don't display data from other frontends, but we 
         # eventually will as this allows all frontends to monitor the display
         # data. But we need to figure out how to handle this in the GUI.
         if not self._hidden and self._is_from_this_session(msg):
             source = msg['content']['source']
             data = msg['content']['data']
             metadata = msg['content']['metadata']
             # In the regular IPythonWidget, we simply print the plain text
             # representation.
             if data.has_key('text/html'):
                 html = data['text/html']
                 self._append_html(html, True)
             elif data.has_key('text/plain'):
                 text = data['text/plain']
                 self._append_plain_text(text, True)
             # This newline seems to be needed for text and html output.
             self._append_plain_text(u'\n', True)
 
     def _started_channels(self):
         """ Reimplemented to make a history request.
         """
         super(IPythonWidget, self)._started_channels()
         self.kernel_manager.shell_channel.history(hist_access_type='tail',
                                                   n=1000)
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'ConsoleWidget' public interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def copy(self):
         """ Copy the currently selected text to the clipboard, removing prompts
             if possible.
         """
         text = self._control.textCursor().selection().toPlainText()
         if text:
             lines = map(transform_ipy_prompt, text.splitlines())
             text = '\n'.join(lines)
             QtGui.QApplication.clipboard().setText(text)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'FrontendWidget' public interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def execute_file(self, path, hidden=False):
         """ Reimplemented to use the 'run' magic.
         """
         # Use forward slashes on Windows to avoid escaping each separator.
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
             path = os.path.normpath(path).replace('\\', '/')
 
         self.execute('%%run %s' % path, hidden=hidden)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'FrontendWidget' protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _complete(self):
         """ Reimplemented to support IPython's improved completion machinery.
         """
         # We let the kernel split the input line, so we *always* send an empty
         # text field. Readline-based frontends do get a real text field which
         # they can use.
         text = ''
         
         # Send the completion request to the kernel
         msg_id = self.kernel_manager.shell_channel.complete(
             text,                                    # text
             self._get_input_buffer_cursor_line(),    # line
             self._get_input_buffer_cursor_column(),  # cursor_pos
             self.input_buffer)                       # block 
         pos = self._get_cursor().position()
         info = self._CompletionRequest(msg_id, pos)
         self._request_info['complete'] = info
 
     def _process_execute_error(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style traceback formatting.
         """
         content = msg['content']
         traceback = '\n'.join(content['traceback']) + '\n'
         if False:
             # FIXME: For now, tracebacks come as plain text, so we can't use
             # the html renderer yet.  Once we refactor ultratb to produce
             # properly styled tracebacks, this branch should be the default
             traceback = traceback.replace(' ', '&nbsp;')
             traceback = traceback.replace('\n', '<br/>')
 
             ename = content['ename']
             ename_styled = '<span class="error">%s</span>' % ename
             traceback = traceback.replace(ename, ename_styled)
 
             self._append_html(traceback)
         else:
             # This is the fallback for now, using plain text with ansi escapes
             self._append_plain_text(traceback)    
 
     def _process_execute_payload(self, item):
         """ Reimplemented to dispatch payloads to handler methods.
         """
         handler = self._payload_handlers.get(item['source'])
         if handler is None:
             # We have no handler for this type of payload, simply ignore it
             return False
         else:
             handler(item)
             return True
         
     def _show_interpreter_prompt(self, number=None):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style prompts.
         """
         # If a number was not specified, make a prompt number request.
         if number is None:
             msg_id = self.kernel_manager.shell_channel.execute('', silent=True)
             info = self._ExecutionRequest(msg_id, 'prompt')
             self._request_info['execute'] = info
             return
 
         # Show a new prompt and save information about it so that it can be
         # updated later if the prompt number turns out to be wrong.
         self._prompt_sep = self.input_sep
         self._show_prompt(self._make_in_prompt(number), html=True)
         block = self._control.document().lastBlock()
         length = len(self._prompt)
         self._previous_prompt_obj = self._PromptBlock(block, length, number)
 
         # Update continuation prompt to reflect (possibly) new prompt length.
         self._set_continuation_prompt(
             self._make_continuation_prompt(self._prompt), html=True)
 
     def _show_interpreter_prompt_for_reply(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style prompts.
         """
         # Update the old prompt number if necessary.
         content = msg['content']
         previous_prompt_number = content['execution_count']
         if self._previous_prompt_obj and \
                 self._previous_prompt_obj.number != previous_prompt_number:
             block = self._previous_prompt_obj.block
 
             # Make sure the prompt block has not been erased.
             if block.isValid() and block.text():
 
                 # Remove the old prompt and insert a new prompt.
                 cursor = QtGui.QTextCursor(block)
                 cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.Right,
                                     QtGui.QTextCursor.KeepAnchor, 
                                     self._previous_prompt_obj.length)
                 prompt = self._make_in_prompt(previous_prompt_number)
                 self._prompt = self._insert_html_fetching_plain_text(
                     cursor, prompt)
 
                 # When the HTML is inserted, Qt blows away the syntax
                 # highlighting for the line, so we need to rehighlight it.
                 self._highlighter.rehighlightBlock(cursor.block())
 
             self._previous_prompt_obj = None
 
         # Show a new prompt with the kernel's estimated prompt number.
         self._show_interpreter_prompt(previous_prompt_number + 1)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'IPythonWidget' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def set_default_style(self, colors='lightbg'):
         """ Sets the widget style to the class defaults.
 
         Parameters:
         -----------
         colors : str, optional (default lightbg)
             Whether to use the default IPython light background or dark
             background or B&W style.
         """
         colors = colors.lower()
         if colors=='lightbg':
             self.style_sheet = styles.default_light_style_sheet
             self.syntax_style = styles.default_light_syntax_style
         elif colors=='linux':
             self.style_sheet = styles.default_dark_style_sheet
             self.syntax_style = styles.default_dark_syntax_style
         elif colors=='nocolor':
             self.style_sheet = styles.default_bw_style_sheet
             self.syntax_style = styles.default_bw_syntax_style
         else:
             raise KeyError("No such color scheme: %s"%colors)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'IPythonWidget' protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _edit(self, filename, line=None):
         """ Opens a Python script for editing.
 
         Parameters:
         -----------
         filename : str
             A path to a local system file.
 
         line : int, optional
             A line of interest in the file.
         """
         if self.custom_edit:
             self.custom_edit_requested.emit(filename, line)
         elif not self.editor:
             self._append_plain_text('No default editor available.\n'
             'Specify a GUI text editor in the `IPythonWidget.editor` '
             'configurable to enable the %edit magic')
         else:
             try:
                 filename = '"%s"' % filename
                 if line and self.editor_line:
                     command = self.editor_line.format(filename=filename,
                                                       line=line)
                 else:
                     try:
                         command = self.editor.format()
                     except KeyError:
                         command = self.editor.format(filename=filename)
                     else:
                         command += ' ' + filename
             except KeyError:
                 self._append_plain_text('Invalid editor command.\n')
             else:
                 try:
                     Popen(command, shell=True)
                 except OSError:
                     msg = 'Opening editor with command "%s" failed.\n'
                     self._append_plain_text(msg % command)
 
     def _make_in_prompt(self, number):
         """ Given a prompt number, returns an HTML In prompt.
         """
         try:
             body = self.in_prompt % number
         except TypeError:
             # allow in_prompt to leave out number, e.g. '>>> '
             body = self.in_prompt
         return '<span class="in-prompt">%s</span>' % body
 
     def _make_continuation_prompt(self, prompt):
         """ Given a plain text version of an In prompt, returns an HTML
             continuation prompt.
         """
         end_chars = '...: '
         space_count = len(prompt.lstrip('\n')) - len(end_chars)
         body = '&nbsp;' * space_count + end_chars
         return '<span class="in-prompt">%s</span>' % body
         
     def _make_out_prompt(self, number):
         """ Given a prompt number, returns an HTML Out prompt.
         """
         body = self.out_prompt % number
         return '<span class="out-prompt">%s</span>' % body
 
     #------ Payload handlers --------------------------------------------------
 
     # Payload handlers with a generic interface: each takes the opaque payload
     # dict, unpacks it and calls the underlying functions with the necessary
     # arguments.
 
     def _handle_payload_edit(self, item):
         self._edit(item['filename'], item['line_number'])
 
     def _handle_payload_exit(self, item):
         self._keep_kernel_on_exit = item['keepkernel']
         self.exit_requested.emit()
 
     def _handle_payload_next_input(self, item):
         self.input_buffer = dedent(item['text'].rstrip())
 
     def _handle_payload_page(self, item):
         # Since the plain text widget supports only a very small subset of HTML
         # and we have no control over the HTML source, we only page HTML
         # payloads in the rich text widget.
         if item['html'] and self.kind == 'rich':
             self._page(item['html'], html=True)
         else:
             self._page(item['text'], html=False)
 
     #------ Trait change handlers --------------------------------------------
 
     def _style_sheet_changed(self):
         """ Set the style sheets of the underlying widgets.
         """
         self.setStyleSheet(self.style_sheet)
         self._control.document().setDefaultStyleSheet(self.style_sheet)
         if self._page_control:
             self._page_control.document().setDefaultStyleSheet(self.style_sheet)
 
         bg_color = self._control.palette().window().color()
         self._ansi_processor.set_background_color(bg_color)
 
 
     def _syntax_style_changed(self):
         """ Set the style for the syntax highlighter.
         """
         if self._highlighter is None:
             # ignore premature calls
             return
         if self.syntax_style:
             self._highlighter.set_style(self.syntax_style)
         else:
             self._highlighter.set_style_sheet(self.style_sheet)
 
     #------ Trait default initializers -----------------------------------------
 
     def _banner_default(self):
         from IPython.core.usage import default_gui_banner
         return default_gui_banner