Better tab-completion when the autocomp menu is displayed.

IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py

@@ -242,7 +242,6 b' class ConsoleWidget(editwindow.EditWindow):'
         self.CmdKeyClear(ord('L'), stc.STC_SCMOD_CTRL)
         self.CmdKeyClear(ord('T'), stc.STC_SCMOD_CTRL)
 
-
         self.SetEOLMode(stc.STC_EOL_CRLF)
         self.SetWrapMode(stc.STC_WRAP_CHAR)
         self.SetWrapMode(stc.STC_WRAP_WORD)
@@ -260,6 +259,8 b' class ConsoleWidget(editwindow.EditWindow):'
         # automaticaly
         self.AutoCompSetChooseSingle(False)
         self.AutoCompSetMaxHeight(10)
+        # XXX: this doesn't seem to have an effect.
+        self.AutoCompSetFillUps('\n')
 
         self.SetMargins(3, 3) #text is moved away from border with 3px
         # Suppressing Scintilla margins

IPython/frontend/wx/wx_frontend.py

@@ -377,12 +377,12 b' class WxController(ConsoleWidget, PrefilterFrontEnd):'
             # Calltips
             event.Skip()
             self.do_calltip()
-        elif self.AutoCompActive():
+        elif self.AutoCompActive() and not event.KeyCode == ord('\t'):
             event.Skip()
             if event.KeyCode in (wx.WXK_BACK, wx.WXK_DELETE): 
                 wx.CallAfter(self._popup_completion, create=True)
             elif not event.KeyCode in (wx.WXK_UP, wx.WXK_DOWN, wx.WXK_LEFT,
-                            wx.WXK_RIGHT):
+                            wx.WXK_RIGHT, wx.WXK_ESCAPE):
                 wx.CallAfter(self._popup_completion)
         else:
             # Up history
@@ -410,6 +410,8 b' class WxController(ConsoleWidget, PrefilterFrontEnd):'
                 last_line = self.input_buffer.split('\n')[-1]
                 if not re.match(r'^\s*$', last_line):
                     self.complete_current_input()
+                    if self.AutoCompActive():
+                        wx.CallAfter(self._popup_completion, create=True)
                 else:
                     event.Skip()
             else: