Refactored iptest.py to work with new package org.

In the process I had to fix 2 small bugs to get all the tests passing.

IPython/extensions/ibrowse.py

@@ -1,1767 +1,1767 b''
 # -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
 
 import curses, fcntl, signal, struct, tty, textwrap, inspect
 
-from IPython.coreZ import ipapi
+from IPython.core import ipapi
 
 import astyle, ipipe
 
 
 # Python 2.3 compatibility
 try:
     set
 except NameError:
     import sets
     set = sets.Set
 
 # Python 2.3 compatibility
 try:
     sorted
 except NameError:
     from ipipe import sorted
 
 
 class UnassignedKeyError(Exception):
     """
     Exception that is used for reporting unassigned keys.
     """
 
 
 class UnknownCommandError(Exception):
     """
     Exception that is used for reporting unknown commands (this should never
     happen).
     """
 
 
 class CommandError(Exception):
     """
     Exception that is used for reporting that a command can't be executed.
     """
 
 
 class Keymap(dict):
     """
     Stores mapping of keys to commands.
     """
     def __init__(self):
         self._keymap = {}
 
     def __setitem__(self, key, command):
         if isinstance(key, str):
             for c in key:
                 dict.__setitem__(self, ord(c), command)
         else:
             dict.__setitem__(self, key, command)
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         if isinstance(key, str):
             key = ord(key)
         return dict.__getitem__(self, key)
 
     def __detitem__(self, key):
         if isinstance(key, str):
             key = ord(key)
         dict.__detitem__(self, key)
 
     def register(self, command, *keys):
         for key in keys:
             self[key] = command
 
     def get(self, key, default=None):
         if isinstance(key, str):
             key = ord(key)
         return dict.get(self, key, default)
 
     def findkey(self, command, default=ipipe.noitem):
         for (key, commandcandidate) in self.iteritems():
             if commandcandidate == command:
                 return key
         if default is ipipe.noitem:
             raise KeyError(command)
         return default
 
 
 class _BrowserCachedItem(object):
     # This is used internally by ``ibrowse`` to store a item together with its
     # marked status.
     __slots__ = ("item", "marked")
 
     def __init__(self, item):
         self.item = item
         self.marked = False
 
 
 class _BrowserHelp(object):
     style_header = astyle.Style.fromstr("yellow:black:bold")
     # This is used internally by ``ibrowse`` for displaying the help screen.
     def __init__(self, browser):
         self.browser = browser
 
     def __xrepr__(self, mode):
         yield (-1, True)
         if mode == "header" or mode == "footer":
             yield (astyle.style_default, "ibrowse help screen")
         else:
             yield (astyle.style_default, repr(self))
 
     def __iter__(self):
         # Get reverse key mapping
         allkeys = {}
         for (key, cmd) in self.browser.keymap.iteritems():
             allkeys.setdefault(cmd, []).append(key)
 
         fields = ("key", "description")
 
         commands = []
         for name in dir(self.browser):
             if name.startswith("cmd_"):
                 command = getattr(self.browser, name)
                 commands.append((inspect.getsourcelines(command)[-1], name[4:], command))
         commands.sort()
         commands = [(c[1], c[2]) for c in commands]
         for (i, (name, command)) in enumerate(commands):
             if i:
                 yield ipipe.Fields(fields, key="", description="")
 
             description = command.__doc__
             if description is None:
                 lines = []
             else:
                 lines = [l.strip() for l in description.splitlines() if l.strip()]
                 description = "\n".join(lines)
                 lines = textwrap.wrap(description, 60)
             keys = allkeys.get(name, [])
 
             yield ipipe.Fields(fields, key="", description=astyle.Text((self.style_header, name)))
             for i in xrange(max(len(keys), len(lines))):
                 try:
                     key = self.browser.keylabel(keys[i])
                 except IndexError:
                     key = ""
                 try:
                     line = lines[i]
                 except IndexError:
                     line = ""
                 yield ipipe.Fields(fields, key=key, description=line)
 
 
 class _BrowserLevel(object):
     # This is used internally to store the state (iterator, fetch items,
     # position of cursor and screen, etc.) of one browser level
     # An ``ibrowse`` object keeps multiple ``_BrowserLevel`` objects in
     # a stack.
     def __init__(self, browser, input, mainsizey, *attrs):
         self.browser = browser
         self.input = input
         self.header = [x for x in ipipe.xrepr(input, "header") if not isinstance(x[0], int)]
         # iterator for the input
         self.iterator = ipipe.xiter(input)
 
         # is the iterator exhausted?
         self.exhausted = False
 
         # attributes to be display (autodetected if empty)
         self.attrs = attrs
 
         # fetched items (+ marked flag)
         self.items = ipipe.deque()
 
         # Number of marked objects
         self.marked = 0
 
         # Vertical cursor position
         self.cury = 0
 
         # Horizontal cursor position
         self.curx = 0
 
         # Index of first data column
         self.datastartx = 0
 
         # Index of first data line
         self.datastarty = 0
 
         # height of the data display area
         self.mainsizey = mainsizey
 
         # width of the data display area (changes when scrolling)
         self.mainsizex = 0
 
         # Size of row number (changes when scrolling)
         self.numbersizex = 0
 
         # Attributes to display (in this order)
         self.displayattrs = []
 
         # index and attribute under the cursor
         self.displayattr = (None, ipipe.noitem)
 
         # Maps attributes to column widths
         self.colwidths = {}
 
         # Set of hidden attributes
         self.hiddenattrs = set()
 
         # This takes care of all the caches etc.
         self.moveto(0, 0, refresh=True)
 
     def fetch(self, count):
         # Try to fill ``self.items`` with at least ``count`` objects.
         have = len(self.items)
         while not self.exhausted and have < count:
             try:
                 item = self.iterator.next()
             except StopIteration:
                 self.exhausted = True
                 break
             except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
                 raise
             except Exception, exc:
                 have += 1
                 self.items.append(_BrowserCachedItem(exc))
                 self.exhausted = True
                 break
             else:
                 have += 1
                 self.items.append(_BrowserCachedItem(item))
 
     def calcdisplayattrs(self):
         # Calculate which attributes are available from the objects that are
         # currently visible on screen (and store it in ``self.displayattrs``)
 
         attrs = set()
         self.displayattrs = []
         if self.attrs:
             # If the browser object specifies a fixed list of attributes,
             # simply use it (removing hidden attributes).
             for attr in self.attrs:
                 attr = ipipe.upgradexattr(attr)
                 if attr not in attrs and attr not in self.hiddenattrs:
                     self.displayattrs.append(attr)
                     attrs.add(attr)
         else:
             endy = min(self.datastarty+self.mainsizey, len(self.items))
             for i in xrange(self.datastarty, endy):
                 for attr in ipipe.xattrs(self.items[i].item, "default"):
                     if attr not in attrs and attr not in self.hiddenattrs:
                         self.displayattrs.append(attr)
                         attrs.add(attr)
 
     def getrow(self, i):
         # Return a dictionary with the attributes for the object
         # ``self.items[i]``. Attribute names are taken from
         # ``self.displayattrs`` so ``calcdisplayattrs()`` must have been
         # called before.
         row = {}
         item = self.items[i].item
         for attr in self.displayattrs:
             try:
                 value = attr.value(item)
             except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
                 raise
             except Exception, exc:
                 value = exc
             # only store attribute if it exists (or we got an exception)
             if value is not ipipe.noitem:
                 # remember alignment, length and colored text
                 row[attr] = ipipe.xformat(value, "cell", self.browser.maxattrlength)
         return row
 
     def calcwidths(self):
         # Recalculate the displayed fields and their widths.
         # ``calcdisplayattrs()'' must have been called and the cache
         # for attributes of the objects on screen (``self.displayrows``)
         # must have been filled. This sets ``self.colwidths`` which maps
         # attribute descriptors to widths.
         self.colwidths = {}
         for row in self.displayrows:
             for attr in self.displayattrs:
                 try:
                     length = row[attr][1]
                 except KeyError:
                     length = 0
                 # always add attribute to colwidths, even if it doesn't exist
                 if attr not in self.colwidths:
                     self.colwidths[attr] = len(attr.name())
                 newwidth = max(self.colwidths[attr], length)
                 self.colwidths[attr] = newwidth
 
         # How many characters do we need to paint the largest item number?
         self.numbersizex = len(str(self.datastarty+self.mainsizey-1))
         # How must space have we got to display data?
         self.mainsizex = self.browser.scrsizex-self.numbersizex-3
         # width of all columns
         self.datasizex = sum(self.colwidths.itervalues()) + len(self.colwidths)
 
     def calcdisplayattr(self):
         # Find out which attribute the cursor is on and store this
         # information in ``self.displayattr``.
         pos = 0
         for (i, attr) in enumerate(self.displayattrs):
             if pos+self.colwidths[attr] >= self.curx:
                 self.displayattr = (i, attr)
                 break
             pos += self.colwidths[attr]+1
         else:
             self.displayattr = (None, ipipe.noitem)
 
     def moveto(self, x, y, refresh=False):
         # Move the cursor to the position ``(x,y)`` (in data coordinates,
         # not in screen coordinates). If ``refresh`` is true, all cached
         # values will be recalculated (e.g. because the list has been
         # resorted, so screen positions etc. are no longer valid).
         olddatastarty = self.datastarty
         oldx = self.curx
         oldy = self.cury
         x = int(x+0.5)
         y = int(y+0.5)
         newx = x # remember where we wanted to move
         newy = y # remember where we wanted to move
 
         scrollbordery = min(self.browser.scrollbordery, self.mainsizey//2)
         scrollborderx = min(self.browser.scrollborderx, self.mainsizex//2)
 
         # Make sure that the cursor didn't leave the main area vertically
         if y < 0:
             y = 0
         # try to get enough items to fill the screen
         self.fetch(max(y+scrollbordery+1, self.mainsizey))
         if y >= len(self.items):
             y = max(0, len(self.items)-1)
 
         # Make sure that the cursor stays on screen vertically
         if y < self.datastarty+scrollbordery:
             self.datastarty = max(0, y-scrollbordery)
         elif y >= self.datastarty+self.mainsizey-scrollbordery:
             self.datastarty = max(0, min(y-self.mainsizey+scrollbordery+1,
                                          len(self.items)-self.mainsizey))
 
         if refresh: # Do we need to refresh the complete display?
             self.calcdisplayattrs()
             endy = min(self.datastarty+self.mainsizey, len(self.items))
             self.displayrows = map(self.getrow, xrange(self.datastarty, endy))
             self.calcwidths()
         # Did we scroll vertically => update displayrows
         # and various other attributes
         elif self.datastarty != olddatastarty:
             # Recalculate which attributes we have to display
             olddisplayattrs = self.displayattrs
             self.calcdisplayattrs()
             # If there are new attributes, recreate the cache
             if self.displayattrs != olddisplayattrs:
                 endy = min(self.datastarty+self.mainsizey, len(self.items))
                 self.displayrows = map(self.getrow, xrange(self.datastarty, endy))
             elif self.datastarty<olddatastarty: # we did scroll up
                 # drop rows from the end
                 del self.displayrows[self.datastarty-olddatastarty:]
                 # fetch new items
                 for i in xrange(min(olddatastarty, self.datastarty+self.mainsizey)-1,
                                 self.datastarty-1, -1):
                     try:
                         row = self.getrow(i)
                     except IndexError:
                         # we didn't have enough objects to fill the screen
                         break
                     self.displayrows.insert(0, row)
             else: # we did scroll down
                 # drop rows from the start
                 del self.displayrows[:self.datastarty-olddatastarty]
                 # fetch new items
                 for i in xrange(max(olddatastarty+self.mainsizey, self.datastarty),
                                 self.datastarty+self.mainsizey):
                     try:
                         row = self.getrow(i)
                     except IndexError:
                         # we didn't have enough objects to fill the screen
                         break
                     self.displayrows.append(row)
             self.calcwidths()
 
         # Make sure that the cursor didn't leave the data area horizontally
         if x < 0:
             x = 0
         elif x >= self.datasizex:
             x = max(0, self.datasizex-1)
 
         # Make sure that the cursor stays on screen horizontally
         if x < self.datastartx+scrollborderx:
             self.datastartx = max(0, x-scrollborderx)
         elif x >= self.datastartx+self.mainsizex-scrollborderx:
             self.datastartx = max(0, min(x-self.mainsizex+scrollborderx+1,
                                          self.datasizex-self.mainsizex))
 
         if x == oldx and y == oldy and (x != newx or y != newy): # couldn't move
             self.browser.beep()
         else:
             self.curx = x
             self.cury = y
             self.calcdisplayattr()
 
     def sort(self, key, reverse=False):
         """
         Sort the currently list of items using the key function ``key``. If
         ``reverse`` is true the sort order is reversed.
         """
         curitem = self.items[self.cury] # Remember where the cursor is now
 
         # Sort items
         def realkey(item):
             return key(item.item)
         self.items = ipipe.deque(sorted(self.items, key=realkey, reverse=reverse))
 
         # Find out where the object under the cursor went
         cury = self.cury
         for (i, item) in enumerate(self.items):
             if item is curitem:
                 cury = i
                 break
 
         self.moveto(self.curx, cury, refresh=True)
 
     def refresh(self):
         """
         Restart iterating the input.
         """
         self.iterator = ipipe.xiter(self.input)
         self.items.clear()
         self.exhausted = False
         self.datastartx = self.datastarty = 0
         self.moveto(0, 0, refresh=True)
 
     def refreshfind(self):
         """
         Restart iterating the input and go back to the same object as before
         (if it can be found in the new iterator).
         """
         try:
             oldobject = self.items[self.cury].item
         except IndexError:
             oldobject = ipipe.noitem
         self.iterator = ipipe.xiter(self.input)
         self.items.clear()
         self.exhausted = False
         while True:
             self.fetch(len(self.items)+1)
             if self.exhausted:
                 curses.beep()
                 self.datastartx = self.datastarty = 0
                 self.moveto(self.curx, 0, refresh=True)
                 break
             if self.items[-1].item == oldobject:
                 self.datastartx = self.datastarty = 0
                 self.moveto(self.curx, len(self.items)-1, refresh=True)
                 break
 
 
 class _CommandInput(object):
     keymap = Keymap()
     keymap.register("left", curses.KEY_LEFT)
     keymap.register("right", curses.KEY_RIGHT)
     keymap.register("home", curses.KEY_HOME, "\x01") # Ctrl-A
     keymap.register("end", curses.KEY_END, "\x05") # Ctrl-E
     # FIXME: What's happening here?
     keymap.register("backspace", curses.KEY_BACKSPACE, "\x08\x7f")
     keymap.register("delete", curses.KEY_DC)
     keymap.register("delend", 0x0b) # Ctrl-K
     keymap.register("execute", "\r\n")
     keymap.register("up", curses.KEY_UP)
     keymap.register("down", curses.KEY_DOWN)
     keymap.register("incsearchup", curses.KEY_PPAGE)
     keymap.register("incsearchdown", curses.KEY_NPAGE)
     keymap.register("exit", "\x18"), # Ctrl-X
 
     def __init__(self, prompt):
         self.prompt = prompt
         self.history = []
         self.maxhistory = 100
         self.input = ""
         self.curx = 0
         self.cury = -1 # blank line
 
     def start(self):
         self.input = ""
         self.curx = 0
         self.cury = -1 # blank line
 
     def handlekey(self, browser, key):
         cmdname = self.keymap.get(key, None)
         if cmdname is not None:
             cmdfunc = getattr(self, "cmd_%s" % cmdname, None)
             if cmdfunc is not None:
                 return cmdfunc(browser)
             curses.beep()
         elif key != -1:
             try:
                 char = chr(key)
             except ValueError:
                 curses.beep()
             else:
                 return self.handlechar(browser, char)
 
     def handlechar(self, browser, char):
         self.input = self.input[:self.curx] + char + self.input[self.curx:]
         self.curx += 1
         return True
 
     def dohistory(self):
         self.history.insert(0, self.input)
         del self.history[:-self.maxhistory]
 
     def cmd_backspace(self, browser):
         if self.curx:
             self.input = self.input[:self.curx-1] + self.input[self.curx:]
             self.curx -= 1
             return True
         else:
             curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_delete(self, browser):
         if self.curx<len(self.input):
             self.input = self.input[:self.curx] + self.input[self.curx+1:]
             return True
         else:
             curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_delend(self, browser):
         if self.curx<len(self.input):
             self.input = self.input[:self.curx]
             return True
 
     def cmd_left(self, browser):
         if self.curx:
             self.curx -= 1
             return True
         else:
             curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_right(self, browser):
         if self.curx < len(self.input):
             self.curx += 1
             return True
         else:
             curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_home(self, browser):
         if self.curx:
             self.curx = 0
             return True
         else:
             curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_end(self, browser):
         if self.curx < len(self.input):
             self.curx = len(self.input)
             return True
         else:
             curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_up(self, browser):
         if self.cury < len(self.history)-1:
             self.cury += 1
             self.input = self.history[self.cury]
             self.curx = len(self.input)
             return True
         else:
             curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_down(self, browser):
         if self.cury >= 0:
             self.cury -= 1
             if self.cury>=0:
                 self.input = self.history[self.cury]
             else:
                 self.input = ""
             self.curx = len(self.input)
             return True
         else:
             curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_incsearchup(self, browser):
         prefix = self.input[:self.curx]
         cury = self.cury
         while True:
             cury += 1
             if cury >= len(self.history):
                 break
             if self.history[cury].startswith(prefix):
                 self.input = self.history[cury]
                 self.cury = cury
                 return True
         curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_incsearchdown(self, browser):
         prefix = self.input[:self.curx]
         cury = self.cury
         while True:
             cury -= 1
             if cury <= 0:
                 break
             if self.history[cury].startswith(prefix):
                 self.input = self.history[self.cury]
                 self.cury = cury
                 return True
         curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_exit(self, browser):
         browser.mode = "default"
         return True
 
     def cmd_execute(self, browser):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
 class _CommandGoto(_CommandInput):
     def __init__(self):
         _CommandInput.__init__(self, "goto object #")
 
     def handlechar(self, browser, char):
         # Only accept digits
         if not "0" <= char <= "9":
             curses.beep()
         else:
             return _CommandInput.handlechar(self, browser, char)
 
     def cmd_execute(self, browser):
         level = browser.levels[-1]
         if self.input:
             self.dohistory()
             level.moveto(level.curx, int(self.input))
         browser.mode = "default"
         return True
 
 
 class _CommandFind(_CommandInput):
     def __init__(self):
         _CommandInput.__init__(self, "find expression")
 
     def cmd_execute(self, browser):
         level = browser.levels[-1]
         if self.input:
             self.dohistory()
             while True:
                 cury = level.cury
                 level.moveto(level.curx, cury+1)
                 if cury == level.cury:
                     curses.beep()
                     break # hit end
                 item = level.items[level.cury].item
                 try:
                     globals = ipipe.getglobals(None)
                     if eval(self.input, globals, ipipe.AttrNamespace(item)):
                         break # found something
                 except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
                     raise
                 except Exception, exc:
                     browser.report(exc)
                     curses.beep()
                     break  # break on error
         browser.mode = "default"
         return True
 
 
 class _CommandFindBackwards(_CommandInput):
     def __init__(self):
         _CommandInput.__init__(self, "find backwards expression")
 
     def cmd_execute(self, browser):
         level = browser.levels[-1]
         if self.input:
             self.dohistory()
             while level.cury:
                 level.moveto(level.curx, level.cury-1)
                 item = level.items[level.cury].item
                 try:
                     globals = ipipe.getglobals(None)
                     if eval(self.input, globals, ipipe.AttrNamespace(item)):
                         break # found something
                 except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
                     raise
                 except Exception, exc:
                     browser.report(exc)
                     curses.beep()
                     break # break on error
             else:
                 curses.beep()
         browser.mode = "default"
         return True
 
 
 class ibrowse(ipipe.Display):
     # Show this many lines from the previous screen when paging horizontally
     pageoverlapx = 1
 
     # Show this many lines from the previous screen when paging vertically
     pageoverlapy = 1
 
     # Start scrolling when the cursor is less than this number of columns
     # away from the left or right screen edge
     scrollborderx = 10
 
     # Start scrolling when the cursor is less than this number of lines
     # away from the top or bottom screen edge
     scrollbordery = 5
 
     # Accelerate by this factor when scrolling horizontally
     acceleratex = 1.05
 
     # Accelerate by this factor when scrolling vertically
     acceleratey = 1.05
 
     # The maximum horizontal scroll speed
     # (as a factor of the screen width (i.e. 0.5 == half a screen width)
     maxspeedx = 0.5
 
     # The maximum vertical scroll speed
     # (as a factor of the screen height (i.e. 0.5 == half a screen height)
     maxspeedy = 0.5
 
     # The maximum number of header lines for browser level
     # if the nesting is deeper, only the innermost levels are displayed
     maxheaders = 5
 
     # The approximate maximum length of a column entry
     maxattrlength = 200
 
     # Styles for various parts of the GUI
     style_objheadertext = astyle.Style.fromstr("white:black:bold|reverse")
     style_objheadernumber = astyle.Style.fromstr("white:blue:bold|reverse")
     style_objheaderobject = astyle.Style.fromstr("white:black:reverse")
     style_colheader = astyle.Style.fromstr("blue:white:reverse")
     style_colheaderhere = astyle.Style.fromstr("green:black:bold|reverse")
     style_colheadersep = astyle.Style.fromstr("blue:black:reverse")
     style_number = astyle.Style.fromstr("blue:white:reverse")
     style_numberhere = astyle.Style.fromstr("green:black:bold|reverse")
     style_sep = astyle.Style.fromstr("blue:black")
     style_data = astyle.Style.fromstr("white:black")
     style_datapad = astyle.Style.fromstr("blue:black:bold")
     style_footer = astyle.Style.fromstr("black:white")
     style_report = astyle.Style.fromstr("white:black")
 
     # Column separator in header
     headersepchar = "|"
 
     # Character for padding data cell entries
     datapadchar = "."
 
     # Column separator in data area
     datasepchar = "|"
 
     # Character to use for "empty" cell (i.e. for non-existing attributes)
     nodatachar = "-"
 
     # Prompts for modes that require keyboard input
     prompts = {
         "goto": _CommandGoto(),
         "find": _CommandFind(),
         "findbackwards": _CommandFindBackwards()
     }
 
     # Maps curses key codes to "function" names
     keymap = Keymap()
     keymap.register("quit", "q")
     keymap.register("up", curses.KEY_UP)
     keymap.register("down", curses.KEY_DOWN)
     keymap.register("pageup", curses.KEY_PPAGE)
     keymap.register("pagedown", curses.KEY_NPAGE)
     keymap.register("left", curses.KEY_LEFT)
     keymap.register("right", curses.KEY_RIGHT)
     keymap.register("home", curses.KEY_HOME, "\x01")
     keymap.register("end", curses.KEY_END, "\x05")
     keymap.register("prevattr", "<\x1b")
     keymap.register("nextattr", ">\t")
     keymap.register("pick", "p")
     keymap.register("pickattr", "P")
     keymap.register("pickallattrs", "C")
     keymap.register("pickmarked", "m")
     keymap.register("pickmarkedattr", "M")
     keymap.register("pickinput", "i")
     keymap.register("pickinputattr", "I")
     keymap.register("hideattr", "h")
     keymap.register("unhideattrs", "H")
     keymap.register("help", "?")
     keymap.register("enter", "\r\n")
     keymap.register("enterattr", "E")
     # FIXME: What's happening here?
     keymap.register("leave", curses.KEY_BACKSPACE, "x\x08\x7f")
     keymap.register("detail", "d")
     keymap.register("detailattr", "D")
     keymap.register("tooglemark", " ")
     keymap.register("markrange", "%")
     keymap.register("sortattrasc", "v")
     keymap.register("sortattrdesc", "V")
     keymap.register("goto", "g")
     keymap.register("find", "f")
     keymap.register("findbackwards", "b")
     keymap.register("refresh", "r")
     keymap.register("refreshfind", "R")
 
     def __init__(self, input=None, *attrs):
         """
         Create a new browser. If ``attrs`` is not empty, it is the list
         of attributes that will be displayed in the browser, otherwise
         these will be determined by the objects on screen.
         """
         ipipe.Display.__init__(self, input)
 
         self.attrs = attrs
 
         # Stack of browser levels
         self.levels = []
         # how many colums to scroll (Changes when accelerating)
         self.stepx = 1.
 
         # how many rows to scroll (Changes when accelerating)
         self.stepy = 1.
 
         # Beep on the edges of the data area? (Will be set to ``False``
         # once the cursor hits the edge of the screen, so we don't get
         # multiple beeps).
         self._dobeep = True
 
         # Cache for registered ``curses`` colors and styles.
         self._styles = {}
         self._colors = {}
         self._maxcolor = 1
 
         # How many header lines do we want to paint (the numbers of levels
         # we have, but with an upper bound)
         self._headerlines = 1
 
         # Index of first header line
         self._firstheaderline = 0
 
         # curses window
         self.scr = None
         # report in the footer line (error, executed command etc.)
         self._report = None
 
         # value to be returned to the caller (set by commands)
         self.returnvalue = None
 
         # The mode the browser is in
         # e.g. normal browsing or entering an argument for a command
         self.mode = "default"
 
         # set by the SIGWINCH signal handler
         self.resized = False
 
     def nextstepx(self, step):
         """
         Accelerate horizontally.
         """
         return max(1., min(step*self.acceleratex,
                            self.maxspeedx*self.levels[-1].mainsizex))
 
     def nextstepy(self, step):
         """
         Accelerate vertically.
         """
         return max(1., min(step*self.acceleratey,
                            self.maxspeedy*self.levels[-1].mainsizey))
 
     def getstyle(self, style):
         """
         Register the ``style`` with ``curses`` or get it from the cache,
         if it has been registered before.
         """
         try:
             return self._styles[style.fg, style.bg, style.attrs]
         except KeyError:
             attrs = 0
             for b in astyle.A2CURSES:
                 if style.attrs & b:
                     attrs |= astyle.A2CURSES[b]
             try:
                 color = self._colors[style.fg, style.bg]
             except KeyError:
                 curses.init_pair(
                     self._maxcolor,
                     astyle.COLOR2CURSES[style.fg],
                     astyle.COLOR2CURSES[style.bg]
                 )
                 color = curses.color_pair(self._maxcolor)
                 self._colors[style.fg, style.bg] = color
                 self._maxcolor += 1
             c = color | attrs
             self._styles[style.fg, style.bg, style.attrs] = c
             return c
 
     def addstr(self, y, x, begx, endx, text, style):
         """
         A version of ``curses.addstr()`` that can handle ``x`` coordinates
         that are outside the screen.
         """
         text2 = text[max(0, begx-x):max(0, endx-x)]
         if text2:
             self.scr.addstr(y, max(x, begx), text2, self.getstyle(style))
         return len(text)
 
     def addchr(self, y, x, begx, endx, c, l, style):
         x0 = max(x, begx)
         x1 = min(x+l, endx)
         if x1>x0:
             self.scr.addstr(y, x0, c*(x1-x0), self.getstyle(style))
         return l
 
     def _calcheaderlines(self, levels):
         # Calculate how many headerlines do we have to display, if we have
         # ``levels`` browser levels
         if levels is None:
             levels = len(self.levels)
         self._headerlines = min(self.maxheaders, levels)
         self._firstheaderline = levels-self._headerlines
 
     def getstylehere(self, style):
         """
         Return a style for displaying the original style ``style``
         in the row the cursor is on.
         """
         return astyle.Style(style.fg, astyle.COLOR_BLUE, style.attrs | astyle.A_BOLD)
 
     def report(self, msg):
         """
         Store the message ``msg`` for display below the footer line. This
         will be displayed as soon as the screen is redrawn.
         """
         self._report = msg
 
     def enter(self, item, *attrs):
         """
         Enter the object ``item``. If ``attrs`` is specified, it will be used
         as a fixed list of attributes to display.
         """
         if self.levels and item is self.levels[-1].input:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(CommandError("Recursion on input object"))
         else:
             oldlevels = len(self.levels)
             self._calcheaderlines(oldlevels+1)
             try:
                 level = _BrowserLevel(
                     self,
                     item,
                     self.scrsizey-1-self._headerlines-2,
                     *attrs
                 )
             except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
                 raise
             except Exception, exc:
                 if not self.levels:
                     raise
                 self._calcheaderlines(oldlevels)
                 curses.beep()
                 self.report(exc)
             else:
                 self.levels.append(level)
 
     def startkeyboardinput(self, mode):
         """
         Enter mode ``mode``, which requires keyboard input.
         """
         self.mode = mode
         self.prompts[mode].start()
 
     def keylabel(self, keycode):
         """
         Return a pretty name for the ``curses`` key ``keycode`` (used in the
         help screen and in reports about unassigned keys).
         """
         if keycode <= 0xff:
             specialsnames = {
                 ord("\n"): "RETURN",
                 ord(" "): "SPACE",
                 ord("\t"): "TAB",
                 ord("\x7f"): "DELETE",
                 ord("\x08"): "BACKSPACE",
             }
             if keycode in specialsnames:
                 return specialsnames[keycode]
             elif 0x00 < keycode < 0x20:
                 return "CTRL-%s" % chr(keycode + 64)
             return repr(chr(keycode))
         for name in dir(curses):
             if name.startswith("KEY_") and getattr(curses, name) == keycode:
                 return name
         return str(keycode)
 
     def beep(self, force=False):
         if force or self._dobeep:
             curses.beep()
             # don't beep again (as long as the same key is pressed)
             self._dobeep = False
 
     def cmd_up(self):
         """
         Move the cursor to the previous row.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("up")
         level.moveto(level.curx, level.cury-self.stepy)
 
     def cmd_down(self):
         """
         Move the cursor to the next row.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("down")
         level.moveto(level.curx, level.cury+self.stepy)
 
     def cmd_pageup(self):
         """
         Move the cursor up one page.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("page up")
         level.moveto(level.curx, level.cury-level.mainsizey+self.pageoverlapy)
 
     def cmd_pagedown(self):
         """
         Move the cursor down one page.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("page down")
         level.moveto(level.curx, level.cury+level.mainsizey-self.pageoverlapy)
 
     def cmd_left(self):
         """
         Move the cursor left.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("left")
         level.moveto(level.curx-self.stepx, level.cury)
 
     def cmd_right(self):
         """
         Move the cursor right.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("right")
         level.moveto(level.curx+self.stepx, level.cury)
 
     def cmd_home(self):
         """
         Move the cursor to the first column.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("home")
         level.moveto(0, level.cury)
 
     def cmd_end(self):
         """
         Move the cursor to the last column.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("end")
         level.moveto(level.datasizex+level.mainsizey-self.pageoverlapx, level.cury)
 
     def cmd_prevattr(self):
         """
         Move the cursor one attribute column to the left.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         if level.displayattr[0] is None or level.displayattr[0] == 0:
             self.beep()
         else:
             self.report("prevattr")
             pos = 0
             for (i, attrname) in enumerate(level.displayattrs):
                 if i == level.displayattr[0]-1:
                     break
                 pos += level.colwidths[attrname] + 1
             level.moveto(pos, level.cury)
 
     def cmd_nextattr(self):
         """
         Move the cursor one attribute column to the right.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         if level.displayattr[0] is None or level.displayattr[0] == len(level.displayattrs)-1:
             self.beep()
         else:
             self.report("nextattr")
             pos = 0
             for (i, attrname) in enumerate(level.displayattrs):
                 if i == level.displayattr[0]+1:
                     break
                 pos += level.colwidths[attrname] + 1
             level.moveto(pos, level.cury)
 
     def cmd_pick(self):
         """
         'Pick' the object under the cursor (i.e. the row the cursor is on).
         This leaves the browser and returns the picked object to the caller.
         (In IPython this object will be available as the ``_`` variable.)
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.returnvalue = level.items[level.cury].item
         return True
 
     def cmd_pickattr(self):
         """
         'Pick' the attribute under the cursor (i.e. the row/column the
         cursor is on).
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         attr = level.displayattr[1]
         if attr is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(CommandError("no column under cursor"))
             return
         value = attr.value(level.items[level.cury].item)
         if value is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(AttributeError(attr.name()))
         else:
             self.returnvalue = value
             return True
 
     def cmd_pickallattrs(self):
         """
         Pick' the complete column under the cursor (i.e. the attribute under
         the cursor) from all currently fetched objects. These attributes
         will be returned as a list.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         attr = level.displayattr[1]
         if attr is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(CommandError("no column under cursor"))
             return
         result = []
         for cache in level.items:
             value = attr.value(cache.item)
             if value is not ipipe.noitem:
                 result.append(value)
         self.returnvalue = result
         return True
 
     def cmd_pickmarked(self):
         """
         'Pick' marked objects. Marked objects will be returned as a list.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.returnvalue = [cache.item for cache in level.items if cache.marked]
         return True
 
     def cmd_pickmarkedattr(self):
         """
         'Pick' the attribute under the cursor from all marked objects
         (This returns a list).
         """
 
         level = self.levels[-1]
         attr = level.displayattr[1]
         if attr is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(CommandError("no column under cursor"))
             return
         result = []
         for cache in level.items:
             if cache.marked:
                 value = attr.value(cache.item)
                 if value is not ipipe.noitem:
                     result.append(value)
         self.returnvalue = result
         return True
 
     def cmd_pickinput(self):
         """
         Use the object under the cursor (i.e. the row the cursor is on) as
         the next input line. This leaves the browser and puts the picked object
         in the input.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         value = level.items[level.cury].item
         self.returnvalue = None
         api = ipapi.get()
         api.set_next_input(str(value))
         return True
 
     def cmd_pickinputattr(self):
         """
         Use the attribute under the cursor i.e. the row/column the cursor is on)
         as the next input line. This leaves the browser and puts the picked
         object in the input.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         attr = level.displayattr[1]
         if attr is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(CommandError("no column under cursor"))
             return
         value = attr.value(level.items[level.cury].item)
         if value is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(AttributeError(attr.name()))
         self.returnvalue = None
         api = ipapi.get()
         api.set_next_input(str(value))
         return True
 
     def cmd_markrange(self):
         """
         Mark all objects from the last marked object before the current cursor
         position to the cursor position.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("markrange")
         start = None
         if level.items:
             for i in xrange(level.cury, -1, -1):
                 if level.items[i].marked:
                     start = i
                     break
         if start is None:
             self.report(CommandError("no mark before cursor"))
             curses.beep()
         else:
             for i in xrange(start, level.cury+1):
                 cache = level.items[i]
                 if not cache.marked:
                     cache.marked = True
                     level.marked += 1
 
     def cmd_enter(self):
         """
         Enter the object under the cursor. (what this mean depends on the object
         itself (i.e. how it implements iteration). This opens a new browser 'level'.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         try:
             item = level.items[level.cury].item
         except IndexError:
             self.report(CommandError("No object"))
             curses.beep()
         else:
             self.report("entering object...")
             self.enter(item)
 
     def cmd_leave(self):
         """
         Leave the current browser level and go back to the previous one.
         """
         self.report("leave")
         if len(self.levels) > 1:
             self._calcheaderlines(len(self.levels)-1)
             self.levels.pop(-1)
         else:
             self.report(CommandError("This is the last level"))
             curses.beep()
 
     def cmd_enterattr(self):
         """
         Enter the attribute under the cursor.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         attr = level.displayattr[1]
         if attr is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(CommandError("no column under cursor"))
             return
         try:
             item = level.items[level.cury].item
         except IndexError:
             self.report(CommandError("No object"))
             curses.beep()
         else:
             value = attr.value(item)
             name = attr.name()
             if value is ipipe.noitem:
                 self.report(AttributeError(name))
             else:
                 self.report("entering object attribute %s..." % name)
                 self.enter(value)
 
     def cmd_detail(self):
         """
         Show a detail view of the object under the cursor. This shows the
         name, type, doc string and value of the object attributes (and it
         might show more attributes than in the list view, depending on
         the object).
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         try:
             item = level.items[level.cury].item
         except IndexError:
             self.report(CommandError("No object"))
             curses.beep()
         else:
             self.report("entering detail view for object...")
             attrs = [ipipe.AttributeDetail(item, attr) for attr in ipipe.xattrs(item, "detail")]
             self.enter(attrs)
 
     def cmd_detailattr(self):
         """
         Show a detail view of the attribute under the cursor.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         attr = level.displayattr[1]
         if attr is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(CommandError("no attribute"))
             return
         try:
             item = level.items[level.cury].item
         except IndexError:
             self.report(CommandError("No object"))
             curses.beep()
         else:
             try:
                 item = attr.value(item)
             except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
                 raise
             except Exception, exc:
                 self.report(exc)
             else:
                 self.report("entering detail view for attribute %s..." % attr.name())
                 attrs = [ipipe.AttributeDetail(item, attr) for attr in ipipe.xattrs(item, "detail")]
                 self.enter(attrs)
 
     def cmd_tooglemark(self):
         """
         Mark/unmark the object under the cursor. Marked objects have a '!'
         after the row number).
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("toggle mark")
         try:
             item = level.items[level.cury]
         except IndexError: # no items?
             pass
         else:
             if item.marked:
                 item.marked = False
                 level.marked -= 1
             else:
                 item.marked = True
                 level.marked += 1
 
     def cmd_sortattrasc(self):
         """
         Sort the objects (in ascending order) using the attribute under
         the cursor as the sort key.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         attr = level.displayattr[1]
         if attr is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(CommandError("no column under cursor"))
             return
         self.report("sort by %s (ascending)" % attr.name())
         def key(item):
             try:
                 return attr.value(item)
             except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
                 raise
             except Exception:
                 return None
         level.sort(key)
 
     def cmd_sortattrdesc(self):
         """
         Sort the objects (in descending order) using the attribute under
         the cursor as the sort key.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         attr = level.displayattr[1]
         if attr is ipipe.noitem:
             curses.beep()
             self.report(CommandError("no column under cursor"))
             return
         self.report("sort by %s (descending)" % attr.name())
         def key(item):
             try:
                 return attr.value(item)
             except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
                 raise
             except Exception:
                 return None
         level.sort(key, reverse=True)
 
     def cmd_hideattr(self):
         """
         Hide the attribute under the cursor.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         if level.displayattr[0] is None:
             self.beep()
         else:
             self.report("hideattr")
             level.hiddenattrs.add(level.displayattr[1])
             level.moveto(level.curx, level.cury, refresh=True)
 
     def cmd_unhideattrs(self):
         """
         Make all attributes visible again.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("unhideattrs")
         level.hiddenattrs.clear()
         level.moveto(level.curx, level.cury, refresh=True)
 
     def cmd_goto(self):
         """
         Jump to a row. The row number can be entered at the
         bottom of the screen.
         """
         self.startkeyboardinput("goto")
 
     def cmd_find(self):
         """
         Search forward for a row. The search condition can be entered at the
         bottom of the screen.
         """
         self.startkeyboardinput("find")
 
     def cmd_findbackwards(self):
         """
         Search backward for a row. The search condition can be entered at the
         bottom of the screen.
         """
         self.startkeyboardinput("findbackwards")
 
     def cmd_refresh(self):
         """
         Refreshes the display by restarting the iterator.
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("refresh")
         level.refresh()
 
     def cmd_refreshfind(self):
         """
         Refreshes the display by restarting the iterator and goes back to the
         same object the cursor was on before restarting (if this object can't be
         found the cursor jumps back to the first object).
         """
         level = self.levels[-1]
         self.report("refreshfind")
         level.refreshfind()
 
     def cmd_help(self):
         """
         Opens the help screen as a new browser level, describing keyboard
         shortcuts.
         """
         for level in self.levels:
             if isinstance(level.input, _BrowserHelp):
                 curses.beep()
                 self.report(CommandError("help already active"))
                 return
 
         self.enter(_BrowserHelp(self))
 
     def cmd_quit(self):
         """
         Quit the browser and return to the IPython prompt.
         """
         self.returnvalue = None
         return True
 
     def sigwinchhandler(self, signal, frame):
         self.resized = True
 
     def _dodisplay(self, scr):
         """
         This method is the workhorse of the browser. It handles screen
         drawing and the keyboard.
         """
         self.scr = scr
         curses.halfdelay(1)
         footery = 2
 
         keys = []
         for cmd in ("quit", "help"):
             key = self.keymap.findkey(cmd, None)
             if key is not None:
                 keys.append("%s=%s" % (self.keylabel(key), cmd))
         helpmsg = " | %s" % " ".join(keys)
 
         scr.clear()
         msg = "Fetching first batch of objects..."
         (self.scrsizey, self.scrsizex) = scr.getmaxyx()
         scr.addstr(self.scrsizey//2, (self.scrsizex-len(msg))//2, msg)
         scr.refresh()
 
         lastc = -1
 
         self.levels = []
         # enter the first level
         self.enter(self.input, *self.attrs)
 
         self._calcheaderlines(None)
 
         while True:
             level = self.levels[-1]
             (self.scrsizey, self.scrsizex) = scr.getmaxyx()
             level.mainsizey = self.scrsizey-1-self._headerlines-footery
 
             # Paint object header
             for i in xrange(self._firstheaderline, self._firstheaderline+self._headerlines):
                 lv = self.levels[i]
                 posx = 0
                 posy = i-self._firstheaderline
                 endx = self.scrsizex
                 if i: # not the first level
                     msg = " (%d/%d" % (self.levels[i-1].cury, len(self.levels[i-1].items))
                     if not self.levels[i-1].exhausted:
                         msg += "+"
                     msg += ") "
                     endx -= len(msg)+1
                 posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, " ibrowse #%d: " % i, self.style_objheadertext)
                 for (style, text) in lv.header:
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, text, self.style_objheaderobject)
                     if posx >= endx:
                         break
                 if i:
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, self.scrsizex, msg, self.style_objheadernumber)
                 posx += self.addchr(posy, posx, 0, self.scrsizex, " ", self.scrsizex-posx, self.style_objheadernumber)
 
             if not level.items:
                 self.addchr(self._headerlines, 0, 0, self.scrsizex, " ", self.scrsizex, self.style_colheader)
                 self.addstr(self._headerlines+1, 0, 0, self.scrsizex, " <empty>", astyle.style_error)
                 scr.clrtobot()
             else:
                 # Paint column headers
                 scr.move(self._headerlines, 0)
                 scr.addstr(" %*s " % (level.numbersizex, "#"), self.getstyle(self.style_colheader))
                 scr.addstr(self.headersepchar, self.getstyle(self.style_colheadersep))
                 begx = level.numbersizex+3
                 posx = begx-level.datastartx
                 for attr in level.displayattrs:
                     attrname = attr.name()
                     cwidth = level.colwidths[attr]
                     header = attrname.ljust(cwidth)
                     if attr is level.displayattr[1]:
                         style = self.style_colheaderhere
                     else:
                         style = self.style_colheader
                     posx += self.addstr(self._headerlines, posx, begx, self.scrsizex, header, style)
                     posx += self.addstr(self._headerlines, posx, begx, self.scrsizex, self.headersepchar, self.style_colheadersep)
                     if posx >= self.scrsizex:
                         break
                 else:
                     scr.addstr(" "*(self.scrsizex-posx), self.getstyle(self.style_colheader))
 
                 # Paint rows
                 posy = self._headerlines+1+level.datastarty
                 for i in xrange(level.datastarty, min(level.datastarty+level.mainsizey, len(level.items))):
                     cache = level.items[i]
                     if i == level.cury:
                         style = self.style_numberhere
                     else:
                         style = self.style_number
 
                     posy = self._headerlines+1+i-level.datastarty
                     posx = begx-level.datastartx
 
                     scr.move(posy, 0)
                     scr.addstr(" %*d%s" % (level.numbersizex, i, " !"[cache.marked]), self.getstyle(style))
                     scr.addstr(self.headersepchar, self.getstyle(self.style_sep))
 
                     for attrname in level.displayattrs:
                         cwidth = level.colwidths[attrname]
                         try:
                             (align, length, parts) = level.displayrows[i-level.datastarty][attrname]
                         except KeyError:
                             align = 2
                             style = astyle.style_nodata
                             if i == level.cury:
                                 style = self.getstylehere(style)
                         padstyle = self.style_datapad
                         sepstyle = self.style_sep
                         if i == level.cury:
                             padstyle = self.getstylehere(padstyle)
                             sepstyle = self.getstylehere(sepstyle)
                         if align == 2:
                             posx += self.addchr(posy, posx, begx, self.scrsizex, self.nodatachar, cwidth, style)
                         else:
                             if align == 1:
                                 posx += self.addchr(posy, posx, begx, self.scrsizex, self.datapadchar, cwidth-length, padstyle)
                             elif align == 0:
                                 pad1 = (cwidth-length)//2
                                 pad2 = cwidth-length-len(pad1)
                                 posx += self.addchr(posy, posx, begx, self.scrsizex, self.datapadchar, pad1, padstyle)
                             for (style, text) in parts:
                                 if i == level.cury:
                                     style = self.getstylehere(style)
                                 posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, begx, self.scrsizex, text, style)
                                 if posx >= self.scrsizex:
                                     break
                             if align == -1:
                                 posx += self.addchr(posy, posx, begx, self.scrsizex, self.datapadchar, cwidth-length, padstyle)
                             elif align == 0:
                                 posx += self.addchr(posy, posx, begx, self.scrsizex, self.datapadchar, pad2, padstyle)
                         posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, begx, self.scrsizex, self.datasepchar, sepstyle)
                     else:
                         scr.clrtoeol()
 
                 # Add blank row headers for the rest of the screen
                 for posy in xrange(posy+1, self.scrsizey-2):
                     scr.addstr(posy, 0, " " * (level.numbersizex+2), self.getstyle(self.style_colheader))
                     scr.clrtoeol()
 
             posy = self.scrsizey-footery
             # Display footer
             scr.addstr(posy, 0, " "*self.scrsizex, self.getstyle(self.style_footer))
 
             if level.exhausted:
                 flag = ""
             else:
                 flag = "+"
 
             endx = self.scrsizex-len(helpmsg)-1
             scr.addstr(posy, endx, helpmsg, self.getstyle(self.style_footer))
 
             posx = 0
             msg = " %d%s objects (%d marked): " % (len(level.items), flag, level.marked)
             posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, msg, self.style_footer)
             try:
                 item = level.items[level.cury].item
             except IndexError: # empty
                 pass
             else:
                 for (nostyle, text) in ipipe.xrepr(item, "footer"):
                     if not isinstance(nostyle, int):
                         posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, text, self.style_footer)
                         if posx >= endx:
                             break
 
                 attrstyle = [(astyle.style_default, "no attribute")]
                 attr = level.displayattr[1]
                 if attr is not ipipe.noitem and not isinstance(attr, ipipe.SelfDescriptor):
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, " | ", self.style_footer)
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, attr.name(), self.style_footer)
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, ": ", self.style_footer)
                     try:
                         value = attr.value(item)
                     except (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt):
                         raise
                     except Exception, exc:
                         value = exc
                     if value is not ipipe.noitem:
                         attrstyle = ipipe.xrepr(value, "footer")
                     for (nostyle, text) in attrstyle:
                         if not isinstance(nostyle, int):
                             posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, text, self.style_footer)
                             if posx >= endx:
                                 break
 
             try:
                 # Display input prompt
                 if self.mode in self.prompts:
                     history = self.prompts[self.mode]
                     posx = 0
                     posy = self.scrsizey-1
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, history.prompt, astyle.style_default)
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, " [", astyle.style_default)
                     if history.cury==-1:
                         text = "new"
                     else:
                         text = str(history.cury+1)
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, text, astyle.style_type_number)
                     if history.history:
                         posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, "/", astyle.style_default)
                         posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, str(len(history.history)), astyle.style_type_number)
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, "]: ", astyle.style_default)
                     inputstartx = posx
                     posx += self.addstr(posy, posx, 0, endx, history.input, astyle.style_default)
                 # Display report
                 else:
                     if self._report is not None:
                         if isinstance(self._report, Exception):
                             style = self.getstyle(astyle.style_error)
                             if self._report.__class__.__module__ == "exceptions":
                                 msg = "%s: %s" % \
                                       (self._report.__class__.__name__, self._report)
                             else:
                                 msg = "%s.%s: %s" % \
                                       (self._report.__class__.__module__,
                                        self._report.__class__.__name__, self._report)
                         else:
                             style = self.getstyle(self.style_report)
                             msg = self._report
                         scr.addstr(self.scrsizey-1, 0, msg[:self.scrsizex], style)
                         self._report = None
                     else:
                         scr.move(self.scrsizey-1, 0)
             except curses.error:
                 # Protect against errors from writing to the last line
                 pass
             scr.clrtoeol()
 
             # Position cursor
             if self.mode in self.prompts:
                 history = self.prompts[self.mode]
                 scr.move(self.scrsizey-1, inputstartx+history.curx)
             else:
                 scr.move(
                     1+self._headerlines+level.cury-level.datastarty,
                     level.numbersizex+3+level.curx-level.datastartx
                 )
             scr.refresh()
 
             # Check keyboard
             while True:
                 c = scr.getch()
                 if self.resized:
                     size = fcntl.ioctl(0, tty.TIOCGWINSZ, "12345678")
                     size = struct.unpack("4H", size)
                     oldsize = scr.getmaxyx()
                     scr.erase()
                     curses.resize_term(size[0], size[1])
                     newsize = scr.getmaxyx()
                     scr.erase()
                     for l in self.levels:
                         l.mainsizey += newsize[0]-oldsize[0]
                         l.moveto(l.curx, l.cury, refresh=True)
                     scr.refresh()
                     self.resized = False
                     break # Redisplay
                 if self.mode in self.prompts:
                     if self.prompts[self.mode].handlekey(self, c):
                        break # Redisplay
                 else:
                     # if no key is pressed slow down and beep again
                     if c == -1:
                         self.stepx = 1.
                         self.stepy = 1.
                         self._dobeep = True
                     else:
                         # if a different key was pressed slow down and beep too
                         if c != lastc:
                             lastc = c
                             self.stepx = 1.
                             self.stepy = 1.
                             self._dobeep = True
                         cmdname = self.keymap.get(c, None)
                         if cmdname is None:
                             self.report(
                                 UnassignedKeyError("Unassigned key %s" %
                                                    self.keylabel(c)))
                         else:
                             cmdfunc = getattr(self, "cmd_%s" % cmdname, None)
                             if cmdfunc is None:
                                 self.report(
                                     UnknownCommandError("Unknown command %r" %
                                                         (cmdname,)))
                             elif cmdfunc():
                                 returnvalue = self.returnvalue
                                 self.returnvalue = None
                                 return returnvalue
                         self.stepx = self.nextstepx(self.stepx)
                         self.stepy = self.nextstepy(self.stepy)
                         curses.flushinp() # get rid of type ahead
                         break # Redisplay
         self.scr = None
 
     def display(self):
         if hasattr(curses, "resize_term"):
             oldhandler = signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, self.sigwinchhandler)
             try:
                 return curses.wrapper(self._dodisplay)
             finally:
                 signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, oldhandler)
         else:
             return curses.wrapper(self._dodisplay)

IPython/testing/iptest.py

@@ -1,300 +1,279 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """IPython Test Suite Runner.
 
 This module provides a main entry point to a user script to test IPython
 itself from the command line. There are two ways of running this script:
 
 1. With the syntax `iptest all`.  This runs our entire test suite by
    calling this script (with different arguments) or trial recursively.  This
    causes modules and package to be tested in different processes, using nose
    or trial where appropriate.
 2. With the regular nose syntax, like `iptest -vvs IPython`.  In this form
    the script simply calls nose, but with special command line flags and
    plugins loaded.
 
 For now, this script requires that both nose and twisted are installed.  This
 will change in the future.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Module imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import os
 import os.path as path
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import time
 import warnings
 
 import nose.plugins.builtin
 from nose.core import TestProgram
 
 from IPython.utils.platutils import find_cmd
 from IPython.testing.plugin.ipdoctest import IPythonDoctest
 
 pjoin = path.join
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Logic for skipping doctests
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def test_for(mod):
     """Test to see if mod is importable."""
     try:
         __import__(mod)
     except ImportError:
         return False
     else:
         return True
 
 have_curses = test_for('_curses')
 have_wx = test_for('wx')
 have_zi = test_for('zope.interface')
 have_twisted = test_for('twisted')
 have_foolscap = test_for('foolscap')
 have_objc = test_for('objc')
 have_pexpect = test_for('pexpect')
 
+
+def make_exclude():
+
 # For the IPythonDoctest plugin, we need to exclude certain patterns that cause
 # testing problems.  We should strive to minimize the number of skipped
 # modules, since this means untested code.  As the testing machinery
 # solidifies, this list should eventually become empty.
 EXCLUDE = [pjoin('IPython', 'external'),
            pjoin('IPython', 'frontend', 'process', 'winprocess.py'),
            pjoin('IPython_doctest_plugin'),
-           pjoin('IPython', 'Gnuplot'),
            pjoin('IPython', 'extensions', 'ipy_'),
            pjoin('IPython', 'extensions', 'clearcmd'),
            pjoin('IPython', 'extensions', 'PhysicalQInteractive'),
            pjoin('IPython', 'extensions', 'scitedirector'),
            pjoin('IPython', 'extensions', 'numeric_formats'),
            pjoin('IPython', 'testing', 'attic'),
-           pjoin('IPython', 'testing', 'tutils'),
            pjoin('IPython', 'testing', 'tools'),
            pjoin('IPython', 'testing', 'mkdoctests')
            ]
 
 if not have_wx:
     EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'extensions', 'igrid'))
     EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'gui'))
     EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'frontend', 'wx'))
 
 if not have_objc:
     EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'frontend', 'cocoa'))
 
 if not have_curses:
     EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'extensions', 'ibrowse'))
 
 if not sys.platform == 'win32':
-    EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'platutils_win32'))
+        EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'utils', 'platutils_win32'))
 
 # These have to be skipped on win32 because the use echo, rm, cd, etc.
 # See ticket https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366982
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
     EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'testing', 'plugin', 'test_exampleip'))
     EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'testing', 'plugin', 'dtexample'))
 
 if not os.name == 'posix':
-    EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'platutils_posix'))
+        EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'utils', 'platutils_posix'))
 
 if not have_pexpect:
-    EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'lib', 'irunner'))
+        EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'scripts', 'irunner'))
+
+    # Skip shell always because of a bug in FakeModule.
+    EXCLUDE.append(pjoin('IPython', 'core', 'shell'))
 
 # This is needed for the reg-exp to match on win32 in the ipdoctest plugin.
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
     EXCLUDE = [s.replace('\\','\\\\') for s in EXCLUDE]
 
+    return EXCLUDE
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Functions and classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def run_iptest():
     """Run the IPython test suite using nose.
     
     This function is called when this script is **not** called with the form
     `iptest all`.  It simply calls nose with appropriate command line flags
     and accepts all of the standard nose arguments.
     """
 
     warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', 
         'This will be removed soon.  Use IPython.testing.util instead')
 
     argv = sys.argv + [ 
                         # Loading ipdoctest causes problems with Twisted.
                         # I am removing this as a temporary fix to get the 
                         # test suite back into working shape.  Our nose
                         # plugin needs to be gone through with a fine
                         # toothed comb to find what is causing the problem.
                         '--with-ipdoctest',
                         '--ipdoctest-tests','--ipdoctest-extension=txt',
                         '--detailed-errors',
                        
                         # We add --exe because of setuptools' imbecility (it
                         # blindly does chmod +x on ALL files).  Nose does the
                         # right thing and it tries to avoid executables,
                         # setuptools unfortunately forces our hand here.  This
                         # has been discussed on the distutils list and the
                         # setuptools devs refuse to fix this problem!
                         '--exe',
                         ]
 
     # Detect if any tests were required by explicitly calling an IPython
     # submodule or giving a specific path
     has_tests = False
     for arg in sys.argv:
         if 'IPython' in arg or arg.endswith('.py') or \
            (':' in arg and  '.py' in arg):
             has_tests = True
             break
         
     # If nothing was specifically requested, test full IPython
     if not has_tests:
         argv.append('IPython')
 
     # Construct list of plugins, omitting the existing doctest plugin, which
     # ours replaces (and extends).
+    EXCLUDE = make_exclude()
     plugins = [IPythonDoctest(EXCLUDE)]
     for p in nose.plugins.builtin.plugins:
         plug = p()
         if plug.name == 'doctest':
             continue
-
-        #print '*** adding plugin:',plug.name  # dbg
         plugins.append(plug)
 
     TestProgram(argv=argv,plugins=plugins)
 
 
 class IPTester(object):
     """Call that calls iptest or trial in a subprocess.
     """
     def __init__(self,runner='iptest',params=None):
         """ """
         if runner == 'iptest':
             self.runner = ['iptest','-v']
         else:
             self.runner = [find_cmd('trial')]
         if params is None:
             params = []
         if isinstance(params,str):
             params = [params]
         self.params = params
 
         # Assemble call
         self.call_args = self.runner+self.params
 
     def run(self):
         """Run the stored commands"""
         return subprocess.call(self.call_args)
 
 
 def make_runners():
-    """Define the modules and packages that need to be tested.
+    """Define the top-level packages that need to be tested.
     """
     
-    # This omits additional top-level modules that should not be doctested.
-    # XXX: shell.py is also ommited because of a bug in the skip_doctest
-    # decorator.  See ticket https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366209
-    top_mod = \
-      ['backgroundjobs.py', 'coloransi.py', 'completer.py', 'configloader.py',
-       'crashhandler.py', 'debugger.py', 'deepreload.py', 'demo.py',
-       'DPyGetOpt.py', 'dtutils.py', 'excolors.py', 'fakemodule.py',
-       'generics.py', 'genutils.py', 'history.py', 'hooks.py', 'ipapi.py',
-       'iplib.py', 'ipmaker.py', 'ipstruct.py', 'Itpl.py',
-       'logger.py', 'macro.py', 'magic.py', 'oinspect.py',
-       'outputtrap.py', 'platutils.py', 'prefilter.py', 'prompts.py',
-       'PyColorize.py', 'release.py', 'rlineimpl.py', 'shadowns.py',
-       'shellglobals.py', 'strdispatch.py', 'twshell.py',
-       'ultratb.py', 'upgradedir.py', 'usage.py', 'wildcard.py',
-       # See note above for why this is skipped
-       # 'shell.py',
-       'winconsole.py']
-
-    if have_pexpect:
-        top_mod.append('irunner.py')
-
-    if sys.platform == 'win32':
-        top_mod.append('platutils_win32.py')
-    elif os.name == 'posix':
-        top_mod.append('platutils_posix.py')
-    else:
-        top_mod.append('platutils_dummy.py')
-
-    # These are tested by nose, so skip IPython.kernel
-    top_pack = ['config','extensions','frontend',
-                'testing','tests','tools','userconfig']
+    nose_packages = ['config', 'core', 'extensions',
+                     'frontend', 'lib', 'quarantine',
+                     'scripts', 'testing', 'utils']
+    trial_packages = ['kernel']
 
     if have_wx:
-        top_pack.append('gui')
+        nose_packages.append('gui')
 
-    modules  = ['IPython.%s' % m[:-3] for m in top_mod ]
-    packages = ['IPython.%s' % m for m in top_pack ]
+    nose_packages = ['IPython.%s' % m for m in nose_packages ]
+    trial_packages = ['IPython.%s' % m for m in trial_packages ]
 
     # Make runners
-    runners = dict(zip(top_pack, [IPTester(params=v) for v in packages]))
+    runners = dict()
     
-    # Test IPython.kernel using trial if twisted is installed
+    nose_runners = dict(zip(nose_packages, [IPTester(params=v) for v in nose_packages]))
     if have_zi and have_twisted and have_foolscap:
-        runners['trial'] = IPTester('trial',['IPython'])
-
-    runners['modules'] = IPTester(params=modules)
+        trial_runners = dict(zip(trial_packages, [IPTester('trial',params=v) for v in trial_packages]))
+    runners.update(nose_runners)
+    runners.update(trial_runners)
 
     return runners
 
 
 def run_iptestall():
     """Run the entire IPython test suite by calling nose and trial.
     
     This function constructs :class:`IPTester` instances for all IPython
     modules and package and then runs each of them.  This causes the modules
     and packages of IPython to be tested each in their own subprocess using
     nose or twisted.trial appropriately.
     """
+
     runners = make_runners()
+
     # Run all test runners, tracking execution time
     failed = {}
     t_start = time.time()
     for name,runner in runners.iteritems():
         print '*'*77
         print 'IPython test set:',name
         res = runner.run()
         if res:
             failed[name] = res
     t_end = time.time()
     t_tests = t_end - t_start
     nrunners = len(runners)
     nfail = len(failed)
     # summarize results
     print
     print '*'*77
     print 'Ran %s test sets in %.3fs' % (nrunners, t_tests)
     print
     if not failed:
         print 'OK'
     else:
         # If anything went wrong, point out what command to rerun manually to
         # see the actual errors and individual summary
         print 'ERROR - %s out of %s test sets failed.' % (nfail, nrunners)
         for name in failed:
             failed_runner = runners[name]
             print '-'*40
             print 'Runner failed:',name
             print 'You may wish to rerun this one individually, with:'
             print ' '.join(failed_runner.call_args)
             print
 
 
 def main():
     if len(sys.argv) == 1:
         run_iptestall()
     else:
         if sys.argv[1] == 'all':
             run_iptestall()
         else:
             run_iptest()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
  No newline at end of file

IPython/utils/genutils.py

@@ -1,2261 +1,2261 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """General purpose utilities.
 
 This is a grab-bag of stuff I find useful in most programs I write. Some of
 these things are also convenient when working at the command line.
 """
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #*****************************************************************************
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # required modules from the Python standard library
 import __main__
 import commands
 try:
     import doctest
 except ImportError:
     pass
 import os
 import platform
 import re
 import shlex
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 import types
 import warnings
 
 # Curses and termios are Unix-only modules
 try:
     import curses
     # We need termios as well, so if its import happens to raise, we bail on
     # using curses altogether.
     import termios
 except ImportError:
     USE_CURSES = False
 else:
     # Curses on Solaris may not be complete, so we can't use it there
     USE_CURSES = hasattr(curses,'initscr')
 
 # Other IPython utilities
 import IPython
 from IPython.external.Itpl import Itpl,itpl,printpl
 from IPython.utils import platutils
 from IPython.utils import DPyGetOpt
 from IPython.utils.generics import result_display
 from IPython.core import ipapi
 from IPython.external.path import path
 if os.name == "nt":
     from IPython.utils.winconsole import get_console_size
 
 try:
     set
 except:
     from sets import Set as set
 
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Exceptions
 class Error(Exception):
     """Base class for exceptions in this module."""
     pass
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class IOStream:
     def __init__(self,stream,fallback):
         if not hasattr(stream,'write') or not hasattr(stream,'flush'):
             stream = fallback
         self.stream = stream
         self._swrite = stream.write
         self.flush = stream.flush
 
     def write(self,data):
         try:
             self._swrite(data)
         except:
             try:
                 # print handles some unicode issues which may trip a plain
                 # write() call.  Attempt to emulate write() by using a
                 # trailing comma
                 print >> self.stream, data,
             except:
                 # if we get here, something is seriously broken.
                 print >> sys.stderr, \
                       'ERROR - failed to write data to stream:', self.stream
 
     def close(self):
         pass
 
 
 class IOTerm:
     """ Term holds the file or file-like objects for handling I/O operations.
 
     These are normally just sys.stdin, sys.stdout and sys.stderr but for
     Windows they can can replaced to allow editing the strings before they are
     displayed."""
 
     # In the future, having IPython channel all its I/O operations through
     # this class will make it easier to embed it into other environments which
     # are not a normal terminal (such as a GUI-based shell)
     def __init__(self,cin=None,cout=None,cerr=None):
         self.cin  = IOStream(cin,sys.stdin)
         self.cout = IOStream(cout,sys.stdout)
         self.cerr = IOStream(cerr,sys.stderr)
 
 # Global variable to be used for all I/O
 Term = IOTerm()
 
 import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
 # Remake Term to use the readline i/o facilities
 if sys.platform == 'win32' and readline.have_readline:
 
     Term = IOTerm(cout=readline._outputfile,cerr=readline._outputfile)
 
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # Generic warning/error printer, used by everything else
 def warn(msg,level=2,exit_val=1):
     """Standard warning printer. Gives formatting consistency.
 
     Output is sent to Term.cerr (sys.stderr by default).
 
     Options:
 
     -level(2): allows finer control:
       0 -> Do nothing, dummy function.
       1 -> Print message.
       2 -> Print 'WARNING:' + message. (Default level).
       3 -> Print 'ERROR:' + message.
       4 -> Print 'FATAL ERROR:' + message and trigger a sys.exit(exit_val).
 
     -exit_val (1): exit value returned by sys.exit() for a level 4
     warning. Ignored for all other levels."""
 
     if level>0:
         header = ['','','WARNING: ','ERROR: ','FATAL ERROR: ']
         print >> Term.cerr, '%s%s' % (header[level],msg)
         if level == 4:
             print >> Term.cerr,'Exiting.\n'
             sys.exit(exit_val)
 
 def info(msg):
     """Equivalent to warn(msg,level=1)."""
 
     warn(msg,level=1)
 
 def error(msg):
     """Equivalent to warn(msg,level=3)."""
 
     warn(msg,level=3)
 
 def fatal(msg,exit_val=1):
     """Equivalent to warn(msg,exit_val=exit_val,level=4)."""
 
     warn(msg,exit_val=exit_val,level=4)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Debugging routines
 #
 def debugx(expr,pre_msg=''):
     """Print the value of an expression from the caller's frame.
 
     Takes an expression, evaluates it in the caller's frame and prints both
     the given expression and the resulting value (as well as a debug mark
     indicating the name of the calling function.  The input must be of a form
     suitable for eval().
 
     An optional message can be passed, which will be prepended to the printed
     expr->value pair."""
 
     cf = sys._getframe(1)
     print '[DBG:%s] %s%s -> %r' % (cf.f_code.co_name,pre_msg,expr,
                                    eval(expr,cf.f_globals,cf.f_locals))
 
 # deactivate it by uncommenting the following line, which makes it a no-op
 #def debugx(expr,pre_msg=''): pass
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 StringTypes = types.StringTypes
 
 # Basic timing functionality
 
 # If possible (Unix), use the resource module instead of time.clock()
 try:
     import resource
     def clocku():
         """clocku() -> floating point number
 
         Return the *USER* CPU time in seconds since the start of the process.
         This is done via a call to resource.getrusage, so it avoids the
         wraparound problems in time.clock()."""
 
         return resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF)[0]
 
     def clocks():
         """clocks() -> floating point number
 
         Return the *SYSTEM* CPU time in seconds since the start of the process.
         This is done via a call to resource.getrusage, so it avoids the
         wraparound problems in time.clock()."""
 
         return resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF)[1]
 
     def clock():
         """clock() -> floating point number
 
         Return the *TOTAL USER+SYSTEM* CPU time in seconds since the start of
         the process.  This is done via a call to resource.getrusage, so it
         avoids the wraparound problems in time.clock()."""
 
         u,s = resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF)[:2]
         return u+s
 
     def clock2():
         """clock2() -> (t_user,t_system)
 
         Similar to clock(), but return a tuple of user/system times."""
         return resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF)[:2]
 
 except ImportError:
     # There is no distinction of user/system time under windows, so we just use
     # time.clock() for everything...
     clocku = clocks = clock = time.clock
     def clock2():
         """Under windows, system CPU time can't be measured.
 
         This just returns clock() and zero."""
         return time.clock(),0.0
 
 def timings_out(reps,func,*args,**kw):
     """timings_out(reps,func,*args,**kw) -> (t_total,t_per_call,output)
 
     Execute a function reps times, return a tuple with the elapsed total
     CPU time in seconds, the time per call and the function's output.
 
     Under Unix, the return value is the sum of user+system time consumed by
     the process, computed via the resource module.  This prevents problems
     related to the wraparound effect which the time.clock() function has.
 
     Under Windows the return value is in wall clock seconds. See the
     documentation for the time module for more details."""
 
     reps = int(reps)
     assert reps >=1, 'reps must be >= 1'
     if reps==1:
         start = clock()
         out = func(*args,**kw)
         tot_time = clock()-start
     else:
         rng = xrange(reps-1) # the last time is executed separately to store output
         start = clock()
         for dummy in rng: func(*args,**kw)
         out = func(*args,**kw)  # one last time
         tot_time = clock()-start
     av_time = tot_time / reps
     return tot_time,av_time,out
 
 def timings(reps,func,*args,**kw):
     """timings(reps,func,*args,**kw) -> (t_total,t_per_call)
 
     Execute a function reps times, return a tuple with the elapsed total CPU
     time in seconds and the time per call. These are just the first two values
     in timings_out()."""
 
     return timings_out(reps,func,*args,**kw)[0:2]
 
 def timing(func,*args,**kw):
     """timing(func,*args,**kw) -> t_total
 
     Execute a function once, return the elapsed total CPU time in
     seconds. This is just the first value in timings_out()."""
 
     return timings_out(1,func,*args,**kw)[0]
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # file and system
 
 def arg_split(s,posix=False):
     """Split a command line's arguments in a shell-like manner.
 
     This is a modified version of the standard library's shlex.split()
     function, but with a default of posix=False for splitting, so that quotes
     in inputs are respected."""
 
     # XXX - there may be unicode-related problems here!!!  I'm not sure that
     # shlex is truly unicode-safe, so it might be necessary to do
     #
     # s = s.encode(sys.stdin.encoding)
     #
     # first, to ensure that shlex gets a normal string.  Input from anyone who
     # knows more about unicode and shlex than I would be good to have here...
     lex = shlex.shlex(s, posix=posix)
     lex.whitespace_split = True
     return list(lex)
 
 def system(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header=''):
     """Execute a system command, return its exit status.
 
     Options:
 
     - verbose (0): print the command to be executed.
 
     - debug (0): only print, do not actually execute.
 
     - header (''): Header to print on screen prior to the executed command (it
     is only prepended to the command, no newlines are added).
 
     Note: a stateful version of this function is available through the
     SystemExec class."""
 
     stat = 0
     if verbose or debug: print header+cmd
     sys.stdout.flush()
     if not debug: stat = os.system(cmd)
     return stat
 
 def abbrev_cwd():
     """ Return abbreviated version of cwd, e.g. d:mydir """
     cwd = os.getcwd().replace('\\','/')
     drivepart = ''
     tail = cwd
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         if len(cwd) < 4:
             return cwd
         drivepart,tail = os.path.splitdrive(cwd)
 
 
     parts = tail.split('/')
     if len(parts) > 2:
         tail = '/'.join(parts[-2:])
 
     return (drivepart + (
         cwd == '/' and '/' or tail))
 
 
 # This function is used by ipython in a lot of places to make system calls.
 # We need it to be slightly different under win32, due to the vagaries of
 # 'network shares'.  A win32 override is below.
 
 def shell(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header=''):
     """Execute a command in the system shell, always return None.
 
     Options:
 
     - verbose (0): print the command to be executed.
 
     - debug (0): only print, do not actually execute.
 
     - header (''): Header to print on screen prior to the executed command (it
     is only prepended to the command, no newlines are added).
 
     Note: this is similar to genutils.system(), but it returns None so it can
     be conveniently used in interactive loops without getting the return value
     (typically 0) printed many times."""
 
     stat = 0
     if verbose or debug: print header+cmd
     # flush stdout so we don't mangle python's buffering
     sys.stdout.flush()
 
     if not debug:
         platutils.set_term_title("IPy " + cmd)
         os.system(cmd)
         platutils.set_term_title("IPy " + abbrev_cwd())
 
 # override shell() for win32 to deal with network shares
 if os.name in ('nt','dos'):
 
     shell_ori = shell
 
     def shell(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header=''):
         if os.getcwd().startswith(r"\\"):
             path = os.getcwd()
             # change to c drive (cannot be on UNC-share when issuing os.system,
             # as cmd.exe cannot handle UNC addresses)
             os.chdir("c:")
             # issue pushd to the UNC-share and then run the command
             try:
                 shell_ori('"pushd %s&&"'%path+cmd,verbose,debug,header)
             finally:
                 os.chdir(path)
         else:
             shell_ori(cmd,verbose,debug,header)
 
     shell.__doc__ = shell_ori.__doc__
 
 def getoutput(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header='',split=0):
     """Dummy substitute for perl's backquotes.
 
     Executes a command and returns the output.
 
     Accepts the same arguments as system(), plus:
 
     - split(0): if true, the output is returned as a list split on newlines.
 
     Note: a stateful version of this function is available through the
     SystemExec class.
 
     This is pretty much deprecated and rarely used,
     genutils.getoutputerror may be what you need.
 
     """
 
     if verbose or debug: print header+cmd
     if not debug:
         output = os.popen(cmd).read()
         # stipping last \n is here for backwards compat.
         if output.endswith('\n'):
             output = output[:-1]
         if split:
             return output.split('\n')
         else:
             return output
 
 def getoutputerror(cmd,verbose=0,debug=0,header='',split=0):
     """Return (standard output,standard error) of executing cmd in a shell.
 
     Accepts the same arguments as system(), plus:
 
     - split(0): if true, each of stdout/err is returned as a list split on
     newlines.
 
     Note: a stateful version of this function is available through the
     SystemExec class."""
 
     if verbose or debug: print header+cmd
     if not cmd:
         if split:
             return [],[]
         else:
             return '',''
     if not debug:
         pin,pout,perr = os.popen3(cmd)
         tout = pout.read().rstrip()
         terr = perr.read().rstrip()
         pin.close()
         pout.close()
         perr.close()
         if split:
             return tout.split('\n'),terr.split('\n')
         else:
             return tout,terr
 
 # for compatibility with older naming conventions
 xsys = system
 bq = getoutput
 
 class SystemExec:
     """Access the system and getoutput functions through a stateful interface.
 
     Note: here we refer to the system and getoutput functions from this
     library, not the ones from the standard python library.
 
     This class offers the system and getoutput functions as methods, but the
     verbose, debug and header parameters can be set for the instance (at
     creation time or later) so that they don't need to be specified on each
     call.
 
     For efficiency reasons, there's no way to override the parameters on a
     per-call basis other than by setting instance attributes. If you need
     local overrides, it's best to directly call system() or getoutput().
 
     The following names are provided as alternate options:
      - xsys: alias to system
      - bq: alias to getoutput
 
     An instance can then be created as:
     >>> sysexec = SystemExec(verbose=1,debug=0,header='Calling: ')
     """
 
     def __init__(self,verbose=0,debug=0,header='',split=0):
         """Specify the instance's values for verbose, debug and header."""
         setattr_list(self,'verbose debug header split')
 
     def system(self,cmd):
         """Stateful interface to system(), with the same keyword parameters."""
 
         system(cmd,self.verbose,self.debug,self.header)
 
     def shell(self,cmd):
         """Stateful interface to shell(), with the same keyword parameters."""
 
         shell(cmd,self.verbose,self.debug,self.header)
 
     xsys = system  # alias
 
     def getoutput(self,cmd):
         """Stateful interface to getoutput()."""
 
         return getoutput(cmd,self.verbose,self.debug,self.header,self.split)
 
     def getoutputerror(self,cmd):
         """Stateful interface to getoutputerror()."""
 
         return getoutputerror(cmd,self.verbose,self.debug,self.header,self.split)
 
     bq = getoutput  # alias
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def mutex_opts(dict,ex_op):
     """Check for presence of mutually exclusive keys in a dict.
 
     Call: mutex_opts(dict,[[op1a,op1b],[op2a,op2b]...]"""
     for op1,op2 in ex_op:
         if op1 in dict and op2 in dict:
             raise ValueError,'\n*** ERROR in Arguments *** '\
                   'Options '+op1+' and '+op2+' are mutually exclusive.'
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_py_filename(name):
     """Return a valid python filename in the current directory.
 
     If the given name is not a file, it adds '.py' and searches again.
     Raises IOError with an informative message if the file isn't found."""
 
     name = os.path.expanduser(name)
     if not os.path.isfile(name) and not name.endswith('.py'):
         name += '.py'
     if os.path.isfile(name):
         return name
     else:
         raise IOError,'File `%s` not found.' % name
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def filefind(fname,alt_dirs = None):
     """Return the given filename either in the current directory, if it
     exists, or in a specified list of directories.
 
     ~ expansion is done on all file and directory names.
 
     Upon an unsuccessful search, raise an IOError exception."""
 
     if alt_dirs is None:
         try:
             alt_dirs = get_home_dir()
         except HomeDirError:
             alt_dirs = os.getcwd()
     search = [fname] + list_strings(alt_dirs)
     search = map(os.path.expanduser,search)
     #print 'search list for',fname,'list:',search  # dbg
     fname = search[0]
     if os.path.isfile(fname):
         return fname
     for direc in search[1:]:
         testname = os.path.join(direc,fname)
         #print 'testname',testname  # dbg
         if os.path.isfile(testname):
             return testname
     raise IOError,'File' + `fname` + \
           ' not found in current or supplied directories:' + `alt_dirs`
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def file_read(filename):
     """Read a file and close it.  Returns the file source."""
     fobj = open(filename,'r');
     source = fobj.read();
     fobj.close()
     return source
 
 def file_readlines(filename):
     """Read a file and close it.  Returns the file source using readlines()."""
     fobj = open(filename,'r');
     lines = fobj.readlines();
     fobj.close()
     return lines
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def target_outdated(target,deps):
     """Determine whether a target is out of date.
 
     target_outdated(target,deps) -> 1/0
 
     deps: list of filenames which MUST exist.
     target: single filename which may or may not exist.
 
     If target doesn't exist or is older than any file listed in deps, return
     true, otherwise return false.
     """
     try:
         target_time = os.path.getmtime(target)
     except os.error:
         return 1
     for dep in deps:
         dep_time = os.path.getmtime(dep)
         if dep_time > target_time:
             #print "For target",target,"Dep failed:",dep # dbg
             #print "times (dep,tar):",dep_time,target_time # dbg
             return 1
     return 0
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def target_update(target,deps,cmd):
     """Update a target with a given command given a list of dependencies.
 
     target_update(target,deps,cmd) -> runs cmd if target is outdated.
 
     This is just a wrapper around target_outdated() which calls the given
     command if target is outdated."""
 
     if target_outdated(target,deps):
         xsys(cmd)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def unquote_ends(istr):
     """Remove a single pair of quotes from the endpoints of a string."""
 
     if not istr:
         return istr
     if (istr[0]=="'" and istr[-1]=="'") or \
        (istr[0]=='"' and istr[-1]=='"'):
         return istr[1:-1]
     else:
         return istr
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def process_cmdline(argv,names=[],defaults={},usage=''):
     """ Process command-line options and arguments.
 
     Arguments:
 
     - argv: list of arguments, typically sys.argv.
 
     - names: list of option names. See DPyGetOpt docs for details on options
     syntax.
 
     - defaults: dict of default values.
 
     - usage: optional usage notice to print if a wrong argument is passed.
 
     Return a dict of options and a list of free arguments."""
 
     getopt = DPyGetOpt.DPyGetOpt()
     getopt.setIgnoreCase(0)
     getopt.parseConfiguration(names)
 
     try:
         getopt.processArguments(argv)
     except DPyGetOpt.ArgumentError, exc:
         print usage
         warn('"%s"' % exc,level=4)
 
     defaults.update(getopt.optionValues)
     args = getopt.freeValues
 
     return defaults,args
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def optstr2types(ostr):
     """Convert a string of option names to a dict of type mappings.
 
     optstr2types(str) -> {None:'string_opts',int:'int_opts',float:'float_opts'}
 
     This is used to get the types of all the options in a string formatted
     with the conventions of DPyGetOpt. The 'type' None is used for options
     which are strings (they need no further conversion). This function's main
     use is to get a typemap for use with read_dict().
     """
 
     typeconv = {None:'',int:'',float:''}
     typemap = {'s':None,'i':int,'f':float}
     opt_re = re.compile(r'([\w]*)([^:=]*:?=?)([sif]?)')
 
     for w in ostr.split():
         oname,alias,otype = opt_re.match(w).groups()
         if otype == '' or alias == '!':   # simple switches are integers too
             otype = 'i'
         typeconv[typemap[otype]] += oname + ' '
     return typeconv
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def read_dict(filename,type_conv=None,**opt):
     r"""Read a dictionary of key=value pairs from an input file, optionally
     performing conversions on the resulting values.
 
     read_dict(filename,type_conv,**opt) -> dict
 
     Only one value per line is accepted, the format should be
      # optional comments are ignored
      key value\n
 
     Args:
 
       - type_conv: A dictionary specifying which keys need to be converted to
       which types. By default all keys are read as strings. This dictionary
       should have as its keys valid conversion functions for strings
       (int,long,float,complex, or your own).  The value for each key
       (converter) should be a whitespace separated string containing the names
       of all the entries in the file to be converted using that function. For
       keys to be left alone, use None as the conversion function (only needed
       with purge=1, see below).
 
       - opt: dictionary with extra options as below (default in parens)
 
         purge(0): if set to 1, all keys *not* listed in type_conv are purged out
         of the dictionary to be returned. If purge is going to be used, the
         set of keys to be left as strings also has to be explicitly specified
         using the (non-existent) conversion function None.
 
         fs(None): field separator. This is the key/value separator to be used
         when parsing the file. The None default means any whitespace [behavior
         of string.split()].
 
         strip(0): if 1, strip string values of leading/trailinig whitespace.
 
         warn(1): warning level if requested keys are not found in file.
           - 0: silently ignore.
           - 1: inform but proceed.
           - 2: raise KeyError exception.
 
         no_empty(0): if 1, remove keys with whitespace strings as a value.
 
         unique([]): list of keys (or space separated string) which can't be
         repeated. If one such key is found in the file, each new instance
         overwrites the previous one. For keys not listed here, the behavior is
         to make a list of all appearances.
 
     Example:
 
     If the input file test.ini contains (we put it in a string to keep the test
     self-contained):
 
     >>> test_ini = '''\
     ... i 3
     ... x 4.5
     ... y 5.5
     ... s hi ho'''
 
     Then we can use it as follows:
     >>> type_conv={int:'i',float:'x',None:'s'}
 
     >>> d = read_dict(test_ini)
 
     >>> sorted(d.items())
     [('i', '3'), ('s', 'hi ho'), ('x', '4.5'), ('y', '5.5')]
 
     >>> d = read_dict(test_ini,type_conv)
 
     >>> sorted(d.items())
     [('i', 3), ('s', 'hi ho'), ('x', 4.5), ('y', '5.5')]
 
     >>> d = read_dict(test_ini,type_conv,purge=True)
 
     >>> sorted(d.items())
     [('i', 3), ('s', 'hi ho'), ('x', 4.5)]
     """
 
     # starting config
     opt.setdefault('purge',0)
     opt.setdefault('fs',None)  # field sep defaults to any whitespace
     opt.setdefault('strip',0)
     opt.setdefault('warn',1)
     opt.setdefault('no_empty',0)
     opt.setdefault('unique','')
     if type(opt['unique']) in StringTypes:
         unique_keys = qw(opt['unique'])
     elif type(opt['unique']) in (types.TupleType,types.ListType):
         unique_keys = opt['unique']
     else:
         raise ValueError, 'Unique keys must be given as a string, List or Tuple'
 
     dict = {}
 
     # first read in table of values as strings
     if '\n' in filename:
         lines = filename.splitlines()
         file = None
     else:
         file = open(filename,'r')
         lines = file.readlines()
     for line in lines:
         line = line.strip()
         if len(line) and line[0]=='#': continue
         if len(line)>0:
             lsplit = line.split(opt['fs'],1)
             try:
                 key,val = lsplit
             except ValueError:
                 key,val = lsplit[0],''
             key = key.strip()
             if opt['strip']: val = val.strip()
             if val == "''" or val == '""': val = ''
             if opt['no_empty'] and (val=='' or val.isspace()):
                 continue
             # if a key is found more than once in the file, build a list
             # unless it's in the 'unique' list. In that case, last found in file
             # takes precedence. User beware.
             try:
                 if dict[key] and key in unique_keys:
                     dict[key] = val
                 elif type(dict[key]) is types.ListType:
                     dict[key].append(val)
                 else:
                     dict[key] = [dict[key],val]
             except KeyError:
                 dict[key] = val
     # purge if requested
     if opt['purge']:
         accepted_keys = qwflat(type_conv.values())
         for key in dict.keys():
             if key in accepted_keys: continue
             del(dict[key])
     # now convert if requested
     if type_conv==None: return dict
     conversions = type_conv.keys()
     try: conversions.remove(None)
     except: pass
     for convert in conversions:
         for val in qw(type_conv[convert]):
             try:
                 dict[val] = convert(dict[val])
             except KeyError,e:
                 if opt['warn'] == 0:
                     pass
                 elif opt['warn'] == 1:
                     print >>sys.stderr, 'Warning: key',val,\
                           'not found in file',filename
                 elif opt['warn'] == 2:
                     raise KeyError,e
                 else:
                     raise ValueError,'Warning level must be 0,1 or 2'
 
     return dict
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def flag_calls(func):
     """Wrap a function to detect and flag when it gets called.
 
     This is a decorator which takes a function and wraps it in a function with
     a 'called' attribute. wrapper.called is initialized to False.
 
     The wrapper.called attribute is set to False right before each call to the
     wrapped function, so if the call fails it remains False.  After the call
     completes, wrapper.called is set to True and the output is returned.
 
     Testing for truth in wrapper.called allows you to determine if a call to
     func() was attempted and succeeded."""
 
     def wrapper(*args,**kw):
         wrapper.called = False
         out = func(*args,**kw)
         wrapper.called = True
         return out
 
     wrapper.called = False
     wrapper.__doc__ = func.__doc__
     return wrapper
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def dhook_wrap(func,*a,**k):
     """Wrap a function call in a sys.displayhook controller.
 
     Returns a wrapper around func which calls func, with all its arguments and
     keywords unmodified, using the default sys.displayhook.  Since IPython
     modifies sys.displayhook, it breaks the behavior of certain systems that
     rely on the default behavior, notably doctest.
     """
 
     def f(*a,**k):
 
         dhook_s = sys.displayhook
         sys.displayhook = sys.__displayhook__
         try:
             out = func(*a,**k)
         finally:
             sys.displayhook = dhook_s
 
         return out
 
     f.__doc__ = func.__doc__
     return f
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def doctest_reload():
     """Properly reload doctest to reuse it interactively.
 
     This routine:
 
       - reloads doctest
 
       - resets its global 'master' attribute to None, so that multiple uses of
       the module interactively don't produce cumulative reports.
 
       - Monkeypatches its core test runner method to protect it from IPython's
       modified displayhook.  Doctest expects the default displayhook behavior
       deep down, so our modification breaks it completely.  For this reason, a
       hard monkeypatch seems like a reasonable solution rather than asking
       users to manually use a different doctest runner when under IPython."""
 
     import doctest
     reload(doctest)
     doctest.master=None
 
     try:
         doctest.DocTestRunner
     except AttributeError:
         # This is only for python 2.3 compatibility, remove once we move to
         # 2.4 only.
         pass
     else:
         doctest.DocTestRunner.run = dhook_wrap(doctest.DocTestRunner.run)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class HomeDirError(Error):
     pass
 
 def get_home_dir():
     """Return the closest possible equivalent to a 'home' directory.
 
     We first try $HOME.  Absent that, on NT it's $HOMEDRIVE\$HOMEPATH.
 
     Currently only Posix and NT are implemented, a HomeDirError exception is
     raised for all other OSes. """
 
     isdir = os.path.isdir
     env = os.environ
 
     # first, check py2exe distribution root directory for _ipython.
     # This overrides all. Normally does not exist.
 
     if hasattr(sys, "frozen"): #Is frozen by py2exe
         if '\\library.zip\\' in IPython.__file__.lower():#libraries compressed to zip-file
             root, rest = IPython.__file__.lower().split('library.zip')
         else: 
             root=os.path.join(os.path.split(IPython.__file__)[0],"../../")
         root=os.path.abspath(root).rstrip('\\')
         if isdir(os.path.join(root, '_ipython')):
             os.environ["IPYKITROOT"] = root
         return root
     try:
         homedir = env['HOME']
         if not isdir(homedir):
             # in case a user stuck some string which does NOT resolve to a
             # valid path, it's as good as if we hadn't foud it
             raise KeyError
         return homedir
     except KeyError:
         if os.name == 'posix':
             raise HomeDirError,'undefined $HOME, IPython can not proceed.'
         elif os.name == 'nt':
             # For some strange reason, win9x returns 'nt' for os.name.
             try:
                 homedir = os.path.join(env['HOMEDRIVE'],env['HOMEPATH'])
                 if not isdir(homedir):
                     homedir = os.path.join(env['USERPROFILE'])
                     if not isdir(homedir):
                         raise HomeDirError
                 return homedir
             except KeyError:
                 try:
                     # Use the registry to get the 'My Documents' folder.
                     import _winreg as wreg
                     key = wreg.OpenKey(wreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
                                        "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders")
                     homedir = wreg.QueryValueEx(key,'Personal')[0]
                     key.Close()
                     if not isdir(homedir):
                         e = ('Invalid "Personal" folder registry key '
                              'typically "My Documents".\n'
                              'Value: %s\n'
                              'This is not a valid directory on your system.' %
                              homedir)
                         raise HomeDirError(e)
                     return homedir
                 except HomeDirError:
                     raise
                 except:
                     return 'C:\\'
         elif os.name == 'dos':
             # Desperate, may do absurd things in classic MacOS. May work under DOS.
             return 'C:\\'
         else:
             raise HomeDirError,'support for your operating system not implemented.'
 
 
 def get_ipython_dir():
     """Get the IPython directory for this platform and user.
     
     This uses the logic in `get_home_dir` to find the home directory
     and the adds either .ipython or _ipython to the end of the path.
     """
     if os.name == 'posix':
          ipdir_def = '.ipython'
     else:
          ipdir_def = '_ipython'
     home_dir = get_home_dir()
     ipdir = os.path.abspath(os.environ.get('IPYTHONDIR',
                                            os.path.join(home_dir, ipdir_def)))
     return ipdir.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
 
 def get_security_dir():
     """Get the IPython security directory.
     
     This directory is the default location for all security related files,
     including SSL/TLS certificates and FURL files.
     
     If the directory does not exist, it is created with 0700 permissions.
     If it exists, permissions are set to 0700.
     """
     security_dir = os.path.join(get_ipython_dir(), 'security')
     if not os.path.isdir(security_dir):
         os.mkdir(security_dir, 0700)
     else:
         os.chmod(security_dir, 0700)
     return security_dir
 
 def get_log_dir():
     """Get the IPython log directory.
     
     If the log directory does not exist, it is created.
     """
     log_dir = os.path.join(get_ipython_dir(), 'log')
     if not os.path.isdir(log_dir):
         os.mkdir(log_dir, 0777)
     return log_dir
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # strings and text
 
 class LSString(str):
     """String derivative with a special access attributes.
 
     These are normal strings, but with the special attributes:
 
         .l (or .list) : value as list (split on newlines).
         .n (or .nlstr): original value (the string itself).
         .s (or .spstr): value as whitespace-separated string.
         .p (or .paths): list of path objects
 
     Any values which require transformations are computed only once and
     cached.
 
     Such strings are very useful to efficiently interact with the shell, which
     typically only understands whitespace-separated options for commands."""
 
     def get_list(self):
         try:
             return self.__list
         except AttributeError:
             self.__list = self.split('\n')
             return self.__list
 
     l = list = property(get_list)
 
     def get_spstr(self):
         try:
             return self.__spstr
         except AttributeError:
             self.__spstr = self.replace('\n',' ')
             return self.__spstr
 
     s = spstr = property(get_spstr)
 
     def get_nlstr(self):
         return self
 
     n = nlstr = property(get_nlstr)
 
     def get_paths(self):
         try:
             return self.__paths
         except AttributeError:
             self.__paths = [path(p) for p in self.split('\n') if os.path.exists(p)]
             return self.__paths
 
     p = paths = property(get_paths)
 
 def print_lsstring(arg):
     """ Prettier (non-repr-like) and more informative printer for LSString """
     print "LSString (.p, .n, .l, .s available). Value:"
     print arg
 
 print_lsstring = result_display.when_type(LSString)(print_lsstring)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class SList(list):
     """List derivative with a special access attributes.
 
     These are normal lists, but with the special attributes:
 
         .l (or .list) : value as list (the list itself).
         .n (or .nlstr): value as a string, joined on newlines.
         .s (or .spstr): value as a string, joined on spaces.
         .p (or .paths): list of path objects
 
     Any values which require transformations are computed only once and
     cached."""
 
     def get_list(self):
         return self
 
     l = list = property(get_list)
 
     def get_spstr(self):
         try:
             return self.__spstr
         except AttributeError:
             self.__spstr = ' '.join(self)
             return self.__spstr
 
     s = spstr = property(get_spstr)
 
     def get_nlstr(self):
         try:
             return self.__nlstr
         except AttributeError:
             self.__nlstr = '\n'.join(self)
             return self.__nlstr
 
     n = nlstr = property(get_nlstr)
 
     def get_paths(self):
         try:
             return self.__paths
         except AttributeError:
             self.__paths = [path(p) for p in self if os.path.exists(p)]
             return self.__paths
 
     p = paths = property(get_paths)
 
     def grep(self, pattern, prune = False, field = None):
         """ Return all strings matching 'pattern' (a regex or callable)
 
         This is case-insensitive. If prune is true, return all items
         NOT matching the pattern.
 
         If field is specified, the match must occur in the specified
         whitespace-separated field.
 
         Examples::
 
             a.grep( lambda x: x.startswith('C') )
             a.grep('Cha.*log', prune=1)
             a.grep('chm', field=-1)
         """
 
         def match_target(s):
             if field is None:
                 return s
             parts = s.split()
             try:
                 tgt = parts[field]
                 return tgt
             except IndexError:
                 return ""
 
         if isinstance(pattern, basestring):
             pred = lambda x : re.search(pattern, x, re.IGNORECASE)
         else:
             pred = pattern
         if not prune:
             return SList([el for el in self if pred(match_target(el))])
         else:
             return SList([el for el in self if not pred(match_target(el))])
     def fields(self, *fields):
         """ Collect whitespace-separated fields from string list
 
         Allows quick awk-like usage of string lists.
 
         Example data (in var a, created by 'a = !ls -l')::
             -rwxrwxrwx  1 ville None      18 Dec 14  2006 ChangeLog
             drwxrwxrwx+ 6 ville None       0 Oct 24 18:05 IPython
 
         a.fields(0) is ['-rwxrwxrwx', 'drwxrwxrwx+']
         a.fields(1,0) is ['1 -rwxrwxrwx', '6 drwxrwxrwx+']
         (note the joining by space).
         a.fields(-1) is ['ChangeLog', 'IPython']
 
         IndexErrors are ignored.
 
         Without args, fields() just split()'s the strings.
         """
         if len(fields) == 0:
             return [el.split() for el in self]
 
         res = SList()
         for el in [f.split() for f in self]:
             lineparts = []
 
             for fd in fields:
                 try:
                     lineparts.append(el[fd])
                 except IndexError:
                     pass
             if lineparts:
                 res.append(" ".join(lineparts))
 
         return res
     def sort(self,field= None,  nums = False):
         """ sort by specified fields (see fields())
 
         Example::
             a.sort(1, nums = True)
 
         Sorts a by second field, in numerical order (so that 21 > 3)
 
         """
 
         #decorate, sort, undecorate
         if field is not None:
             dsu = [[SList([line]).fields(field),  line] for line in self]
         else:
             dsu = [[line,  line] for line in self]
         if nums:
             for i in range(len(dsu)):
                 numstr = "".join([ch for ch in dsu[i][0] if ch.isdigit()])
                 try:
                     n = int(numstr)
                 except ValueError:
                     n = 0;
                 dsu[i][0] = n
 
 
         dsu.sort()
         return SList([t[1] for t in dsu])
 
 def print_slist(arg):
     """ Prettier (non-repr-like) and more informative printer for SList """
     print "SList (.p, .n, .l, .s, .grep(), .fields(), sort() available):"
     if hasattr(arg,  'hideonce') and arg.hideonce:
         arg.hideonce = False
         return
 
     nlprint(arg)
 
 print_slist = result_display.when_type(SList)(print_slist)
 
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def esc_quotes(strng):
     """Return the input string with single and double quotes escaped out"""
 
     return strng.replace('"','\\"').replace("'","\\'")
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def make_quoted_expr(s):
     """Return string s in appropriate quotes, using raw string if possible.
 
     XXX - example removed because it caused encoding errors in documentation
     generation.  We need a new example that doesn't contain invalid chars.
 
     Note the use of raw string and padding at the end to allow trailing
     backslash.
     """
 
     tail = ''
     tailpadding = ''
     raw  = ''
     if "\\" in s:
         raw = 'r'
         if s.endswith('\\'):
             tail = '[:-1]'
             tailpadding = '_'
     if '"' not in s:
         quote = '"'
     elif "'" not in s:
         quote = "'"
     elif '"""' not in s and not s.endswith('"'):
         quote = '"""'
     elif "'''" not in s and not s.endswith("'"):
         quote = "'''"
     else:
         # give up, backslash-escaped string will do
         return '"%s"' % esc_quotes(s)
     res = raw + quote + s + tailpadding + quote + tail
     return res
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def raw_input_multi(header='', ps1='==> ', ps2='..> ',terminate_str = '.'):
     """Take multiple lines of input.
 
     A list with each line of input as a separate element is returned when a
     termination string is entered (defaults to a single '.'). Input can also
     terminate via EOF (^D in Unix, ^Z-RET in Windows).
 
     Lines of input which end in \\ are joined into single entries (and a
     secondary continuation prompt is issued as long as the user terminates
     lines with \\). This allows entering very long strings which are still
     meant to be treated as single entities.
     """
 
     try:
         if header:
             header += '\n'
         lines = [raw_input(header + ps1)]
     except EOFError:
         return []
     terminate = [terminate_str]
     try:
         while lines[-1:] != terminate:
             new_line = raw_input(ps1)
             while new_line.endswith('\\'):
                 new_line = new_line[:-1] + raw_input(ps2)
             lines.append(new_line)
 
         return lines[:-1]  # don't return the termination command
     except EOFError:
         print
         return lines
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def raw_input_ext(prompt='',  ps2='... '):
     """Similar to raw_input(), but accepts extended lines if input ends with \\."""
 
     line = raw_input(prompt)
     while line.endswith('\\'):
         line = line[:-1] + raw_input(ps2)
     return line
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def ask_yes_no(prompt,default=None):
     """Asks a question and returns a boolean (y/n) answer.
 
     If default is given (one of 'y','n'), it is used if the user input is
     empty. Otherwise the question is repeated until an answer is given.
 
     An EOF is treated as the default answer.  If there is no default, an
     exception is raised to prevent infinite loops.
 
     Valid answers are: y/yes/n/no (match is not case sensitive)."""
 
     answers = {'y':True,'n':False,'yes':True,'no':False}
     ans = None
     while ans not in answers.keys():
         try:
             ans = raw_input(prompt+' ').lower()
             if not ans:  # response was an empty string
                 ans = default
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             pass
         except EOFError:
             if default in answers.keys():
                 ans = default
                 print
             else:
                 raise
 
     return answers[ans]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def marquee(txt='',width=78,mark='*'):
     """Return the input string centered in a 'marquee'."""
     if not txt:
         return (mark*width)[:width]
     nmark = (width-len(txt)-2)/len(mark)/2
     if nmark < 0: nmark =0
     marks = mark*nmark
     return '%s %s %s' % (marks,txt,marks)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class EvalDict:
     """
     Emulate a dict which evaluates its contents in the caller's frame.
 
     Usage:
     >>> number = 19
 
     >>> text = "python"
 
     >>> print "%(text.capitalize())s %(number/9.0).1f rules!" % EvalDict()
     Python 2.1 rules!
     """
 
     # This version is due to [e-mail] on c.l.py, and is basically a
     # modified (shorter) version of:
     # http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66018 by
     # Skip Montanaro ([e-mail]).
 
     def __getitem__(self, name):
         frame = sys._getframe(1)
         return eval(name, frame.f_globals, frame.f_locals)
 
 EvalString = EvalDict  # for backwards compatibility
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def qw(words,flat=0,sep=None,maxsplit=-1):
     """Similar to Perl's qw() operator, but with some more options.
 
     qw(words,flat=0,sep=' ',maxsplit=-1) -> words.split(sep,maxsplit)
 
     words can also be a list itself, and with flat=1, the output will be
     recursively flattened.
 
     Examples:
 
     >>> qw('1 2')
     ['1', '2']
 
     >>> qw(['a b','1 2',['m n','p q']])
     [['a', 'b'], ['1', '2'], [['m', 'n'], ['p', 'q']]]
 
     >>> qw(['a b','1 2',['m n','p q']],flat=1)
     ['a', 'b', '1', '2', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q']
     """
 
     if type(words) in StringTypes:
         return [word.strip() for word in words.split(sep,maxsplit)
                 if word and not word.isspace() ]
     if flat:
         return flatten(map(qw,words,[1]*len(words)))
     return map(qw,words)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def qwflat(words,sep=None,maxsplit=-1):
     """Calls qw(words) in flat mode. It's just a convenient shorthand."""
     return qw(words,1,sep,maxsplit)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def qw_lol(indata):
     """qw_lol('a b') -> [['a','b']],
     otherwise it's just a call to qw().
 
     We need this to make sure the modules_some keys *always* end up as a
     list of lists."""
 
     if type(indata) in StringTypes:
         return [qw(indata)]
     else:
         return qw(indata)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def grep(pat,list,case=1):
     """Simple minded grep-like function.
     grep(pat,list) returns occurrences of pat in list, None on failure.
 
     It only does simple string matching, with no support for regexps. Use the
     option case=0 for case-insensitive matching."""
 
     # This is pretty crude. At least it should implement copying only references
     # to the original data in case it's big. Now it copies the data for output.
     out=[]
     if case:
         for term in list:
             if term.find(pat)>-1: out.append(term)
     else:
         lpat=pat.lower()
         for term in list:
             if term.lower().find(lpat)>-1: out.append(term)
 
     if len(out): return out
     else: return None
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def dgrep(pat,*opts):
     """Return grep() on dir()+dir(__builtins__).
 
     A very common use of grep() when working interactively."""
 
     return grep(pat,dir(__main__)+dir(__main__.__builtins__),*opts)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def idgrep(pat):
     """Case-insensitive dgrep()"""
 
     return dgrep(pat,0)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def igrep(pat,list):
     """Synonym for case-insensitive grep."""
 
     return grep(pat,list,case=0)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def indent(str,nspaces=4,ntabs=0):
     """Indent a string a given number of spaces or tabstops.
 
     indent(str,nspaces=4,ntabs=0) -> indent str by ntabs+nspaces.
     """
     if str is None:
         return
     ind = '\t'*ntabs+' '*nspaces
     outstr = '%s%s' % (ind,str.replace(os.linesep,os.linesep+ind))
     if outstr.endswith(os.linesep+ind):
         return outstr[:-len(ind)]
     else:
         return outstr
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def native_line_ends(filename,backup=1):
     """Convert (in-place) a file to line-ends native to the current OS.
 
     If the optional backup argument is given as false, no backup of the
     original file is left.  """
 
     backup_suffixes = {'posix':'~','dos':'.bak','nt':'.bak','mac':'.bak'}
 
     bak_filename = filename + backup_suffixes[os.name]
 
     original = open(filename).read()
     shutil.copy2(filename,bak_filename)
     try:
         new = open(filename,'wb')
         new.write(os.linesep.join(original.splitlines()))
         new.write(os.linesep) # ALWAYS put an eol at the end of the file
         new.close()
     except:
         os.rename(bak_filename,filename)
     if not backup:
         try:
             os.remove(bak_filename)
         except:
             pass
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_pager_cmd(pager_cmd = None):
     """Return a pager command.
 
     Makes some attempts at finding an OS-correct one."""
 
     if os.name == 'posix':
         default_pager_cmd = 'less -r'  # -r for color control sequences
     elif os.name in ['nt','dos']:
         default_pager_cmd = 'type'
 
     if pager_cmd is None:
         try:
             pager_cmd = os.environ['PAGER']
         except:
             pager_cmd = default_pager_cmd
     return pager_cmd
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_pager_start(pager,start):
     """Return the string for paging files with an offset.
 
     This is the '+N' argument which less and more (under Unix) accept.
     """
 
     if pager in ['less','more']:
         if start:
             start_string = '+' + str(start)
         else:
             start_string = ''
     else:
         start_string = ''
     return start_string
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # (X)emacs on W32 doesn't like to be bypassed with msvcrt.getch()
 if os.name == 'nt' and os.environ.get('TERM','dumb') != 'emacs':
     import msvcrt
     def page_more():
         """ Smart pausing between pages
 
         @return:    True if need print more lines, False if quit
         """
         Term.cout.write('---Return to continue, q to quit--- ')
         ans = msvcrt.getch()
         if ans in ("q", "Q"):
             result = False
         else:
             result = True
         Term.cout.write("\b"*37 + " "*37 + "\b"*37)
         return result
 else:
     def page_more():
         ans = raw_input('---Return to continue, q to quit--- ')
         if ans.lower().startswith('q'):
             return False
         else:
             return True
 
 esc_re = re.compile(r"(\x1b[^m]+m)")
 
 def page_dumb(strng,start=0,screen_lines=25):
     """Very dumb 'pager' in Python, for when nothing else works.
 
     Only moves forward, same interface as page(), except for pager_cmd and
     mode."""
 
     out_ln  = strng.splitlines()[start:]
     screens = chop(out_ln,screen_lines-1)
     if len(screens) == 1:
         print >>Term.cout, os.linesep.join(screens[0])
     else:
         last_escape = ""
         for scr in screens[0:-1]:
             hunk = os.linesep.join(scr)
             print >>Term.cout, last_escape + hunk
             if not page_more():
                 return
             esc_list = esc_re.findall(hunk)
             if len(esc_list) > 0:
                 last_escape = esc_list[-1]
         print >>Term.cout, last_escape + os.linesep.join(screens[-1])
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def page(strng,start=0,screen_lines=0,pager_cmd = None):
     """Print a string, piping through a pager after a certain length.
 
     The screen_lines parameter specifies the number of *usable* lines of your
     terminal screen (total lines minus lines you need to reserve to show other
     information).
 
     If you set screen_lines to a number <=0, page() will try to auto-determine
     your screen size and will only use up to (screen_size+screen_lines) for
     printing, paging after that. That is, if you want auto-detection but need
     to reserve the bottom 3 lines of the screen, use screen_lines = -3, and for
     auto-detection without any lines reserved simply use screen_lines = 0.
 
     If a string won't fit in the allowed lines, it is sent through the
     specified pager command. If none given, look for PAGER in the environment,
     and ultimately default to less.
 
     If no system pager works, the string is sent through a 'dumb pager'
     written in python, very simplistic.
     """
 
     # Some routines may auto-compute start offsets incorrectly and pass a
     # negative value.  Offset to 0 for robustness.
     start = max(0,start)
 
     # first, try the hook
     ip = ipapi.get()
     if ip:
         try:
             ip.IP.hooks.show_in_pager(strng)
             return
         except ipapi.TryNext:
             pass
 
     # Ugly kludge, but calling curses.initscr() flat out crashes in emacs
     TERM = os.environ.get('TERM','dumb')
     if TERM in ['dumb','emacs'] and os.name != 'nt':
         print strng
         return
     # chop off the topmost part of the string we don't want to see
     str_lines = strng.split(os.linesep)[start:]
     str_toprint = os.linesep.join(str_lines)
     num_newlines = len(str_lines)
     len_str = len(str_toprint)
 
     # Dumb heuristics to guesstimate number of on-screen lines the string
     # takes.  Very basic, but good enough for docstrings in reasonable
     # terminals. If someone later feels like refining it, it's not hard.
     numlines = max(num_newlines,int(len_str/80)+1)
 
     if os.name == "nt":
         screen_lines_def = get_console_size(defaulty=25)[1]
     else:
         screen_lines_def = 25 # default value if we can't auto-determine
 
     # auto-determine screen size
     if screen_lines <= 0:
         if TERM=='xterm':
             use_curses = USE_CURSES
         else:
             # curses causes problems on many terminals other than xterm.
             use_curses = False
         if use_curses:
             # There is a bug in curses, where *sometimes* it fails to properly
             # initialize, and then after the endwin() call is made, the
             # terminal is left in an unusable state.  Rather than trying to
             # check everytime for this (by requesting and comparing termios
             # flags each time), we just save the initial terminal state and
             # unconditionally reset it every time.  It's cheaper than making
             # the checks.
             term_flags = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdout)
             scr = curses.initscr()
             screen_lines_real,screen_cols = scr.getmaxyx()
             curses.endwin()
             # Restore terminal state in case endwin() didn't.
             termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdout,termios.TCSANOW,term_flags)
             # Now we have what we needed: the screen size in rows/columns
             screen_lines += screen_lines_real
             #print '***Screen size:',screen_lines_real,'lines x',\
             #screen_cols,'columns.' # dbg
         else:
             screen_lines += screen_lines_def
 
     #print 'numlines',numlines,'screenlines',screen_lines  # dbg
     if numlines <= screen_lines :
         #print '*** normal print'  # dbg
         print >>Term.cout, str_toprint
     else:
         # Try to open pager and default to internal one if that fails.
         # All failure modes are tagged as 'retval=1', to match the return
         # value of a failed system command.  If any intermediate attempt
         # sets retval to 1, at the end we resort to our own page_dumb() pager.
         pager_cmd = get_pager_cmd(pager_cmd)
         pager_cmd += ' ' + get_pager_start(pager_cmd,start)
         if os.name == 'nt':
             if pager_cmd.startswith('type'):
                 # The default WinXP 'type' command is failing on complex strings.
                 retval = 1
             else:
                 tmpname = tempfile.mktemp('.txt')
                 tmpfile = file(tmpname,'wt')
                 tmpfile.write(strng)
                 tmpfile.close()
                 cmd = "%s < %s" % (pager_cmd,tmpname)
                 if os.system(cmd):
                   retval = 1
                 else:
                   retval = None
                 os.remove(tmpname)
         else:
             try:
                 retval = None
                 # if I use popen4, things hang. No idea why.
                 #pager,shell_out = os.popen4(pager_cmd)
                 pager = os.popen(pager_cmd,'w')
                 pager.write(strng)
                 pager.close()
                 retval = pager.close()  # success returns None
             except IOError,msg:  # broken pipe when user quits
                 if msg.args == (32,'Broken pipe'):
                     retval = None
                 else:
                     retval = 1
             except OSError:
                 # Other strange problems, sometimes seen in Win2k/cygwin
                 retval = 1
         if retval is not None:
             page_dumb(strng,screen_lines=screen_lines)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def page_file(fname,start = 0, pager_cmd = None):
     """Page a file, using an optional pager command and starting line.
     """
 
     pager_cmd = get_pager_cmd(pager_cmd)
     pager_cmd += ' ' + get_pager_start(pager_cmd,start)
 
     try:
         if os.environ['TERM'] in ['emacs','dumb']:
             raise EnvironmentError
         xsys(pager_cmd + ' ' + fname)
     except:
         try:
             if start > 0:
                 start -= 1
             page(open(fname).read(),start)
         except:
             print 'Unable to show file',`fname`
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def snip_print(str,width = 75,print_full = 0,header = ''):
     """Print a string snipping the midsection to fit in width.
 
     print_full: mode control:
       - 0: only snip long strings
       - 1: send to page() directly.
       - 2: snip long strings and ask for full length viewing with page()
     Return 1 if snipping was necessary, 0 otherwise."""
 
     if print_full == 1:
         page(header+str)
         return 0
 
     print header,
     if len(str) < width:
         print str
         snip = 0
     else:
         whalf = int((width -5)/2)
         print str[:whalf] + ' <...> ' + str[-whalf:]
         snip = 1
     if snip and print_full == 2:
         if raw_input(header+' Snipped. View (y/n)? [N]').lower() == 'y':
             page(str)
     return snip
 
 #****************************************************************************
 # lists, dicts and structures
 
 def belong(candidates,checklist):
     """Check whether a list of items appear in a given list of options.
 
     Returns a list of 1 and 0, one for each candidate given."""
 
     return [x in checklist for x in candidates]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def uniq_stable(elems):
     """uniq_stable(elems) -> list
 
     Return from an iterable, a list of all the unique elements in the input,
     but maintaining the order in which they first appear.
 
     A naive solution to this problem which just makes a dictionary with the
     elements as keys fails to respect the stability condition, since
     dictionaries are unsorted by nature.
 
     Note: All elements in the input must be valid dictionary keys for this
     routine to work, as it internally uses a dictionary for efficiency
     reasons."""
 
     unique = []
     unique_dict = {}
     for nn in elems:
         if nn not in unique_dict:
             unique.append(nn)
             unique_dict[nn] = None
     return unique
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class NLprinter:
     """Print an arbitrarily nested list, indicating index numbers.
 
     An instance of this class called nlprint is available and callable as a
     function.
 
     nlprint(list,indent=' ',sep=': ') -> prints indenting each level by 'indent'
     and using 'sep' to separate the index from the value. """
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.depth = 0
 
     def __call__(self,lst,pos='',**kw):
         """Prints the nested list numbering levels."""
         kw.setdefault('indent',' ')
         kw.setdefault('sep',': ')
         kw.setdefault('start',0)
         kw.setdefault('stop',len(lst))
         # we need to remove start and stop from kw so they don't propagate
         # into a recursive call for a nested list.
         start = kw['start']; del kw['start']
         stop = kw['stop']; del kw['stop']
         if self.depth == 0 and 'header' in kw.keys():
             print kw['header']
 
         for idx in range(start,stop):
             elem = lst[idx]
             if type(elem)==type([]):
                 self.depth += 1
                 self.__call__(elem,itpl('$pos$idx,'),**kw)
                 self.depth -= 1
             else:
                 printpl(kw['indent']*self.depth+'$pos$idx$kw["sep"]$elem')
 
 nlprint = NLprinter()
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def all_belong(candidates,checklist):
     """Check whether a list of items ALL appear in a given list of options.
 
     Returns a single 1 or 0 value."""
 
     return 1-(0 in [x in checklist for x in candidates])
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def sort_compare(lst1,lst2,inplace = 1):
     """Sort and compare two lists.
 
     By default it does it in place, thus modifying the lists. Use inplace = 0
     to avoid that (at the cost of temporary copy creation)."""
     if not inplace:
         lst1 = lst1[:]
         lst2 = lst2[:]
     lst1.sort(); lst2.sort()
     return lst1 == lst2
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def list2dict(lst):
     """Takes a list of (key,value) pairs and turns it into a dict."""
 
     dic = {}
     for k,v in lst: dic[k] = v
     return dic
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def list2dict2(lst,default=''):
     """Takes a list and turns it into a dict.
     Much slower than list2dict, but more versatile. This version can take
     lists with sublists of arbitrary length (including sclars)."""
 
     dic = {}
     for elem in lst:
         if type(elem) in (types.ListType,types.TupleType):
             size = len(elem)
             if  size == 0:
                 pass
             elif size == 1:
                 dic[elem] = default
             else:
                 k,v = elem[0], elem[1:]
                 if len(v) == 1: v = v[0]
                 dic[k] = v
         else:
             dic[elem] = default
     return dic
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def flatten(seq):
     """Flatten a list of lists (NOT recursive, only works for 2d lists)."""
 
     return [x for subseq in seq for x in subseq]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_slice(seq,start=0,stop=None,step=1):
     """Get a slice of a sequence with variable step. Specify start,stop,step."""
     if stop == None:
         stop = len(seq)
     item = lambda i: seq[i]
     return map(item,xrange(start,stop,step))
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def chop(seq,size):
     """Chop a sequence into chunks of the given size."""
     chunk = lambda i: seq[i:i+size]
     return map(chunk,xrange(0,len(seq),size))
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # with is a keyword as of python 2.5, so this function is renamed to withobj
 # from its old 'with' name.
 def with_obj(object, **args):
     """Set multiple attributes for an object, similar to Pascal's with.
 
     Example:
     with_obj(jim,
              born = 1960,
              haircolour = 'Brown',
              eyecolour = 'Green')
 
     Credit: Greg Ewing, in
     http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-May/040703.html.
 
     NOTE: up until IPython 0.7.2, this was called simply 'with', but 'with'
     has become a keyword for Python 2.5, so we had to rename it."""
 
     object.__dict__.update(args)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def setattr_list(obj,alist,nspace = None):
     """Set a list of attributes for an object taken from a namespace.
 
     setattr_list(obj,alist,nspace) -> sets in obj all the attributes listed in
     alist with their values taken from nspace, which must be a dict (something
     like locals() will often do) If nspace isn't given, locals() of the
     *caller* is used, so in most cases you can omit it.
 
     Note that alist can be given as a string, which will be automatically
     split into a list on whitespace. If given as a list, it must be a list of
     *strings* (the variable names themselves), not of variables."""
 
     # this grabs the local variables from the *previous* call frame -- that is
     # the locals from the function that called setattr_list().
     # - snipped from weave.inline()
     if nspace is None:
         call_frame = sys._getframe().f_back
         nspace = call_frame.f_locals
 
     if type(alist) in StringTypes:
         alist = alist.split()
     for attr in alist:
         val = eval(attr,nspace)
         setattr(obj,attr,val)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def getattr_list(obj,alist,*args):
     """getattr_list(obj,alist[, default]) -> attribute list.
 
     Get a list of named attributes for an object. When a default argument is
     given, it is returned when the attribute doesn't exist; without it, an
     exception is raised in that case.
 
     Note that alist can be given as a string, which will be automatically
     split into a list on whitespace. If given as a list, it must be a list of
     *strings* (the variable names themselves), not of variables."""
 
     if type(alist) in StringTypes:
         alist = alist.split()
     if args:
         if len(args)==1:
             default = args[0]
             return map(lambda attr: getattr(obj,attr,default),alist)
         else:
             raise ValueError,'getattr_list() takes only one optional argument'
     else:
         return map(lambda attr: getattr(obj,attr),alist)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def map_method(method,object_list,*argseq,**kw):
     """map_method(method,object_list,*args,**kw) -> list
 
     Return a list of the results of applying the methods to the items of the
     argument sequence(s).  If more than one sequence is given, the method is
     called with an argument list consisting of the corresponding item of each
     sequence. All sequences must be of the same length.
 
     Keyword arguments are passed verbatim to all objects called.
 
     This is Python code, so it's not nearly as fast as the builtin map()."""
 
     out_list = []
     idx = 0
     for object in object_list:
         try:
             handler = getattr(object, method)
         except AttributeError:
             out_list.append(None)
         else:
             if argseq:
                 args = map(lambda lst:lst[idx],argseq)
                 #print 'ob',object,'hand',handler,'ar',args # dbg
                 out_list.append(handler(args,**kw))
             else:
                 out_list.append(handler(**kw))
         idx += 1
     return out_list
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_class_members(cls):
     ret = dir(cls)
     if hasattr(cls,'__bases__'):
         for base in cls.__bases__:
             ret.extend(get_class_members(base))
     return ret
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def dir2(obj):
     """dir2(obj) -> list of strings
 
     Extended version of the Python builtin dir(), which does a few extra
     checks, and supports common objects with unusual internals that confuse
     dir(), such as Traits and PyCrust.
 
     This version is guaranteed to return only a list of true strings, whereas
     dir() returns anything that objects inject into themselves, even if they
     are later not really valid for attribute access (many extension libraries
     have such bugs).
     """
 
     # Start building the attribute list via dir(), and then complete it
     # with a few extra special-purpose calls.
     words = dir(obj)
 
     if hasattr(obj,'__class__'):
         words.append('__class__')
         words.extend(get_class_members(obj.__class__))
     #if '__base__' in words: 1/0
 
     # Some libraries (such as traits) may introduce duplicates, we want to
     # track and clean this up if it happens
     may_have_dupes = False
 
     # this is the 'dir' function for objects with Enthought's traits
     if hasattr(obj, 'trait_names'):
         try:
             words.extend(obj.trait_names())
             may_have_dupes = True
         except TypeError:
             # This will happen if `obj` is a class and not an instance.
             pass
 
     # Support for PyCrust-style _getAttributeNames magic method.
     if hasattr(obj, '_getAttributeNames'):
         try:
             words.extend(obj._getAttributeNames())
             may_have_dupes = True
         except TypeError:
             # `obj` is a class and not an instance.  Ignore
             # this error.
             pass
 
     if may_have_dupes:
         # eliminate possible duplicates, as some traits may also
         # appear as normal attributes in the dir() call.
         words = list(set(words))
         words.sort()
 
     # filter out non-string attributes which may be stuffed by dir() calls
     # and poor coding in third-party modules
     return [w for w in words if isinstance(w, basestring)]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def import_fail_info(mod_name,fns=None):
     """Inform load failure for a module."""
 
     if fns == None:
         warn("Loading of %s failed.\n" % (mod_name,))
     else:
         warn("Loading of %s from %s failed.\n" % (fns,mod_name))
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Proposed popitem() extension, written as a method
 
 
 class NotGiven: pass
 
 def popkey(dct,key,default=NotGiven):
     """Return dct[key] and delete dct[key].
 
     If default is given, return it if dct[key] doesn't exist, otherwise raise
     KeyError.  """
 
     try:
         val = dct[key]
     except KeyError:
         if default is NotGiven:
             raise
         else:
             return default
     else:
         del dct[key]
         return val
 
 def wrap_deprecated(func, suggest = '<nothing>'):
     def newFunc(*args, **kwargs):
         warnings.warn("Call to deprecated function %s, use %s instead" %
                       ( func.__name__, suggest),
                       category=DeprecationWarning,
                       stacklevel = 2)
         return func(*args, **kwargs)
     return newFunc
 
 
 def _num_cpus_unix():
     """Return the number of active CPUs on a Unix system."""
     return os.sysconf("SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN")
 
 
 def _num_cpus_darwin():
     """Return the number of active CPUs on a Darwin system."""
     p = subprocess.Popen(['sysctl','-n','hw.ncpu'],stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     return p.stdout.read()
 
 
 def _num_cpus_windows():
     """Return the number of active CPUs on a Windows system."""
     return os.environ.get("NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS")
 
 
 def num_cpus():
    """Return the effective number of CPUs in the system as an integer.
 
    This cross-platform function makes an attempt at finding the total number of
    available CPUs in the system, as returned by various underlying system and
    python calls.
 
    If it can't find a sensible answer, it returns 1 (though an error *may* make
    it return a large positive number that's actually incorrect).
    """
 
    # Many thanks to the Parallel Python project (http://www.parallelpython.com)
    # for the names of the keys we needed to look up for this function.  This
    # code was inspired by their equivalent function.
 
    ncpufuncs = {'Linux':_num_cpus_unix,
                 'Darwin':_num_cpus_darwin,
                 'Windows':_num_cpus_windows,
                 # On Vista, python < 2.5.2 has a bug and returns 'Microsoft'
                 # See http://bugs.python.org/issue1082 for details.
                 'Microsoft':_num_cpus_windows,
                 }
 
    ncpufunc = ncpufuncs.get(platform.system(),
                             # default to unix version (Solaris, AIX, etc)
                             _num_cpus_unix)
 
    try:
        ncpus = max(1,int(ncpufunc()))
    except:
        ncpus = 1
    return ncpus
 
 def extract_vars(*names,**kw):
     """Extract a set of variables by name from another frame.
 
     :Parameters:
       - `*names`: strings
         One or more variable names which will be extracted from the caller's
     frame.
 
     :Keywords:
       - `depth`: integer (0)
         How many frames in the stack to walk when looking for your variables.
 
 
     Examples:
 
         In [2]: def func(x):
            ...:     y = 1
-           ...:     print extractVars('x','y')
+           ...:     print extract_vars('x','y')
            ...:
 
         In [3]: func('hello')
         {'y': 1, 'x': 'hello'}
     """
 
     depth = kw.get('depth',0)
     
     callerNS = sys._getframe(depth+1).f_locals
     return dict((k,callerNS[k]) for k in names)
     
 
 def extract_vars_above(*names):
     """Extract a set of variables by name from another frame.
 
     Similar to extractVars(), but with a specified depth of 1, so that names
     are exctracted exactly from above the caller.
 
     This is simply a convenience function so that the very common case (for us)
     of skipping exactly 1 frame doesn't have to construct a special dict for
     keyword passing."""
 
     callerNS = sys._getframe(2).f_locals
     return dict((k,callerNS[k]) for k in names)
 
 def shexp(s):
     """Expand $VARS and ~names in a string, like a shell
 
     :Examples:
     
        In [2]: os.environ['FOO']='test'
 
        In [3]: shexp('variable FOO is $FOO')
        Out[3]: 'variable FOO is test'
     """
     return os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser(s))
     
 
 def list_strings(arg):
     """Always return a list of strings, given a string or list of strings
     as input.
 
     :Examples:
 
         In [7]: list_strings('A single string')
         Out[7]: ['A single string']
 
         In [8]: list_strings(['A single string in a list'])
         Out[8]: ['A single string in a list']
 
         In [9]: list_strings(['A','list','of','strings'])
         Out[9]: ['A', 'list', 'of', 'strings']
     """
 
     if isinstance(arg,basestring): return [arg]
     else: return arg
 
 def marquee(txt='',width=78,mark='*'):
     """Return the input string centered in a 'marquee'.
 
     :Examples:
 
         In [16]: marquee('A test',40)
         Out[16]: '**************** A test ****************'
 
         In [17]: marquee('A test',40,'-')
         Out[17]: '---------------- A test ----------------'
 
         In [18]: marquee('A test',40,' ')
         Out[18]: '                 A test                 '
 
     """
     if not txt:
         return (mark*width)[:width]
     nmark = (width-len(txt)-2)/len(mark)/2
     if nmark < 0: nmark =0
     marks = mark*nmark
     return '%s %s %s' % (marks,txt,marks)
 
 #*************************** end of file <genutils.py> **********************