restore loadpy to load

closes  #1783

IPython/core/magics/code.py

@@ -1,478 +1,506 b''
 """Implementation of code management magic functions.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2012 The IPython Development Team.
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Stdlib
 import inspect
 import io
 import json
 import os
 import sys
 from urllib2 import urlopen
 
 # Our own packages
 from IPython.core.error import TryNext
 from IPython.core.macro import Macro
 from IPython.core.magic import Magics, magics_class, line_magic
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils import openpy
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.io import file_read
 from IPython.utils.path import get_py_filename, unquote_filename
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Magic implementation classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Used for exception handling in magic_edit
 class MacroToEdit(ValueError): pass
 
 
 @magics_class
 class CodeMagics(Magics):
     """Magics related to code management (loading, saving, editing, ...)."""
 
     @line_magic
     def save(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Save a set of lines or a macro to a given filename.
 
         Usage:\\
           %save [options] filename n1-n2 n3-n4 ... n5 .. n6 ...
 
         Options:
 
           -r: use 'raw' input.  By default, the 'processed' history is used,
           so that magics are loaded in their transformed version to valid
           Python.  If this option is given, the raw input as typed as the
           command line is used instead.
 
         This function uses the same syntax as %history for input ranges,
         then saves the lines to the filename you specify.
 
         It adds a '.py' extension to the file if you don't do so yourself, and
         it asks for confirmation before overwriting existing files."""
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'r',mode='list')
         fname, codefrom = unquote_filename(args[0]), " ".join(args[1:])
         if not fname.endswith('.py'):
             fname += '.py'
         if os.path.isfile(fname):
-            ans = raw_input('File `%s` exists. Overwrite (y/[N])? ' % fname)
-            if ans.lower() not in ['y','yes']:
+            overwrite = self.shell.ask_yes_no('File `%s` exists. Overwrite (y/[N])? ' % fname, default='n')
+            if not overwrite :
                 print 'Operation cancelled.'
                 return
         try:
             cmds = self.shell.find_user_code(codefrom, 'r' in opts)
         except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
             print e.args[0]
             return
         with io.open(fname,'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
             f.write(u"# coding: utf-8\n")
             f.write(py3compat.cast_unicode(cmds))
         print 'The following commands were written to file `%s`:' % fname
         print cmds
 
     @line_magic
     def pastebin(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Upload code to Github's Gist paste bin, returning the URL.
 
         Usage:\\
           %pastebin [-d "Custom description"] 1-7
 
         The argument can be an input history range, a filename, or the name of a
         string or macro.
 
         Options:
 
           -d: Pass a custom description for the gist. The default will say
               "Pasted from IPython".
         """
         opts, args = self.parse_options(parameter_s, 'd:')
 
         try:
             code = self.shell.find_user_code(args)
         except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
             print e.args[0]
             return
 
         post_data = json.dumps({
           "description": opts.get('d', "Pasted from IPython"),
           "public": True,
           "files": {
             "file1.py": {
               "content": code
             }
           }
         }).encode('utf-8')
 
         response = urlopen("https://api.github.com/gists", post_data)
         response_data = json.loads(response.read().decode('utf-8'))
         return response_data['html_url']
 
     @line_magic
     def loadpy(self, arg_s):
-        """Load a .py python script into the GUI console.
+        """Alias of `%load`
 
-        This magic command can either take a local filename or a url::
+        `%loadpy` has gained some flexibility and droped the requirement of a `.py`
+        extension. So it has been renamed simply into %load. You can look at
+        `%load`'s docstring for more info.
+        """
+        self.magic_load(arg_s)
+
+    @line_magic
+    def load(self, arg_s):
+        """Load code into the current frontend.
 
-        %loadpy myscript.py
-        %loadpy http://www.example.com/myscript.py
+        Usage:\\
+          %load [options] source
+
+          where source can be a filename, URL, input history range or macro
+
+        Options:
+        --------
+          -y : Don't ask confirmation for loading source above 200 000 characters.
+
+        This magic command can either take a local filename, a URL, an history
+        range (see %history) or a macro as argument, it will prompt for
+        confirmation before loading source with more than 200 000 characters, unless
+        -y flag is passed or if the frontend does not support raw_input::
+
+        %load myscript.py
+        %load 7-27
+        %load myMacro
+        %load http://www.example.com/myscript.py
         """
-        arg_s = unquote_filename(arg_s)
-        remote_url = arg_s.startswith(('http://', 'https://'))
-        local_url = not remote_url
-        if local_url and not arg_s.endswith('.py'):
-            # Local files must be .py; for remote URLs it's possible that the
-            # fetch URL doesn't have a .py in it (many servers have an opaque
-            # URL, such as scipy-central.org).
-            raise ValueError('%%loadpy only works with .py files: %s' % arg_s)
-
-        # openpy takes care of finding the source encoding (per PEP 263)
-        if remote_url:
-            contents = openpy.read_py_url(arg_s, skip_encoding_cookie=True)
-        else:
-            contents = openpy.read_py_file(arg_s, skip_encoding_cookie=True)
+        opts,args = self.parse_options(arg_s,'y')
+
+        contents = self.shell.find_user_code(args)
+        l = len(contents)
+
+        # 200 000 is ~ 2500 full 80 caracter lines
+        # so in average, more than 5000 lines
+        if l > 200000 and 'y' not in opts:
+            try:
+                ans = self.shell.ask_yes_no(("The text you're trying to load seems pretty big"\
+                " (%d characters). Continue (y/[N]) ?" % l), default='n' )
+            except StdinNotImplementedError:
+                #asume yes if raw input not implemented
+                ans = True
+
+            if ans is False :
+                print 'Operation cancelled.'
+                return
 
         self.shell.set_next_input(contents)
 
     def _find_edit_target(self, args, opts, last_call):
         """Utility method used by magic_edit to find what to edit."""
 
         def make_filename(arg):
             "Make a filename from the given args"
             arg = unquote_filename(arg)
             try:
                 filename = get_py_filename(arg)
             except IOError:
                 # If it ends with .py but doesn't already exist, assume we want
                 # a new file.
                 if arg.endswith('.py'):
                     filename = arg
                 else:
                     filename = None
             return filename
 
         # Set a few locals from the options for convenience:
         opts_prev = 'p' in opts
         opts_raw = 'r' in opts
 
         # custom exceptions
         class DataIsObject(Exception): pass
 
         # Default line number value
         lineno = opts.get('n',None)
 
         if opts_prev:
             args = '_%s' % last_call[0]
             if not self.shell.user_ns.has_key(args):
                 args = last_call[1]
 
         # use last_call to remember the state of the previous call, but don't
         # let it be clobbered by successive '-p' calls.
         try:
             last_call[0] = self.shell.displayhook.prompt_count
             if not opts_prev:
                 last_call[1] = args
         except:
             pass
 
         # by default this is done with temp files, except when the given
         # arg is a filename
         use_temp = True
 
         data = ''
 
         # First, see if the arguments should be a filename.
         filename = make_filename(args)
         if filename:
             use_temp = False
         elif args:
             # Mode where user specifies ranges of lines, like in %macro.
             data = self.shell.extract_input_lines(args, opts_raw)
             if not data:
                 try:
                     # Load the parameter given as a variable. If not a string,
                     # process it as an object instead (below)
 
                     #print '*** args',args,'type',type(args)  # dbg
                     data = eval(args, self.shell.user_ns)
                     if not isinstance(data, basestring):
                         raise DataIsObject
 
                 except (NameError,SyntaxError):
                     # given argument is not a variable, try as a filename
                     filename = make_filename(args)
                     if filename is None:
                         warn("Argument given (%s) can't be found as a variable "
                              "or as a filename." % args)
                         return
                     use_temp = False
 
                 except DataIsObject:
                     # macros have a special edit function
                     if isinstance(data, Macro):
                         raise MacroToEdit(data)
 
                     # For objects, try to edit the file where they are defined
                     try:
                         filename = inspect.getabsfile(data)
                         if 'fakemodule' in filename.lower() and \
                             inspect.isclass(data):
                             # class created by %edit? Try to find source
                             # by looking for method definitions instead, the
                             # __module__ in those classes is FakeModule.
                             attrs = [getattr(data, aname) for aname in dir(data)]
                             for attr in attrs:
                                 if not inspect.ismethod(attr):
                                     continue
                                 filename = inspect.getabsfile(attr)
                                 if filename and \
                                   'fakemodule' not in filename.lower():
                                     # change the attribute to be the edit
                                     # target instead
                                     data = attr
                                     break
 
                         datafile = 1
                     except TypeError:
                         filename = make_filename(args)
                         datafile = 1
                         warn('Could not find file where `%s` is defined.\n'
                              'Opening a file named `%s`' % (args, filename))
                     # Now, make sure we can actually read the source (if it was
                     # in a temp file it's gone by now).
                     if datafile:
                         try:
                             if lineno is None:
                                 lineno = inspect.getsourcelines(data)[1]
                         except IOError:
                             filename = make_filename(args)
                             if filename is None:
                                 warn('The file `%s` where `%s` was defined '
                                      'cannot be read.' % (filename, data))
                                 return
                     use_temp = False
 
         if use_temp:
             filename = self.shell.mktempfile(data)
             print 'IPython will make a temporary file named:',filename
 
         return filename, lineno, use_temp
 
     def _edit_macro(self,mname,macro):
         """open an editor with the macro data in a file"""
         filename = self.shell.mktempfile(macro.value)
         self.shell.hooks.editor(filename)
 
         # and make a new macro object, to replace the old one
         mfile = open(filename)
         mvalue = mfile.read()
         mfile.close()
         self.shell.user_ns[mname] = Macro(mvalue)
 
     @line_magic
     def ed(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Alias to %edit."""
         return self.edit(parameter_s)
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def edit(self, parameter_s='',last_call=['','']):
         """Bring up an editor and execute the resulting code.
 
         Usage:
           %edit [options] [args]
 
         %edit runs IPython's editor hook. The default version of this hook is
         set to call the editor specified by your $EDITOR environment variable.
         If this isn't found, it will default to vi under Linux/Unix and to
         notepad under Windows. See the end of this docstring for how to change
         the editor hook.
 
         You can also set the value of this editor via the
         ``TerminalInteractiveShell.editor`` option in your configuration file.
         This is useful if you wish to use a different editor from your typical
         default with IPython (and for Windows users who typically don't set
         environment variables).
 
         This command allows you to conveniently edit multi-line code right in
         your IPython session.
 
         If called without arguments, %edit opens up an empty editor with a
         temporary file and will execute the contents of this file when you
         close it (don't forget to save it!).
 
 
         Options:
 
         -n <number>: open the editor at a specified line number.  By default,
         the IPython editor hook uses the unix syntax 'editor +N filename', but
         you can configure this by providing your own modified hook if your
         favorite editor supports line-number specifications with a different
         syntax.
 
         -p: this will call the editor with the same data as the previous time
         it was used, regardless of how long ago (in your current session) it
         was.
 
         -r: use 'raw' input.  This option only applies to input taken from the
         user's history.  By default, the 'processed' history is used, so that
         magics are loaded in their transformed version to valid Python.  If
         this option is given, the raw input as typed as the command line is
         used instead.  When you exit the editor, it will be executed by
         IPython's own processor.
 
         -x: do not execute the edited code immediately upon exit. This is
         mainly useful if you are editing programs which need to be called with
         command line arguments, which you can then do using %run.
 
 
         Arguments:
 
         If arguments are given, the following possibilities exist:
 
         - If the argument is a filename, IPython will load that into the
           editor. It will execute its contents with execfile() when you exit,
           loading any code in the file into your interactive namespace.
 
         - The arguments are ranges of input history,  e.g. "7 ~1/4-6".
           The syntax is the same as in the %history magic.
 
         - If the argument is a string variable, its contents are loaded
           into the editor. You can thus edit any string which contains
           python code (including the result of previous edits).
 
         - If the argument is the name of an object (other than a string),
           IPython will try to locate the file where it was defined and open the
           editor at the point where it is defined. You can use `%edit function`
           to load an editor exactly at the point where 'function' is defined,
           edit it and have the file be executed automatically.
 
         - If the object is a macro (see %macro for details), this opens up your
           specified editor with a temporary file containing the macro's data.
           Upon exit, the macro is reloaded with the contents of the file.
 
         Note: opening at an exact line is only supported under Unix, and some
         editors (like kedit and gedit up to Gnome 2.8) do not understand the
         '+NUMBER' parameter necessary for this feature. Good editors like
         (X)Emacs, vi, jed, pico and joe all do.
 
         After executing your code, %edit will return as output the code you
         typed in the editor (except when it was an existing file). This way
         you can reload the code in further invocations of %edit as a variable,
         via _<NUMBER> or Out[<NUMBER>], where <NUMBER> is the prompt number of
         the output.
 
         Note that %edit is also available through the alias %ed.
 
         This is an example of creating a simple function inside the editor and
         then modifying it. First, start up the editor::
 
           In [1]: ed
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
           Out[1]: 'def foo():\\n    print "foo() was defined in an editing
           session"\\n'
 
         We can then call the function foo()::
 
           In [2]: foo()
           foo() was defined in an editing session
 
         Now we edit foo.  IPython automatically loads the editor with the
         (temporary) file where foo() was previously defined::
 
           In [3]: ed foo
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
 
         And if we call foo() again we get the modified version::
 
           In [4]: foo()
           foo() has now been changed!
 
         Here is an example of how to edit a code snippet successive
         times. First we call the editor::
 
           In [5]: ed
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
           hello
           Out[5]: "print 'hello'\\n"
 
         Now we call it again with the previous output (stored in _)::
 
           In [6]: ed _
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
           hello world
           Out[6]: "print 'hello world'\\n"
 
         Now we call it with the output #8 (stored in _8, also as Out[8])::
 
           In [7]: ed _8
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
           hello again
           Out[7]: "print 'hello again'\\n"
 
 
         Changing the default editor hook:
 
         If you wish to write your own editor hook, you can put it in a
         configuration file which you load at startup time.  The default hook
         is defined in the IPython.core.hooks module, and you can use that as a
         starting example for further modifications.  That file also has
         general instructions on how to set a new hook for use once you've
         defined it."""
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'prxn:')
 
         try:
             filename, lineno, is_temp = self._find_edit_target(args, opts, last_call)
         except MacroToEdit as e:
             self._edit_macro(args, e.args[0])
             return
 
         # do actual editing here
         print 'Editing...',
         sys.stdout.flush()
         try:
             # Quote filenames that may have spaces in them
             if ' ' in filename:
                 filename = "'%s'" % filename
             self.shell.hooks.editor(filename,lineno)
         except TryNext:
             warn('Could not open editor')
             return
 
         # XXX TODO: should this be generalized for all string vars?
         # For now, this is special-cased to blocks created by cpaste
         if args.strip() == 'pasted_block':
             self.shell.user_ns['pasted_block'] = file_read(filename)
 
         if 'x' in opts:  # -x prevents actual execution
             print
         else:
             print 'done. Executing edited code...'
             if 'r' in opts:    # Untranslated IPython code
                 self.shell.run_cell(file_read(filename),
                                                     store_history=False)
             else:
                 self.shell.safe_execfile(filename, self.shell.user_ns,
                                          self.shell.user_ns)
 
         if is_temp:
             try:
                 return open(filename).read()
             except IOError,msg:
                 if msg.filename == filename:
                     warn('File not found. Did you forget to save?')
                     return
                 else:
                     self.shell.showtraceback()

IPython/core/magics/osm.py

@@ -1,674 +1,677 b''
 """Implementation of magic functions for interaction with the OS.
 
 Note: this module is named 'osm' instead of 'os' to avoid a collision with the
 builtin.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2012 The IPython Development Team.
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Stdlib
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 from pprint import pformat
 
 # Our own packages
 from IPython.core import oinspect
 from IPython.core import page
 from IPython.core.error import UsageError
 from IPython.core.magic import  (Magics, compress_dhist, magics_class,
                                  line_magic)
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils.io import file_read, nlprint
 from IPython.utils.path import get_py_filename, unquote_filename
 from IPython.utils.process import abbrev_cwd
 from IPython.utils.terminal import set_term_title
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Magic implementation classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 @magics_class
 class OSMagics(Magics):
     """Magics to interact with the underlying OS (shell-type functionality).
     """
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def alias(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Define an alias for a system command.
 
         '%alias alias_name cmd' defines 'alias_name' as an alias for 'cmd'
 
         Then, typing 'alias_name params' will execute the system command 'cmd
         params' (from your underlying operating system).
 
         Aliases have lower precedence than magic functions and Python normal
         variables, so if 'foo' is both a Python variable and an alias, the
         alias can not be executed until 'del foo' removes the Python variable.
 
         You can use the %l specifier in an alias definition to represent the
         whole line when the alias is called.  For example::
 
           In [2]: alias bracket echo "Input in brackets: <%l>"
           In [3]: bracket hello world
           Input in brackets: <hello world>
 
         You can also define aliases with parameters using %s specifiers (one
         per parameter)::
 
           In [1]: alias parts echo first %s second %s
           In [2]: %parts A B
           first A second B
           In [3]: %parts A
           Incorrect number of arguments: 2 expected.
           parts is an alias to: 'echo first %s second %s'
 
         Note that %l and %s are mutually exclusive.  You can only use one or
         the other in your aliases.
 
         Aliases expand Python variables just like system calls using ! or !!
         do: all expressions prefixed with '$' get expanded.  For details of
         the semantic rules, see PEP-215:
         http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0215.html.  This is the library used by
         IPython for variable expansion.  If you want to access a true shell
         variable, an extra $ is necessary to prevent its expansion by
         IPython::
 
           In [6]: alias show echo
           In [7]: PATH='A Python string'
           In [8]: show $PATH
           A Python string
           In [9]: show $$PATH
           /usr/local/lf9560/bin:/usr/local/intel/compiler70/ia32/bin:...
 
         You can use the alias facility to acess all of $PATH.  See the %rehash
         and %rehashx functions, which automatically create aliases for the
         contents of your $PATH.
 
         If called with no parameters, %alias prints the current alias table."""
 
         par = parameter_s.strip()
         if not par:
             aliases = sorted(self.shell.alias_manager.aliases)
             # stored = self.shell.db.get('stored_aliases', {} )
             # for k, v in stored:
             #     atab.append(k, v[0])
 
             print "Total number of aliases:", len(aliases)
             sys.stdout.flush()
             return aliases
 
         # Now try to define a new one
         try:
             alias,cmd = par.split(None, 1)
         except:
             print oinspect.getdoc(self.alias)
         else:
             self.shell.alias_manager.soft_define_alias(alias, cmd)
     # end magic_alias
 
     @line_magic
     def unalias(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Remove an alias"""
 
         aname = parameter_s.strip()
         self.shell.alias_manager.undefine_alias(aname)
         stored = self.shell.db.get('stored_aliases', {} )
         if aname in stored:
             print "Removing %stored alias",aname
             del stored[aname]
             self.shell.db['stored_aliases'] = stored
 
     @line_magic
     def rehashx(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Update the alias table with all executable files in $PATH.
 
         This version explicitly checks that every entry in $PATH is a file
         with execute access (os.X_OK), so it is much slower than %rehash.
 
         Under Windows, it checks executability as a match against a
         '|'-separated string of extensions, stored in the IPython config
         variable win_exec_ext.  This defaults to 'exe|com|bat'.
 
         This function also resets the root module cache of module completer,
         used on slow filesystems.
         """
         from IPython.core.alias import InvalidAliasError
 
         # for the benefit of module completer in ipy_completers.py
         del self.shell.db['rootmodules']
 
         path = [os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(p)) for p in
             os.environ.get('PATH','').split(os.pathsep)]
         path = filter(os.path.isdir,path)
 
         syscmdlist = []
         # Now define isexec in a cross platform manner.
         if os.name == 'posix':
             isexec = lambda fname:os.path.isfile(fname) and \
                      os.access(fname,os.X_OK)
         else:
             try:
                 winext = os.environ['pathext'].replace(';','|').replace('.','')
             except KeyError:
                 winext = 'exe|com|bat|py'
             if 'py' not in winext:
                 winext += '|py'
             execre = re.compile(r'(.*)\.(%s)$' % winext,re.IGNORECASE)
             isexec = lambda fname:os.path.isfile(fname) and execre.match(fname)
         savedir = os.getcwdu()
 
         # Now walk the paths looking for executables to alias.
         try:
             # write the whole loop for posix/Windows so we don't have an if in
             # the innermost part
             if os.name == 'posix':
                 for pdir in path:
                     os.chdir(pdir)
                     for ff in os.listdir(pdir):
                         if isexec(ff):
                             try:
                                 # Removes dots from the name since ipython
                                 # will assume names with dots to be python.
                                 self.shell.alias_manager.define_alias(
                                     ff.replace('.',''), ff)
                             except InvalidAliasError:
                                 pass
                             else:
                                 syscmdlist.append(ff)
             else:
                 no_alias = self.shell.alias_manager.no_alias
                 for pdir in path:
                     os.chdir(pdir)
                     for ff in os.listdir(pdir):
                         base, ext = os.path.splitext(ff)
                         if isexec(ff) and base.lower() not in no_alias:
                             if ext.lower() == '.exe':
                                 ff = base
                                 try:
                                     # Removes dots from the name since ipython
                                     # will assume names with dots to be python.
                                     self.shell.alias_manager.define_alias(
                                         base.lower().replace('.',''), ff)
                                 except InvalidAliasError:
                                     pass
                                 syscmdlist.append(ff)
             self.shell.db['syscmdlist'] = syscmdlist
         finally:
             os.chdir(savedir)
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def pwd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Return the current working directory path.
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [9]: pwd
           Out[9]: '/home/tsuser/sprint/ipython'
         """
         return os.getcwdu()
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def cd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Change the current working directory.
 
         This command automatically maintains an internal list of directories
         you visit during your IPython session, in the variable _dh. The
         command %dhist shows this history nicely formatted. You can also
         do 'cd -<tab>' to see directory history conveniently.
 
         Usage:
 
           cd 'dir': changes to directory 'dir'.
 
           cd -: changes to the last visited directory.
 
           cd -<n>: changes to the n-th directory in the directory history.
 
           cd --foo: change to directory that matches 'foo' in history
 
           cd -b <bookmark_name>: jump to a bookmark set by %bookmark
              (note: cd <bookmark_name> is enough if there is no
               directory <bookmark_name>, but a bookmark with the name exists.)
               'cd -b <tab>' allows you to tab-complete bookmark names.
 
         Options:
 
         -q: quiet.  Do not print the working directory after the cd command is
         executed.  By default IPython's cd command does print this directory,
         since the default prompts do not display path information.
 
         Note that !cd doesn't work for this purpose because the shell where
         !command runs is immediately discarded after executing 'command'.
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [10]: cd parent/child
           /home/tsuser/parent/child
         """
 
         oldcwd = os.getcwdu()
         numcd = re.match(r'(-)(\d+)$',parameter_s)
         # jump in directory history by number
         if numcd:
             nn = int(numcd.group(2))
             try:
                 ps = self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][nn]
             except IndexError:
                 print 'The requested directory does not exist in history.'
                 return
             else:
                 opts = {}
         elif parameter_s.startswith('--'):
             ps = None
             fallback = None
             pat = parameter_s[2:]
             dh = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
             # first search only by basename (last component)
             for ent in reversed(dh):
                 if pat in os.path.basename(ent) and os.path.isdir(ent):
                     ps = ent
                     break
 
                 if fallback is None and pat in ent and os.path.isdir(ent):
                     fallback = ent
 
             # if we have no last part match, pick the first full path match
             if ps is None:
                 ps = fallback
 
             if ps is None:
                 print "No matching entry in directory history"
                 return
             else:
                 opts = {}
 
 
         else:
             #turn all non-space-escaping backslashes to slashes,
             # for c:\windows\directory\names\
             parameter_s = re.sub(r'\\(?! )','/', parameter_s)
             opts,ps = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'qb',mode='string')
         # jump to previous
         if ps == '-':
             try:
                 ps = self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][-2]
             except IndexError:
                 raise UsageError('%cd -: No previous directory to change to.')
         # jump to bookmark if needed
         else:
             if not os.path.isdir(ps) or 'b' in opts:
                 bkms = self.shell.db.get('bookmarks', {})
 
                 if ps in bkms:
                     target = bkms[ps]
                     print '(bookmark:%s) -> %s' % (ps, target)
                     ps = target
                 else:
                     if 'b' in opts:
                         raise UsageError("Bookmark '%s' not found.  "
                               "Use '%%bookmark -l' to see your bookmarks." % ps)
 
         # strip extra quotes on Windows, because os.chdir doesn't like them
         ps = unquote_filename(ps)
         # at this point ps should point to the target dir
         if ps:
             try:
                 os.chdir(os.path.expanduser(ps))
                 if hasattr(self.shell, 'term_title') and self.shell.term_title:
                     set_term_title('IPython: ' + abbrev_cwd())
             except OSError:
                 print sys.exc_info()[1]
             else:
                 cwd = os.getcwdu()
                 dhist = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
                 if oldcwd != cwd:
                     dhist.append(cwd)
                     self.shell.db['dhist'] = compress_dhist(dhist)[-100:]
 
         else:
             os.chdir(self.shell.home_dir)
             if hasattr(self.shell, 'term_title') and self.shell.term_title:
                 set_term_title('IPython: ' + '~')
             cwd = os.getcwdu()
             dhist = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
 
             if oldcwd != cwd:
                 dhist.append(cwd)
                 self.shell.db['dhist'] = compress_dhist(dhist)[-100:]
         if not 'q' in opts and self.shell.user_ns['_dh']:
             print self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][-1]
 
 
     @line_magic
     def env(self, parameter_s=''):
         """List environment variables."""
 
         return dict(os.environ)
 
     @line_magic
     def pushd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Place the current dir on stack and change directory.
 
         Usage:\\
           %pushd ['dirname']
         """
 
         dir_s = self.shell.dir_stack
         tgt = os.path.expanduser(unquote_filename(parameter_s))
         cwd = os.getcwdu().replace(self.shell.home_dir,'~')
         if tgt:
             self.cd(parameter_s)
         dir_s.insert(0,cwd)
         return self.shell.magic('dirs')
 
     @line_magic
     def popd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Change to directory popped off the top of the stack.
         """
         if not self.shell.dir_stack:
             raise UsageError("%popd on empty stack")
         top = self.shell.dir_stack.pop(0)
         self.cd(top)
         print "popd ->",top
 
     @line_magic
     def dirs(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Return the current directory stack."""
 
         return self.shell.dir_stack
 
     @line_magic
     def dhist(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print your history of visited directories.
 
         %dhist       -> print full history\\
         %dhist n     -> print last n entries only\\
         %dhist n1 n2 -> print entries between n1 and n2 (n1 not included)\\
 
         This history is automatically maintained by the %cd command, and
         always available as the global list variable _dh. You can use %cd -<n>
         to go to directory number <n>.
 
         Note that most of time, you should view directory history by entering
         cd -<TAB>.
 
         """
 
         dh = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
         if parameter_s:
             try:
                 args = map(int,parameter_s.split())
             except:
                 self.arg_err(self.dhist)
                 return
             if len(args) == 1:
                 ini,fin = max(len(dh)-(args[0]),0),len(dh)
             elif len(args) == 2:
                 ini,fin = args
             else:
                 self.arg_err(self.dhist)
                 return
         else:
             ini,fin = 0,len(dh)
         nlprint(dh,
                 header = 'Directory history (kept in _dh)',
                 start=ini,stop=fin)
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def sc(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Shell capture - execute a shell command and capture its output.
 
         DEPRECATED. Suboptimal, retained for backwards compatibility.
 
         You should use the form 'var = !command' instead. Example:
 
          "%sc -l myfiles = ls ~" should now be written as
 
          "myfiles = !ls ~"
 
         myfiles.s, myfiles.l and myfiles.n still apply as documented
         below.
 
         --
         %sc [options] varname=command
 
         IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and
         will then update the user's interactive namespace with a variable
         called varname, containing the value of the call.  Your command can
         contain shell wildcards, pipes, etc.
 
         The '=' sign in the syntax is mandatory, and the variable name you
         supply must follow Python's standard conventions for valid names.
 
         (A special format without variable name exists for internal use)
 
         Options:
 
           -l: list output.  Split the output on newlines into a list before
           assigning it to the given variable.  By default the output is stored
           as a single string.
 
           -v: verbose.  Print the contents of the variable.
 
         In most cases you should not need to split as a list, because the
         returned value is a special type of string which can automatically
         provide its contents either as a list (split on newlines) or as a
         space-separated string.  These are convenient, respectively, either
         for sequential processing or to be passed to a shell command.
 
         For example::
 
             # Capture into variable a
             In [1]: sc a=ls *py
 
             # a is a string with embedded newlines
             In [2]: a
             Out[2]: 'setup.py\\nwin32_manual_post_install.py'
 
             # which can be seen as a list:
             In [3]: a.l
             Out[3]: ['setup.py', 'win32_manual_post_install.py']
 
             # or as a whitespace-separated string:
             In [4]: a.s
             Out[4]: 'setup.py win32_manual_post_install.py'
 
             # a.s is useful to pass as a single command line:
             In [5]: !wc -l $a.s
               146 setup.py
               130 win32_manual_post_install.py
               276 total
 
             # while the list form is useful to loop over:
             In [6]: for f in a.l:
               ...:      !wc -l $f
               ...:
             146 setup.py
             130 win32_manual_post_install.py
 
         Similarly, the lists returned by the -l option are also special, in
         the sense that you can equally invoke the .s attribute on them to
         automatically get a whitespace-separated string from their contents::
 
             In [7]: sc -l b=ls *py
 
             In [8]: b
             Out[8]: ['setup.py', 'win32_manual_post_install.py']
 
             In [9]: b.s
             Out[9]: 'setup.py win32_manual_post_install.py'
 
         In summary, both the lists and strings used for output capture have
         the following special attributes::
 
             .l (or .list) : value as list.
             .n (or .nlstr): value as newline-separated string.
             .s (or .spstr): value as space-separated string.
         """
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s, 'lv')
         # Try to get a variable name and command to run
         try:
             # the variable name must be obtained from the parse_options
             # output, which uses shlex.split to strip options out.
             var,_ = args.split('=', 1)
             var = var.strip()
             # But the command has to be extracted from the original input
             # parameter_s, not on what parse_options returns, to avoid the
             # quote stripping which shlex.split performs on it.
             _,cmd = parameter_s.split('=', 1)
         except ValueError:
             var,cmd = '',''
         # If all looks ok, proceed
         split = 'l' in opts
         out = self.shell.getoutput(cmd, split=split)
         if 'v' in opts:
             print '%s ==\n%s' % (var, pformat(out))
         if var:
             self.shell.user_ns.update({var:out})
         else:
             return out
 
     @line_magic
     def sx(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Shell execute - run a shell command and capture its output.
 
         %sx command
 
         IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and
         return the result formatted as a list (split on '\\n').  Since the
         output is _returned_, it will be stored in ipython's regular output
         cache Out[N] and in the '_N' automatic variables.
 
         Notes:
 
         1) If an input line begins with '!!', then %sx is automatically
         invoked.  That is, while::
 
           !ls
 
         causes ipython to simply issue system('ls'), typing::
 
           !!ls
 
         is a shorthand equivalent to::
 
           %sx ls
 
         2) %sx differs from %sc in that %sx automatically splits into a list,
         like '%sc -l'.  The reason for this is to make it as easy as possible
         to process line-oriented shell output via further python commands.
         %sc is meant to provide much finer control, but requires more
         typing.
 
         3) Just like %sc -l, this is a list with special attributes:
         ::
 
           .l (or .list) : value as list.
           .n (or .nlstr): value as newline-separated string.
           .s (or .spstr): value as whitespace-separated string.
 
         This is very useful when trying to use such lists as arguments to
         system commands."""
 
         if parameter_s:
             return self.shell.getoutput(parameter_s)
 
 
     @line_magic
     def bookmark(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Manage IPython's bookmark system.
 
         %bookmark <name>       - set bookmark to current dir
         %bookmark <name> <dir> - set bookmark to <dir>
         %bookmark -l           - list all bookmarks
         %bookmark -d <name>    - remove bookmark
         %bookmark -r           - remove all bookmarks
 
         You can later on access a bookmarked folder with::
 
           %cd -b <name>
 
         or simply '%cd <name>' if there is no directory called <name> AND
         there is such a bookmark defined.
 
         Your bookmarks persist through IPython sessions, but they are
         associated with each profile."""
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'drl',mode='list')
         if len(args) > 2:
             raise UsageError("%bookmark: too many arguments")
 
         bkms = self.shell.db.get('bookmarks',{})
 
         if 'd' in opts:
             try:
                 todel = args[0]
             except IndexError:
                 raise UsageError(
                     "%bookmark -d: must provide a bookmark to delete")
             else:
                 try:
                     del bkms[todel]
                 except KeyError:
                     raise UsageError(
                         "%%bookmark -d: Can't delete bookmark '%s'" % todel)
 
         elif 'r' in opts:
             bkms = {}
         elif 'l' in opts:
             bks = bkms.keys()
             bks.sort()
             if bks:
                 size = max(map(len, bks))
             else:
                 size = 0
             fmt = '%-'+str(size)+'s -> %s'
             print 'Current bookmarks:'
             for bk in bks:
                 print fmt % (bk, bkms[bk])
         else:
             if not args:
                 raise UsageError("%bookmark: You must specify the bookmark name")
             elif len(args)==1:
                 bkms[args[0]] = os.getcwdu()
             elif len(args)==2:
                 bkms[args[0]] = args[1]
         self.shell.db['bookmarks'] = bkms
 
     @line_magic
     def pycat(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Show a syntax-highlighted file through a pager.
 
         This magic is similar to the cat utility, but it will assume the file
-        to be Python source and will show it with syntax highlighting. """
+        to be Python source and will show it with syntax highlighting.
 
-        try:
-            filename = get_py_filename(parameter_s)
-            cont = file_read(filename)
-        except IOError:
-            try:
-                cont = eval(parameter_s, self.shell.user_ns)
-            except NameError:
-                cont = None
-        if cont is None:
-            print "Error: no such file or variable"
+        This magic command can either take a local filename, an url,
+        an history range (see %history) or a macro as argument ::
+
+        %pycat myscript.py
+        %pycat 7-27
+        %pycat myMacro
+        %pycat http://www.example.com/myscript.py
+        """
+
+        try :
+            cont = self.shell.find_user_code(parameter_s)
+        except ValueError, IOError:
+            print "Error: no such file, variable, URL, history range or macro"
             return
 
         page.page(self.shell.pycolorize(cont))